Hi guys,
here's my summary of this season's actions:
Austria: The Emperor has finally booted his Spanish cousins off the Italian peninsula. Meanwhile imperial troops edged northwards and even skirmished with Swedish regiments.
England: The Spanish leaving English home waters is a welcome development, no doubt. Will Cromwell now now go papist-bashing in Ireland?
France: Marseille is indefensible in face of the approaching Spaniards. Brest is equally threatened, which makes the French victory in the channel feel hollow.
Russia: The Tsar's sweep through Northern Africa is reminiscent of the Arabs' lightning conquests there in the 600s. Shall whole Maghreb be by the end of this year under Moscow's thumb?
Spain: Rapidly losing ground against the Austrians and Russians, the Most Catholic King is apparently seeking to compensate for such by taking French real estate. Marseille's dignitaries are already seeking terms for their surrender...
Sweden: Her defeat by French hands led to quite a "traffic jam". Meanwhile, the Swede might feel uneasy by Imperial manoeuvres...
The draw proposal failed, yet draws are all the rage, it seems. Two new proposals are now on the table. So let's have your votes!
Cheers,
Charles
PLAYERS:
AUSTRIA: Andrew Tanner
DENMARK-NORWAY: Patrick Cloutier
ENGLAND: Andras Vaski
FRANCE: Leif Kjetil Tviberg (joined Winter 1651)
POLAND-LITHUANIA: Douglas Kent (eliminated Winter 1650)
RUSSIA: Gert Petter
SPAIN: Mark Utterback
SWEDEN: Wladimir Mysonski
TURKEY: Max Victory (eliminated Winter 1651)
PRESS: None.
GAME END Proposals:
The three-way draw involving Austria, Russia and Sweden fails. The proposal remains however on the table and is subject to a vote.
A four-way draw involving Austria, France, Russia and Sweden will also be put to a vote.
ORDERS:
Austria:
F Adriatic Sea Supports A Papal States - Naples
A Belgrade - Wallachia
A Cracow Supports A Warsaw (*Ordered to Move*)
F Croatia Supports F Adriatic Sea
A Franconia Supports A Swabia
A Hesse Supports A Swabia
A Hungary Hold
A Papal States - Naples
A Prague - Silesia
A Saxony Supports A Prague - Silesia
A Swabia Supports A Tyrolia - Switzerland
A Tyrolia - Switzerland (*Fails*)
A Venice - Papal States
England:
F Bristol - Irish Sea
F Scotland Supports F Bristol - Irish Sea
France:
F Brest - English Channel
F Flanders Supports F Brest - English Channel
A La Mancha - Aragon (*Fails*)
A London Hold
A Lorraine Supports A Switzerland
A Luxembourg Supports F Flanders
A Rhineland Supports F Flanders
A Switzerland Supports A Lorraine (*Cut*)
A Tuscany Hold
F Yorkshire - German Sea (*Fails*)
Russia:
F Atlantic Ocean - Morocco
F Caledonian Ocean Supports F Bristol - Irish Sea
F Constantinople - Ionian Sea
F Crimea - Black Sea
A Damascus - Egypt
F Ionian Sea - Strait of Sicily
A Karaman Hold
A Moldavia Hold
A Moscow Hold
A Tunis - Algiers (*Bounce*)
A Vitebsk - Pskov (*Bounce*)
A Volhynia - Black Ruthenia (*Bounce*)
Spain:
F Irish Sea - Cantabrian Sea
A Madrid - Aragon
F Naples - Tyrrhenian Sea
A Sahara - Algiers (*Bounce*)
F Seville Supports A Madrid - Aragon
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lion
Sweden:
F Baltic Sea Hold
A Brandenburg Hold
A Christiania Hold
F German Sea Supports F United Provinces - English Channel
(*Cut*)
F Helgoland Bight Supports A Lower Saxony - United Provinces
(*Fails*)
A Holstein - Lower Saxony (*Fails*)
A Lower Saxony - United Provinces (*Fails*)
F Norwegian Sea Supports F German Sea
A Riga - Pskov (*Bounce*)
A Stettin Supports A Brandenburg
F United Provinces - English Channel (*Fails*)
A Warsaw - Black Ruthenia (*Bounce*)
Algiers:
F Candia Supports F Constantinople - Ionian Sea
RETREATS:
None.
SC OWNERSHIP (Winter 1653):
Austria (13): Bavaria, Belgrade, Cracow, Croatia, Papal States, Prague, Saxony, Swabia, Transylvania, Trieste, Venice, Vienna, Wallachia.
England (2): Bristol, Scotland.
France (10): Brest, Flanders, London, Lorraine, Marseille, Paris, Rhineland, Savoy, Switzerland, Tuscany.
Russia (12): Constantinople, Crimea, Damascus, Moldavia, Moscow, Novgorod, Persia, Tunis, Turkestan, Ukraine, Vilna, Voronezh.
Spain (7): Algiers, Ireland, Madrid, Morocco, Naples, Portugal, Seville.
Sweden (14): Abo, Brandenburg, Christiania, Copenhagen, Courland, Ducal Prussia, Holstein, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Riga, Stettin, Stockholm, United Provinces, Warsaw.
Minor Powers (1): Candia.
SCHEDULE (3 PM GMT):
Summer 1654 Retreats: 21 May
Fall 1654 Moves: 26 May
Winter 1654 Retreats/Adjustments: 28 May
Spring 1655 Moves: 2 June |
