Off the Leash

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Miller Number 2001Fpw10

Spring 1469

Deadline/Summer 1469 1/16 Tuesday

The French make minor gains against Venice in the north and Venice makes minor gains against Naples in the south.

Naples gives 10 ducats to France.

Venice borrows 4 ducats from the moneylenders for 1 year (5 ducats due Spring 1470). Spends 27 ducats to repay loan.

Spring 1470: 5 ducats due from Venice (4 borrowed)

FRANCE	A Swiss to Turin, A Tyrolea supports G Milan convert to A (cut), A Como supports A Tyrolea, A Milan to Bergamo, A Pavia to Parma, A Mantua supports A Milan to Bergamo, A Modena supports A Mantua, A Lucca to Bologna, F Marseilles to Gulf of Lions, F Gulf of Lions to Tyrrhenian Sea, F Ligurian Sea supports F Gulf of Lions to Tyrrhenian Sea, G Milan convert to A, G Pavia convert to A
NAPLES	A Pistoia supports French A Lucca (nso), A Perugia to Rome, A Capua supports A Perugia to Rome, F Naples supports French F Ligurian Sea to Tyrrhenian Sea (nso), F Salerno holds, F Gulf of Naples to Ionian Sea, F Messina holds, F Palermo holds (u)
VENICE	A Austria to Tyrolea, A Carinthia to Milan, A Trent to Verona, A Bergamo to Mantua (Dislodged, retreat Cremona, OTB), A Ferrara to Verona, A Bologna to Florence, A (EM) Florence to Arezzo, A Ancona to Spoleto, A Aquila supports A Ancona to Spoleto, F Lower Adriatic supports F Ionian Sea, F Ionian Sea holds, F Central Mediterranean supports F Western Mediterranean to Tyrrhenian Sea, F Western Mediterranean to Tyrrhenian Sea

Note that if Venice retreats the A in Bergamo to Cremona, it will be destroyed by famine.

Good year – No plague!

France – Naples: I hope that you suggested moves for my fleets of GOL and TS and armies of Lucca and Modena.

Naples – France: Use the money I am sending you to best strike at our enemy. I hope that you can return the favor next year.....

Venice – France: Look, no matter how many times you ask me, I will *not* ally with you against Naples. Sorry.

Venice – Naples: I am in the mood for a Roman holiday.