Dog Park

Spring 1055

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

Miller Number 2007Apw10

Deadline/Retreats 9/1 Tuesday, Summer 1055 9/21 Monday

The Pope and Pisa cooperate to tighten the noose around the Holy Roman Emperor while the Byzantines and Venice cooperate to destroy a Papal fleet. The Normans position themselves against Byzantium.

Expenditures

The Byzantines borrow 4 ducats for 2 years (6 ducats due Spring 1057), spend 3 ducats for Famine Relief in Durazzo, and 3 ducats for a counterbribe of F Upper Adriatic

The Holy Roman Empire gives 1 ducat to the Byzantines

The Pope spends 3 ducats for Famine Relief in Bologna

Pisa spends 3 ducats for Famine Relief in Milan.

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)

Spring 1057: 6 ducats due from the Byzantines (4 borrowed)

Orders

Byzantines (Giovine) A (EP) Ancona supports Venice A Padua to Urbino, A Albania to Aquila, F Upper Adriatic transports Venice A Padua to Urbino, F Lower Adriatic transports A Albania to Aquila (Dislodged, retreat Dalmatia, Herzegovina, OTB), F Ragusa supports F Lower Adriatic, G Durazzo convert to F
Holy Roman Empire (Partridge) A Modena to Parma (Dislodged, retreat Fornova, garrison, OTB), A (EM) Cremona supports A Modena to Parma (cut)
Normans (Horsely) A Palermo holds, A Naples to Aquila, F Sardinia to Tyrrhenian Sea, F Messina to Otranto, F Gulf of Naples supports F Messina to Otranto, F Ionian Sea supports F Durazzo to Lower Adriatic, F (EM) Durazzo to Lower Adriatic
Papacy (Roalstad) A Arezzo to Florence, A Bologna supports Pisa A Lucca to Modena, A (EM) Mantua to Cremona, F Urbino to Upper Adriatic (Destroyed), G Bari convert to F
Pisa (Scott) A Turin to Como, A Pavia to Milan, A Parma supports Papal A Mantua to Cremona (cut), A Lucca to Modena, A Pistoia to Pisa, F Pisa to Ligurian Sea, G Genoa convert to A
Venice (Wilson) A Ferrara to Mantua, A (EM) Padua to Urbino

Summer 1055 Retreats

The Byzantines retreat F Lower Adriatic to Dalmatia

Holy Roman Empire retreats A Modena to Fornova

Summer 1055 Plague

Poor Year – Row Only: Trent, Herzegovina, Pistoia, Corsica, Patrimony

Press

The Voice of the People: It seems that a Rich Alliance with Big Treasures encountered Big Problems with a Poor Alliance with very little ducats: Could it be an erroneous choice of the Commander in Chief? Who is the responsible? When do it finish this unequal struggle and all will live in peace?

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