Dog Park
Fall 1054
Advanced Rules, Natural Disasters, Special Military Units, Moneylenders, Conquest, Gray Press, Ultimate Victory
Miller Number 2007Apw10
Deadline/Winter-Spring 1055 7/7 Tuesday
Byzantium and the Holy Roman Empire pull off some fancy financial footwork to avoid defaulting on the moneylenders. Pisa loses Genoa despite the help of the Pope, and the Normans resume their eastward movement.
Summer 1054 Retreats
Pisa retreats A Genoa to garrison
Expenditures
Holy Roman Empire borrows 3 ducats for 2 years (5 ducats due Fall 1056) and counterbribes A Genoa.
Papacy borrows 8 ducats for 2 years (12 ducats due Fall 1056) and gives 9 ducats to Pisa.
Pisa borrows 16 ducats for 2 years (24 ducats due Fall 1056) and spends 24 ducats to buy Holy Roman Empire A Montferrat
Outstanding Loans
Spring 1056: 17 ducats due from the Holy Roman Empire (11 borrowed)
Summer 1056: 15 ducats due from the Byzantines (10 borrowed)
Fall 1056: 5 ducats due from the Holy Roman Empire (3 borrowed), 12 ducats due from the Papacy (8 borrowed), 24 ducats due from Pisa (16 borrowed)
Orders
| Byzantines (Giovine) | A (EP) Ancona besieges (Papal garrison destroyed), F Carniola to Upper Adriatic, F Durazzo supports F Lower Adriatic (cut, Dislodged, retreat Albania, garrison, OTB), F Lower Adriatic supports F Carniola to Upper Adriatic, F Otranto to Bari |
| Holy Roman Empire (Partridge) | A Montferrat to Padua (nsu), A Mantua to Modena, A (EM) Genoa supports A Mantua to Modena (cut) |
| Normans (Horsley) | F Gulf of Naples to Otranto, F Western Mediterranean to Sardinia, F Central Mediterranean to Ionian Sea, F Palermo to Messina, F (EM) Ionian Sea to Durazzo |
| Papacy (Roalstad) | A (EM) Bologna to Mantua, F Urbino to Upper Adriatic, G Bologna convert to A, G Ancona convert to F (Destroyed), G Bari convert to F |
| Pisa (Scott) | A Montferrat to Turin, A Fornova to Pavia, A Modena to Parma, A Pistoia holds, G Genoa converts to A |
| Venice (Wilson) | A Padua to Ferrara |
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, Ancona, Otranto | 9 |
| Holy Roman Empire | Genoa, Montferrat, Modena, Cremona, Milan | 4 |
| Normans | Sardinia, Tunis, Palermo, Messina, Naples, Salerno, Durazzo | 4 |
| Papacy | Bologna, Florence, Urbino, Arezzo, Perugia, Patrimony, Rome, Spoleto, Capua, Aquila, Bari | 10 |
| Pisa | Turin, Pavia, Fornova, Parma, Lucca, Pistoia, Pisa, Piombino, Sienna, Corsica | 9 |
| Venice | Trent, Ferrara, Padua, Treviso | 3 |
Seas
| Byzantines | Lower Adriatic, Upper Adriatic, Venice | 3 |
| Normans | Gulf of Naples, Ionian Sea | 2 |
Cities
| Byzantines | Carniola, Croatia, Dalmatia, Ragusa, Albania, Ancona, Venice (3) | 9 |
| Holy Roman Empire | Montferrat, Modena, Cremona, Milan (3) | 3 |
| Normans | Sardinia, Tunis (2), Palermo, Messina, Naples (2), Durazzo | 6 |
| Papacy | Bologna, Florence (3), Arezzo, Perugia, Rome (2), Bari | 8 |
| Pisa | Genoa (3), Turin, Pavia, Lucca, Pisa, Piombino, Sienna, Corsica | 9 |
| Venice | Trent, Ferrara, Padua, Treviso | 3 |
Totals
Variable income die roll was 6.
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Country |
Variable |
Provinces |
Seas |
Cities |
Gross |
| Byzantines | 5 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 |
| Holy Roman Empire | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Normans | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 24 |
| Papacy | 6 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 24 |
| Pisa | 5 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| Venice | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
Game Summary
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| Byzantines | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Holy Roman Empire | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Muslims | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Normans | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Papacy | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Pisa | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Venice | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
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