Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Advanced Game, Assassination, Plague, Famine, Special Military Units, Conquest, Moneylenders, Strategic Movment, Black Press, Standard Victory
Miller Number 2000Fpw10
Summer 1056
Deadline/Fall 1056 2/14 Tuesday
Venice is hit hard by plague, and the Pope's holdings suffer massive rebellion after his assassination. Pisa and the Muslims make advances, while Byzantium is stymied.
Summer 1056 Retreats
Muslims retreat A Arezzo to garrison
Venice retreats A Milan to Parma, F Lower Adriatic to Ancona
Summer 1056 Plague
Poor Year – Row Only: Bergamo, Ancona (Venice F destroyed), Parma (Venice A destroyed), Mantua (Venice A destroyed), Istria
Expenditures
The Pope fails to repay his debt to the moneylenders and is assassinated. All units hold, Aquila, Capua, Spoleto, Urbino, Patrimony, Perugia, and Sienna rebel. The Pope may never again borrow money from the moneylenders.
Outstanding Debt
Spring 1057: 5 ducats due from Pisa (3 borrowed)
Orders
| BYZANTINES (Robles) |
A Herzegovina to Ragusa, [F (EM) Durazzo to Lower Adriatic] |
| MUSLIMS (Wilson) | A Palermo to Capua (rebellion liberated), A Salerno supports F Otranto to Bari, F Sardinia supports F Tyrrhenian Sea, F Tyrrhenian Sea transports A Palermo to Capua, F Naples supports F Tyrrhenian Sea, F Otranto to Bari, F Lower Adriatic holds, [G Arezzo converts to A] |
| PAPACY (Scott) | [A Bari holds (Dislodged, retreat garrison, OTB)], A Aquila holds, A Rome holds, A Urbino holds, A Sienna holds, A (EM) Arezzo holds |
| PISA (Roalstad) | A Milan to Bergamo, A Pavia to Parma, A Montferrat to Pavia, A Bologna supports A Pisa to Florence, A Pisa to Florence, F Ligurian Sea supports F Piombino, F Piombino supports F Ligurian Sea |
| VENICE (Partridge) | [A Florence supports Papal A Sienna (cut, Dislodged, retreat Pistoia, garrison, OTB)], A Padua to Ferrara, [A Croatia to Dalmatia], [F Dalmatia to Lower Adriatic], F Upper Adriatic supports F Dalmatia to Lower Adriatic |
Press
Byzantium – Muslims: Hmmm, burnt at the stake or beheaded by Saracens. What a choice!
Byzantium – Pisa: Is the Pope with you?
Venice – GM: Just shoot me, it would be more humane!
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