BALTIC CAMPAIGN AD 1735

[snooky51]

Rejoice! Here I bring you the good news. Our most righteous armies have smote the Swedes 48-31 and 48-34

Lysimachos, so my understanding is that both of these are individually tactical victories (2 points each because it is an attack w/ counterattack). Markleslie has a minor fortress in Smaland. Does that mean the 48-31 (Danish attack to smaland) get reduced to a minor victory with the counterattack victory remaining unchanged for a total of 3 points overall with the fortress being destroyed b/c of a tactical victory? Or does the combined 4 points get reduced to a minor victory overall by the presence of the fortress?

[Lysimachos]

Rejoice! Here I bring you the good news. Our most righteous armies have smote the Swedes 48-31 and 48-34

Lysimachos, so my understanding is that both of these are individually tactical victories (2 points each because it is an attack w/ counterattack). Markleslie has a minor fortress in Smaland. Does that mean the 48-31 (Danish attack to smaland) get reduced to a minor victory with the counterattack victory remaining unchanged for a total of 3 points overall with the fortress being destroyed b/c of a tactical victory? Or does the combined 4 points get reduced to a minor victory overall by the presence of the fortress?

The second is right.

The rules states: "the result will be determined by summing up the outcomes of both battles, each of them giving the following point values ... The outcome will be determined based on the point difference between the two Nations ...", which means that the two battles are treated overall as a single battle, whose final outcome is determined summing up the results of the two encounters.

In the case, you won two tactical battlese earning a total of 4 pts. which gives you an overall tactical victory and makes you to be treated as the attacker.
Given the presence in the attacked province of Smaland of a minor fortress, the tactical victory is degraded to marginal, while the fortress is definitively ruined and disappears.

[snooky51]

The second is right.

The rules states: "the result will be determined by summing up the outcomes of both battles, each of them giving the following point values ... The outcome will be determined based on the point difference between the two Nations ...", which means that the two battles are treated overall as a single battle, whose final outcome is determined summing up the results of the two encounters.

Thank you, I should have read the rules more carefully.

As an aside, I think this mod, for whatever faults it may have, is fantastic for playing other people. Every MP battle I have had has a real "touch and go" feel until a sudden collapse near the end. In the base game you can kind of get an idea who is going to win pretty early in a lot of matches. With this, I am never certain until the game ends and IMHO keeps players engaged in trying to win the match rather than limiting damage because you never know when the morale of a huge part of your line or the opponent's will collapse. Plus it is not just a chain rout that happens but a collective loss of morale in a sector of the line that gets hit hard which I think matches my understanding of how age of musket battles went. Great job, plus this campaign is well done and fun, even if the Ogre Saxones is steamrolling North Germany

[Lysimachos]

Thanks for your kind words, mate!

The mod took me a lot of work but I'm quite satisfied of the result.
In the coming months a newer version is expected with some adjustments and refinements which, I hope, will improve a little more the actual experience.

Regarding campaigns, I've always loved organizing them, and it's a real fun to play them with all of you!

[Lysimachos]

AD 1743
Open Battle in Lithuania
Prussian – Polish 48% / 43%

Prussian marginal defeat

Fearing to face the enemy head on, the astute polish general arranged to deploy his men in the thick of the humid Lithuanian woods located on the extreme edge of the battlefield.

The brave Prussian soldiers, not having the heart to retreat without at least trying to defeat the treacherous enemy, agreed to run the gauntlet by advancing at the risk of their own lives.

A crazy and ferocious battle ensued, with troops appearing and disappearing in the shadows, ending as darkness fell with a slight predominance of the Polish forces.


Suum cuique

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[awesum4]

This was the very strange battle, rather than fighting in the vast plains of Lithuania we defended in the forests of North America. So the Prussians for once couldn't use their massed artillery, and their shock cavalry were lost in the trees until almost the end of the engagement. The few clearings were covered by our light guns and we performed a double envelopment with our numerous light troops. Even so a massive advantage mid game was starting to evaporate as the Prussians fought back with grit and determination.

[Lysimachos]

V^th TURN SUMMARY

DENMARK (snooky51)
Treasury 52.000 Th. (49.000 Th. => 52.000 Th)
Internal Stability 5 (4 => 5)
Provinces: Zealand, Jutland, Holstein
VPs 980 (920 => 980)
Assets: Major Fortress in Holstein and Zealand
Reforms: Fiscal Reform / Military Reform
Turn 5 Actions
Propaganda
(-15.000 Th. / +2 SL)
Taxation
(-1 SL / + 37.000 Th.)
Attack from Jutland to Smaland
Defense in Jutland from Smaland
(-20.000 Th. / Mutual Battle Tactical Victory turned Marginal by Minor Fortress / +8.000 Th. / Fortress destroyed)
Reinforcements in Jutland
(-7.000 Th.)

POLAND (awesum4)
Treasury 28.000 Th. (53.000 Th. => 28.000 Th.)
Internal Stability 3 (4 => 3)
Provinces: Mazovia, Polesia, Lithuania
VPs 860 (880 => 860)
Assets: Major Fortress in Mazovia and Lithuania
Reforms: Fiscal Reform
Turn 5 Actions
Taxation
(-1 SL / +37.000 Th.)
Major Fortress in Lithuania
(-35.000 Th.)
Attack from Lithuania to Prussia
Defense in Lithuania from Prussia
(-20.000 Th. / Mutual Battle Draw)
Reinforcements in Lithuania
(-7.000 Th.)

PRUSSIA (Lysimachos)
Treasury 1.000 Th. (-4.000 Th. => 1.000 Th.)
Internal Stability 4 (4 => 4)
Provinces: Pomerania, Prussia
VPs 640 (670 => 640)
Assets: =
Reforms: =
Turn 5 Actions
Requisitions
(-2 SL / +55.000 Th.)
Propaganda
(-15.000 Th. / +2 SL)
Defense in Prussia from Lithuania
Conterattack from Prussia to Lithuania
(-20.000 Th. / Mutual Battle Draw)
Reinforcements in Prussia
(-7.000 Th.)
Defense In Pomerania from Brandenburg
(Tactical Defeat turned Marginal by Minor Fortress / -8.000 Th. / Fortress destroyed)


SAXONY (gribol)
Treasury 24.000 Th. (93.000 Th. => 24.000 Th.)
Internal Stability 9 (7 => 9)
Provinces: Saxony, Eastphalia, Neumark, Brandenburg
VPs 1.500 (1.340 => 1.500)
Assets: Major Fortress in Neumark, Saxony, Brandenburg and Eastphalia
Reforms: Fiscal Reform
Turn 5 Actions
Propaganda
(-15.000 Th. / +2 SL)
Major fortress in Brandenburg
(-35.000 Th.)
Attack from Brandenburg to Pomerania
(-20.000 Th. / Tactical Victory turned Marginal by Minor Fortress / +8.000 Th. / Fortress destroyed)
Reinforcements in Brandenburg
(-7.000 Th.)

SWEDEN (markleslie)
Treasury 67.000 Th. (80.000 Th. => 67.000 Th.)
Internal Stability 7 (6 => 7)
Provinces: Smaland, Gothland, Livonia
VPs 1.050 (1.020 => 1.050)
Assets: Minor Fortress in Gotland
Reforms: Fiscal Reform
Turn 5 Actions
Taxation
(-1 SL / +37.000 Th.)
Propaganda
(-15.000 Th. / +2 SL)
Defense in Smaland from Jutland
Counterattack from Smaland to Jutland
(-20.000 Th. / Mutual Battle Tactical Defeat turned Marginal by Minor Fortress / -8.000 Th. / Fortress destroyed)
Reinforcements in Smaland
(-7.000 Th.)


PLAYED TRUCES
Prussia on Saxony
Sweden on Poland

[Lysimachos]

Campaign map at the beginning of the sixth and last turn / AD 1745

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[Lysimachos]

Gentlemen, this is the order of action for the 6th and last turn (opened by the player with less VPs, followed in ascending order by those with more VPS):

PRUSSIA (Lysimachos)
POLAND (awesum4)
DENMARK (snooky51)
SWEDEN (markleslie)
SAXONY (gribol)

[Lysimachos]

"The older you get, the more you become convinced that His Sacred Majesty the Fate does three-quarters of the work in this miserable universe."

(Frederick the Great in a letter to Voltaire)

That said, given that anyway we have to govern, the King of Prussia orders:

1) new Requisitions, if anything is still left in the realm to collect,
2) Truce with the Poles, that at least for a while they direct their covetous eyes elsewhere,
3) Major Fortress in Pomerania, to protect this ravaged province,
4) Garrison in Pomerania to guard the Saxon border

Suum cuique

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[awesum4]

The peace loving Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania do the following

1/ Taxation because our people are happy to pay for their security

2/ Propaganda or rather the righteous telling of the truth about pretty much everything

3/ Major Fortification in Lithuania to protect against future invasion by the Warmongering Prussians

4/ garrison in Mazovia because our troops love to spend the summer in the warmer southern climate

[snooky51]

Now that the fortress in smaland has been reduced. Our borders are safe and that which we set out to accomplish has been completed. For the last Turn:

1) Propagandize our subjects
2) Minor fortress in Jutland
3) Garrison Jutland
4) Garrison Holstein

[markleslie]

SWEDEN

Turn 6
1. Propaganda
2. Taxation
3. Major Fortress - Smaland
4. Upgrade Fortress - Gothland

A shakeup of the military arms is well underway, sadly our Cuirassiers have been relegated to ceremonial duties only while the new Corps of Engineers move into their new much larger barracks in the capital.

Trust in God, trust in blood, trust in iron.

[snooky51]

3. Major Fortress - Smaland

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[markleslie]

3. Major Fortress - Smaland

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[gribol]

1. Taxation
2. Propaganda
3. Smoking and drinking

[Lysimachos]

VI^th TURN SUMMARY

DENMARK (snooky51)
Treasury 3.000 Th. (52.000 Th. => 3.000 Th)
Internal Stability 7 (5 => 7)
Provinces: Zealand, Jutland, Holstein
VPs 1.130 (980 => 1.130)
Assets: Major Fortress in Holstein and Zealand, Minor Fortress in Jutland
Reforms: Fiscal Reform / Military Reform
Turn 6 Actions
Propaganda
(-15.000 Th. / +2 SL)
Minor Fortress in Jutland
(-20.000 Th.)
Garrison in Jutland
(-7.000 Th.)
Garrison in Holstein
(-7.000 Th.)

POLAND (awesum4)
Treasury 18.000 Th. (28.000 Th. => 18.000 Th.)
Internal Stability 4 (3 => 4)
Provinces: Mazovia, Polesia, Lithuania
VPs 960 (860 => 960)
Assets: Major Fortress in Mazovia, Polesia and Lithuania
Reforms: Fiscal Reform
Turn 6 Actions
Taxation
(-1SL / +37.000 Th.)
Propaganda
(-15.000 Th. / +2 SL)
Major Fortress in Polesia
(-35.000 Th.)
Garrison in Mazovia
(-7.000 Th.)
Truce imposed by Prussia
(+10.000 Th.)

PRUSSIA (Lysimachos)
Treasury 4.000 Th. (1.000 Th. => 4.000 Th.)
Internal Stability 2 (4 => 2)
Provinces: Pomerania, Prussia
VPs 560 (640 => 560)
Assets: Major Fortress in Pomerania
Reforms: =
Turn 6 Actions
Requisitions
(-2 SL / + 55.000 Th.)
Truce with Poland
(-10.000 Th.)
Major Fortress in Pomerania
(-35.000 Th.)
Garrison in Pomerania
(-7.000 Th.)

SAXONY (gribol)
Treasury 46.000 Th. (24.000 Th. => 46.000 Th.)
Internal Stability 10 (9 => 10)
Provinces: Saxony, Eastphalia, Neumark, Brandenburg
VPs 1.560 (1.500 => 1560)
Assets: Major Fortress in Neumark, Saxony, Brandenburg and Eastphalia
Reforms: Fiscal Reform
Turn 6 Actions
Taxation
(-1 SL / +37.000 Th.)
Propaganda
(-15.000 Th. / +2 SL)

SWEDEN (markleslie)
Treasury 39.000 Th. (67.000 Th. => 39.000 Th.)
Internal Stability 8 (7 => 8 )
Provinces: Smaland, Gothland, Livonia
VPs 1.160 (1.050 => 1.160)
Assets: Major Fortress in Gotland and Smaland
Reforms: Fiscal Reform
Turn 6 Actions
Propaganda
(-15.000 Th. / +2 SL)
Taxation
(-1 SL / +37.000 Th.)
Major Fortress in Smaland
(-35.000 Th.)
Upgrade Fortress in Gothland
(-15.000 Th.)

PLAYED TRUCES
Prussia on Saxony
Sweden on Poland
Prussia on Poland


VICTORY POINTS

SAXONY 1.560 (gribol) / WINNER
SWEDEN 1.160 (markleslie)
DENMARK 1.130 (snooky51)
POLAND 960 (awesum4)
PRUSSIA 560 (Lysimachos)

[Lysimachos]

Campaign map at the end of the sixth and last turn / AD 1747

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[Lysimachos]

Thanks everybody, Sirs, for the nice campaign and the many battles fought in various fashion.
Hope you enjoyed the game!

As for me, Prussia barely managed to survive the onslaught of the fearsome Saxon Orc and this is already a great success ...

Stay tuned for the future because great news are arriving (someone says that in a few weeks a new and cooler version of the AOR mod is going to be published)!

[markleslie]

Congratulations to gribol for his very, very modest victory but, just maybe, the real victory was the friends we invaded along the way!



A big thank you to Lysimachos for all the effort in creating and running the campaign and the great mod that was that special sauce we all need on our meals.

HURRAH!