Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Summer 1250
Miller Number 2007Bpw10
Advanced Rules, Natural Disasters, Special Military Units, Conquest, Gray Press, Ultimate Victory
Deadline/Fall 1250 4/29 Tuesday
The Pope and Avignon continue their antagonism while Milan tries to help Venice against Florence. Aragon maintains a menacing presence in the Gulf of Lions and Genoa takes Corsica.
Orders
| Aragon (Mercer) | A Palermo to Messina, F Gulf of Lions holds, F Ionian Sea to Lower Adriatic |
| Avignon (Nichols) | A Aquila to Naples, A Swiss to Turin, F Lower Adriatic to Upper Adriatic, F Provence to Marseilles |
| Florence (Whyte) | A Florence to Bologna, A Pistoia supports A Florence to Bologna, A Sienna besieges |
| Genoa (Scott) | A Fornova to Genoa, F Savoy to Genoa, F Ligurian Sea to Corsica |
| Milan (Renken) | A Montferrat besieges, A Parma holds, A Mantua supports Venice A Ferrara to Bologna |
| Papacy (Robles) | A Capua to Naples, A Spoleto supports F Ancona, F Ancona holds |
| Venice (Partridge) | A Treviso to Friuli, A Ferrara to Bologna, F Venice to Upper Adriatic |
Press
Avignon – Aragon: GOL back to Sar, please.
The Florentine Florins'orth: In a thinly disguised bellicose address to his enfeudated populace, the Duke of Sienna has criticised the dress sense of his Florentine Majesty, in particular calling His Majesty "vain". The Duke's loquacity got the better of him as he addressed a sullen crowd from his ducal balcony on tax day, and he thundered implications of a 'bonfire of the vanities" before his foreign minister was able to remove the Duke's foot from his mouth and replace it with his own sock to prevent further diplomatic incident. The hypocrisy of the Duke is startling, as his own sartorial self-importance runs in a similar vein to the accusations levelled at His Majesty. His Majesty has taken the remarks in good humour, downplaying the personal insult, but has insisted that twenty four battalions of His Majesty's Own Lighting and Interior Decoration Corps conduct an immediate house call on the Duke and retouch his petty principality in this season's shade of Burnt Sienna.
Genoa – All: Lot's of new to me players in this game... how about some of you sending out e-mails and let's get some alliance's going?
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