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Players:
Altha Entlern: 16/20
Brunhilde Saden: 20/24
Niels Eisenmarke: 20/23
Siegfried Jubastacheit: 14/24

Allies:
Captain Astleich: 23/24

Enemies:
Thug A: -11/26
Thug B: -4/26
Thug C: -32/26
Thug D: -19/26
Smuggler A: -2/18
Smuggler B: -10/18
Smuggler C: -33/18
Smuggler D: -10/18
Sentry A: 0/22
Sentry B: -2/22
Crafter A: -9/19
Crafter B: -15/19
Yanub Lohl: -15/28

Doors&Other:
Wooden Door 4.11: 30/30HP, 5 DEF
Wooden Door 14.8: 30/30HP, 5 DEF

A new war gets us involved, but only so that we get some war taxes.

King Friedrich Wilhelm is personally tired of minor conflicts, so we will sit this one out.



Well, okay, a little bit involved.

But only because Bavarians joined in, and that's too close to our exclave of Memmingen.



Oh, finally, some new coconut plantations!

Just hoping this time we can maintain the plantations without the angry natives razing them to the ground.



Gustavian Infantry is the way to go here.



We have a new King on the throne, the previous one having died a little early.



Gasp, can't be! Our coconut plantation has survived!

We can now manage the city like any other province.



We go to war against Lusatia, to recover, well, Lusatia!

Austria and Novgorod and their friends join in to stop us.



It seems that Austrians have wised up and increased their army numbers.

We temporarily vacate Schwaben province, but we will come back soon.



Lusatia is forced to give both halves of their ancestral lands to us - one is our core, one is not.

Time to get rid of Austrian forces in Schwaben.



We manage to lift the siege at Memmingen, and in meanwhile invade Niederbayern, winning there against Emperor's army as well.



Bohemia has went to war against us! Once again, they and their friends Burgundians, meddle with us as the Emperor meddles in our (re)conquests.

"That's it!", said Friedrich Wilhelm V, who got really incensed by all this Imperial networking and treaties.

He has declared before the War Council of Prussia that Holy Roman Empire is the greatest obstacle in Prussian way, and must be removed.



For that, King Friedrich Wilhelm muses, we need to subjugate all seven Electors and then force the Emperor to accept our dictat.

Electors of Mainz, Brandenburg, Bohemia and Burgundy are at war with us, and so is the Austrian Emperor.



We were at war with Sweden?

I don't remember that. *click*



Byzantine Empire, out of nowhere, offers us alliance, so we agree to that.

Then, Emperor Konstantinos XIII agreed to join our war.



King Friedrich Wilhelm V got a bit too excited when he heard that we're near the capture of Vienna, and died of a stroke.

His heir is underage, and therefore the Regency Council will watch over the country for a while.

They decide to continue the plan of dismantlement of Holy Roman Empire.



Lusatian imbeciles!!

They've won a war against Bohemia, and forced them to give away Electorate of Brandenburg.

The current Council is now 6 seats only, but the Austrian Emperor will surely invite someone to it.



Council of Regents had a hearty laugh when they've learned that Duchy of Friesland, vassal of our enemy, Burgundy, became the 7th Elector.



The capitals of all the enemies in the current wars are ours.

Cologne, Holstein and Magdeburg are neutral in the conflict, but we will find a way.

Players:
Altha Entlern: 16/20
Brunhilde Saden: 20/24
Niels Eisenmarke: 20/23
Siegfried Jubastacheit: 14/24

Allies:
Captain Astleich: 23/24

Enemies:
Thug A: -11/26
Thug B: -4/26
Thug C: -32/26
Thug D: -19/26
Smuggler A: -2/18
Smuggler B: -10/18
Smuggler C: -33/18
Smuggler D: -10/18
Sentry A: 0/22
Sentry B: -2/22
Crafter A: -9/19
Crafter B: -15/19
Yanub Lohl: -15/28

Doors&Other:
Wooden Door 4.11: 30/30HP, 5 DEF
Wooden Door 14.8: 30/30HP, 5 DEF

PLAYERS:

Each Player is 1 Warlord of China. The available Warlords, in initial order of Phase movements, are:

1. Shi Xie (dull red)
2. Han Sui&Ma Teng (yellow-green)
3. Liu Biao (dark green)
4. Liu Zhang (cyan)
5. Sun Quan (bright red)
6. Yuan Shao (orange)
7. Cao Cao (blue)

Each starts with certain amount of Supply Centers and Armies:

1. Shi Xie (2): JAZ, JIO
2. Han Sui&Ma Teng (2): TIN, WWU
3. Liu Biao (2): SWJ, JNG
4. Liu Zhang (3): LIA, CGQ, CHD *Capital*
5. Sun Quan (3): CHB, HNZ, JIA *Capital*
6. Yuan Shao (4): ZHN, FAN, QNG, JIH *Capital*
7. Cao Cao (5): XPI, YAN, XCH, WAN, LUO *Capital*

TURNS AND PHASES:

Each Turn represents one Year. Each Year is divided into 3 phases:
1. Spring Movement phase, separate for each Player.
2. Fall Movement phase, separate for each Player.
3. Winter Build/Disband phase, simultaneous for all Players.

During Spring and Fall phases, each Player has their own time to move (capped at 24 hours).
They can move their Armies from territory to territory, or support their other Armies.

During Winter Build/Disband phase, each Player builds new Armies or disbands their current Armies so that amount of Armies is equal to amount of Supply Centers they own.
So if you own 3 Supply Centers and have 1 Army, you can Build 2 Armies. If you have 4 Armies but have only 2 Supply Centers, you must disband 2 Armies.

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THE MAP:



Map of the CHINA is divided into named Territories, each name shortened to 3-letter abbreviations. You can find entire list in 'Territories' spoiler.

SUPPLY CENTERS:

There are 29 Supply Centers on the map, each marked with a black 'dot'.

Supply Centers determine how many Armies you can have. You can build new Armies at Supply Centers only.
Neutral Supply Centers can be taken by having an Army at a Supply Center at the end of the Fall Phase.

CAPITALS:

These are important centres of Imperial administration; being large, fortified cities, they also grant +2 to rolls of the Army stationed within.

At start of the game, Liu Zhang, Sun Quan, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao control 1 Capital each, with the fifth one at Yong being occupied by Independents.

Controlling Capital(s) is also part of victory condition. After all, how can there be an empire without a capital?

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WINNING THE GAME:

To win the game, you must:

1. Have 15 Supply Centers, including
2. At least 1 Capital, and
3. You must have more Capitals than any other Player

If all these are true at the end of a Year, victory goes to you!

LOSING THE GAME:

If, at the end of any given Fall Phase, you do not own any Supply Centers, you must disband all your Armies, and you lose.

ARMY MOVEMENT AND COMBAT:

Armies are represented as squares with Chinese spear symbol ('Máo') on the field with a color representing their owner.

During your time to move at Spring/Fall Phases, you can move your Armies around, from one Territory to another adjacent to it. There can be only 1 Army inside any Territory at any given time.

An easy-to-use format goes like this; if you want to move Armies, one from Fng to Tai and other from Qng to Xpi, just write:

Army in FAN to TAI.
Army in QNG to XPI.

If your Army wants to enter a territory where an enemy Army is already stationed, a Combat occurs. Both Armies roll 1d6 dice; if there's a tie, the dice are re-rolled.
The Army that has the higher roll wins the combat; the loser is destroyed. If the attacking Army wins, it also moves into the territory previously occupied by the loser.

You can also Support your Armies:
1. One Army moves into territory occupied by an enemy Army, and other, adjacent to the territory you wish to conquer, Supports. Supporting Army grants a second 1d6 to your target Army's roll. No matter the outcome of the combat, the Supporting Army is not affected.
2. One Army does NOT move; and other, adjacent to the territory the first Army is occupying, Supports. Supporting Army grants a second 1d6 to you target Army's rolls whenever attacked, until your next Turn.

Supporting Army that is targeted and destroyed no longer provides bonus dice.
You cannot Move and Support; an Army that is Supporting during a Phase cannot Move in the same turn, and vice versa.

Example:

Yuan Shao has 2 Armies, 1 in Jizhou and 1 in Fangzi, Cao Cao has 1 Army in Yan.
Yuan Shao sends Army in Jizhou to attack Cao Cao in Yan, and commands Fangzi Army to Support.
If Yuan Shao wins the combat, Cao Cao loses hiss Army in Yan, Yuan Shao's Army in Jizhou moves into Yan, while the Army in Fangzi remains there.
If Yuan Shao loses the combat, he loses Jizhou Army, Cao Cao's Army remains in Yan, and Yuan Shao's Army in Fangzi remains there.

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INDEPENDENTS:

At start of the game, several Supply Centers (Liaodong, Hangzong, and Yong with its Capital) are held by Independents.

These Independents are neutral armies that must be fought against for control over the Province they're stationed in.

Additional Independents might 'appear' if a Player drops from the game; his lands turn neutral and all armies in his lands become Independents.

41 Provinces, 29 Supply Centers, 5 Capitals

List number, Province Name - Abbreviation *Supply Center indicator* (Capital indicator)

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1 Liaodong - LIO *SC*
2 Youzhou - YOZ
3 Zhoucheng - ZHN *SC*
4 Bingzhou - BIN
5 Taiyuan - TAI *SC*
6 Jizhou - JIH *SC* (Capital: Jicheng)
7 Fangzi - FAN *SC*
8 Qing - QNG *SC*
9 Yan - YAN *SC*
10 Luoyang - LUO *SC* (Capital: Luoyang)
11 Sili - SIL
12 Yong - YON *SC* (Capital: Chang-an)
13 Tianshui - TIN *SC*
14 Shanggui - SGG
15 Wuwei - WWU *SC*
16 Xiapi - XPI *SC*
17 Xuchang - XCH *SC*
18 Jianye - JIA *SC* (Capital: Jianye)
19 Wan - WAN *SC*
20 Northern Jing - NJN
21 Jiangling - JNG *SC*
22 Southeast Jing - SEJ
23 Southwest Jing - SWJ *SC*
24 North Yang - NYG
25 Hangzhou - HNZ *SC*
26 South Yang - SYG
27 West Yang - WYG *SC*
28 Chi Bi - CHB *SC*
29 Hanzhong - HHG *SC*
30 Qin - QIN
31 East Yi - EYI
32 Liang - LIA *SC*
33 Chengdu - CHD *SC* (Capital: Chengdu)
34 Chongqing - CGQ *SC*
35 Xichuan - XIC *SC*
36 Ning - NNG
37 Panyu - PAN *SC*
38 Guang Coast - GUC *SC*
39 Jiao - JIO *SC*
40 East Guang - EGU
41 Jiaozhi - JAZ *SC*