Dog Park
Fall 1051
Advanced Rules, Natural Disasters, Special Military Units, Moneylenders, Conquest, Gray Press, Ultimate Victory
Miller Number 2007Apw10
Deadline/Winter-Spring 1052 4/29 Tuesday
Byzantium enlists the help of the moneylenders to buy off the captain of the Venetian fleet and proceed to take Venice. The Normans get their revenge on the Muslims for earlier treachery. The Pope, the Pisans, and the Holy Roman Empire consolidate.
Expenditures
The Byzantines borrow 12 ducats for 2 years (18 ducats due Fall 1053) and buy Venice F Upper Adriatic for 18 ducats.
Pisa borrows 9 ducats for 2 years (14 ducats due Fall 1053) and spends 12 ducats to disband autonomous garrison in Genoa.
Outstanding Loans
Spring 1053: 9 ducats from the Muslims (6 borrowed)
Fall 1053: 14 ducats from Pisa (9 borrowed), 18 ducats from Byzantines (12 borrowed)
Orders
| Byzantines (Giovine) | A Otranto to Bari, A Herzegovina to Dalmatia, F Lower Adriatic supports A Herzegovina to Dalmatia, F Upper Adriatic to Venice |
| Holy Roman Empire (Partridge) | A Montferrat besieges (autonomous garrison destroyed), A Mantua besieges (autonomous garrison destroyed), A Trent besieges (autonomous garrison destroyed) |
| Muslims (Robles) | F Sardinia holds (Dislodged, retreat Gulf of Lions, Western Mediterranean, OTB), G Palermo convert to A, G Messina convert to F |
| Normans (Horsley) | A Corsica to Sardinia, F Tyrrhenian Sea supports A Corsica to Sardinia |
| Papacy (Roalstad) | A Florence besieges (autonomous garrison destroyed), A Urbino supports A Spoleto to Ancona, A Spoleto to Ancona |
| Pisa (Scott) | A Genoa holds, A Sienna besieges (autonomous garrison destroyed), F Ligurian Sea holds |
| Venice (Wilson) | A Ferrara besieges (autonomous garrison destroyed), A Croatia to Carniola, F Upper Adriatic holds (nsu) |
| Lombards | A Ancona holds (Displaced, retreats OTB), Out! |
Press
Pisa – Byz's, Muslim's & HRE: I am guessing that each of you very confident players are all planned out and need no help from us others to win this game? This guess since I've not heard from any of the 3 of you about a week after that Summer Turn was put out...
Spring 1052 Famine
Bad Year – Row and Column: Piombino, Tunis, Palermo, Cremona, Pistoia, Fornova, Turin, Bosnia
Spring 1469 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 | Dalmatia, Ragusa, Albania, Durazzo, Bari, Salerno, Otranto | 7 |
| Holy Roman Empire | Montferrat, Pavia, Milan, Cremona, Trent, Mantua | 5 |
| Muslims | Tunis, Palermo, Messina | 1 |
| Normans | Sardinia, Naples | 2 |
| Papacy | Florence, Arezzo, Urbino, Ancona, Perugia, Patrimony, Rome | 7 |
| Pisa | Genoa, Lucca, Pisa, Piombino, Sienna | 4 |
| Venice | Ferrara, Padua, Treviso, Carniola | 4 |
Seas
| Byzantines | Venice, Lower Adriatic | 2 |
| Muslims | Gulf of Lions or Western Mediterranean | 1 |
| Normans | Tyrrhenian Sea | 1 |
| Pisa | Ligurian Sea | 1 |
Cities
| Byzantines | Dalmatia, Ragusa, Albania, Durazzo, Bari, Venice (3) | 8 |
| Holy Roman Empire | Montferrat, Pavia, Milan (3), Cremona, Trent, Mantua | 7 |
| Muslims |
Tunis (2), Palermo, Messina |
1 |
| Normans | Sardinia, Naples (2) | 3 |
| Papacy | Florence (3), Arezzo, Ancona, Perugia, Rome (2) | 8 |
| Pisa | Genoa (3), Lucca, Pisa, Piombino, Sienna | 6 |
| Venice | Ferrara, Padua, Treviso, Carniola | 4 |
Totals
Variable income die roll was 2.
|
Variable |
Provinces |
Seas |
Cities |
Gross |
|
| Byzantines | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| Holy Roman Empire | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Muslims | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Normans | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Papacy | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| Pisa | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| Venice | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
Game Summary
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1051 |
1052 |
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| Byzantines | 3 | 6 |
| Holy Roman Empire | 3 | 6 |
| Muslims | 3 | 3 |
| Normans | 1 | 2 |
| Papacy | 3 | 5 |
| Pisa | 3 | 5 |
| Venice | 3 | 4 |
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