Dog Park

Fall 1053

Advanced Rules, Natural Disasters, Special Military Units, Moneylenders, Conquest, Gray Press, Ultimate Victory

Miller Number 2007Apw10

Deadline/Winter-Spring 1054 2/24 Tuesday

Pisa holds the Holy Roman Empire to a standstill, with the little help from the Pope, who himself receives a bit of help from the Normans. The Normans, in turn, push back on Byzantium while Byzantium continues to press Venice.

Expenditures

Pisa pays 14 ducats to the moneylenders.

The Pope gives 1 ducat to the Normans

The Byzantines spend 3 ducats to counterbribe F Upper Adriatic

The Normans spend 3 ducats to counterbribe F Otranto

Outstanding Loans

Spring 1054: 38 ducats due from the Normans (25 borrowed)

Summer 1054: 2 ducats due from the Papacy (1 borrowed), 20 ducats due from the Holy Roman Empire (14 borrowed), 12 ducats due from the Byzantines (10 borrowed)

Summer 1055: 6 ducats due from Pisa (4 borrowed)

Orders

Byzantines (Giovine) A Dalmatia to Bosnia, F Durazzo to Ionian Sea, F Lower Adriatic supports F Durazzo to Ionian Sea , F Upper Adriatic to Carniola (rebellion liberated)
Holy Roman Empire (Partridge) A Montferrat to Genoa, A Parma to Mantua, A (EM) Mantua to Modena
Normans (Horsley) A Salerno supports Papal A Aquila to Bari, F Gulf of Naples to Naples, F Central Mediterranean supports F Otranto to Ionian Sea, F Messina to Otranto, F (EM) Otranto to Ionian Sea
Papacy (Roalstad) A Bologna supports Pisa A Modena, A (EM) Florence supports A Bologna, A Spoleto to Ancona, A Aquila to Bari, F Urbino supports A Spoleto to Ancona
Pisa (Scott) A Modena holds, A Genoa to Montferrat, F Ligurian Sea supports A Modena
Venice (Wilson) A Verona to Treviso, A Padua supports G Ferrara convert to A, G Ferrara convert to A

Spring 1054 Famine

Poor Year – Row Only: Friuli, Bologna, Salerno, Verona, Milan, Sienna, Durazzo

Spring 1054 Income

Provinces and cities that are underlined do no produce income while those that are in italics could change hands depending on retreats.

Provinces

Byzantines:

Carniola, Croatia, Dalmatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Ragusa, Albania, Durazzo 7
Holy Roman Empire: Turin, Montferrat, Pavia, Milan, Parma, Cremona, Mantua 6
Normans: Sardinia, Naples, Salerno, Otranto, Messina, Palermo, Tunis 6
Papacy: Bologna, Florence, Urbino, Arezzo, Patrimony, Perugia, Rome, Spoleto, Ancona, Capua, Aquila, Bari 11
Pisa: Genoa, Fornova, Modena, Lucca, Pisa, Piombino, Sienna, Corsica 7
Venice: Ferrara, Padua, Trent, Treviso 2

Seas

Byzantines: Venice, Lower Adriatic 2
Normans: Central Mediterranean, Ionian Sea 2
Pisa: Ligurian Sea 1

Cities

Byzantines:

Carniola, Croatia, Dalmatia, Ragusa, Albania, Durazzo, Venice (3) 8
Holy Roman Empire: Turin, Montferrat, Pavia, Milan (3), Cremona, Mantua 5
Normans: Sardinia, Naples (2), Messina, Palermo, Tunis (2) 7
Papacy: Bologna, Florence (3), Arezzo, Perugia, Rome (2), Ancona, Bari 9
Pisa: Genoa (3), Modena, Lucca, Pisa, Piombino, Sienna, Corsica 8
Venice: Ferrara, Padua, Trent, Treviso 2

Totals

Variable income die roll was 5.

Variable

Provinces

Seas

Cities

Total

Byzantines 4 7 2 8 21
Holy Roman Empire 4 6 0 5 15
Normans 10 6 2 7 25
Papacy 5 11 0 9 25
Pisa 4 7 1 8 20
Venice 5 2 0 2 9

Game Summary

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Byzantines 3 6 7 7
Holy Roman Empire 3 6 6 6
Muslims 3 3 0 0
Normans 1 2 5 5
Papacy 3 5 6 7
Pisa 3 5 7 7
Venice 3 4 5 4

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