Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Spring 1257
Miller Number 2007Bpw10
Advanced Rules, Natural Disasters, Special Military Units, Conquest, Gray Press, Ultimate Victory
Deadline/Summer 1257 11/2 Tuesday
Aragon and the Pope settle their differences and advance northward to counter the Milanese tide. Venice and Florence also try to counter, but plague takes the biggest toll.
Expenditures
Florence spends 12 ducats to disband Milan A Lucca
Orders
| Aragon (Scharf) | F Corsica supports F Tyrrhenian Sea, F Sardinia to Gulf of Lions, F Tyrrhenian Sea transports Papal A Salerno to Pisa (imp.), F Ionian Sea to Central Mediterranean, F Lower Adriatic to Ionian Sea |
| Florence (Whyte) | A Bologna to Lucca, A Pisa to Piombino, A Ferrara to Mantua, A Fornova to Parma (Destroyed) |
| Milan (Renken) | A Marseilles holds, A Provence holds, A Genoa to Modena, A Parma supports A Pavia to Fornova, A Mantua to Bologna, A Bergamo to Mantua, A Verona to Ferrara (Dislodged, retreat Trent, Treviso, Bergamo, OTB), A Carinthia to Slavonia, A Lucca supports A Mantua to Bologna (nsu), A Florence supports A Mantua to Bologna, A Savoy to Montferrat, A Pavia to Fornova, A Milan to Carinthia, A Cremona supports A Bergamo to Mantua, F (EM) Ligurian Sea supports A Genoa to Modena, G Genoa convert to A |
| Papacy (Robles) | A Rome to Perugia, A Capua to Rome, A Aquila to Ancona, A Salerno to Pisa, F Ancona to Urbino, F Naples to Capua, F Bari holds (u) |
| Venice (Partridge) | A Padua to Verona, A Friuli supports A Padua to Verona, F Carniola supports A Friuli, G Modena holds converts to A, G Padua converts to A |
Press
Florence: Damn, the inevitability of demise in a central position...
Pope – All: That green monster is pretty scary!
Notes
Since the only place that the Milan army in Verona can retreat to where it will not be destroyed by famine is Bergamo, I will assume the retreat will be to there.
Summer 1257 Plague
Bad Year – Row and Column: Ragusa, Bosnia, Slavonia (Milan army eliminated), Croatia, Bari (Papal fleet eliminated), Tyrolea, Marseilles (Milan army eliminated), Carinthia (Milan army eliminated), Ferrara (Florence army eliminated), Milan, Florence (Milan army eliminated), Otranto, Corsica (Aragon fleet eliminated)
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