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PLAYERS:

Each Player controls 1 Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. The available princes, in initial order of Phase movements, are:

1. Duke of Milan (lavender)
2. Duke of Burgundy (purple)
3. Count Palatine of the Rhine (teal)
4. Duke of Bavaria (cyan)
5. Archduke of Austria (silver)
6. Margrave of Brandenburg (dull brown)
7. Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (orange)
8. King of Bohemia (bright brown), also The Holy Roman Emperor

Each starts with certain amount of Supply Centers and Armies:

1. Duke of Milan: 3 Supply Centers (LMB, VER, SIE), 1 Army at LMB
2. Duke of Burgundy: 2 Supply Centers (BRG, FRC), 2 Armies at BRG, FRC
3. Count Palatine of the Rhine: 2 Supply Centers (PAL, NRB), 2 Armies at PAL, NRB
4. Duke of Bavaria: 2 Supply Centers (BAY, RGN), 2 Armies at BAY, RGN
5. Archduke of Austria: 2 Supply Centers (WIE, STY), 2 Armies at WIE, STY
6. Margrave of Brandenburg: 2 Supply Centers (BER, POT), 2 Armies at BER, POT
7. Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg: 2 Supply Centers (BSK, LUN), 2 Armies at BSK, LUN
8. King of Bohemia: 3 Supply Centers (BOH, SIL, MRV), 3 Armies at BOH, SIL, MRV

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.

THE MAP:

Map of the Holy Roman Empire is divided into named Territories, each name shortened to 3-letter abbreviations. You can find entire list in 'Territories' spoiler.
Areas outside HRE are 'greyed out' and cannot be traversed by Players' Armies.

You can view the map of traversible Territories in the 'HRE Map' spoiler.

SUPPLY CENTERS:

There are 34 Supply Centers on the map, each makred 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.

Controlling lots of Supply Centers is necessary to win the game.

WINNING THE GAME:

There are 3 options you can go for:

1. Own more than half (18) Supply Centers at the end of any Fall Phase.
2. Secure all 7 Electoral Votes, and with them, be elected The Holy Roman Emperor. Player Electors who vote for that particular Emperor win the game ALONGSIDE said Emperor.
3. Be the Holy Roman Emperor at the end of Turn 50 (Winter Phase 50). Unlike option 2, Player Electors do NOT win alongside the Emperor.

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.
If this happens to the current Holy Roman Emperor, they 'die' and Elections happen to determine the new Holy Roman Emperor.

ARMY MOVEMENT AND COMBAT:

Armies are represented as squares with two black 'swords' 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.

There are four special cases for non-adjacent Territories.

Oldenburg (OLD) - Holland (HOL)
Bremen (BRE) - Schlesvig (SLV)
Mecklenburg (MCK) - Pomerania (POM)
These three pairs are connected by short distances over the water. Armies can cross between these pairs of territories without problems.

Venezia (VNZ) - Ferrara (FER), Verona (VER), Treviso (TRV)
While Venezia is an 'island', Armies can move to and from it to all three Provinces listed - Ferrara, Verona, Treviso - without problems.

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; 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 attacking Army's roll. No matter the outcome of the combat, the Supporting Army is not affected.

You cannot Move and Support; an Army that is Supporting during a Phase cannot Move in the same turn, and vice versa.

Example:

Brandenburg has 2 Armies, 1 in Anhalt and 1 in Meissen, while Austria has 1 Army in Saxony.
Brandenburg sends Army in Anhalt to attack Austria in Saxony, and commands Meissen Army to Support.
If Brandenburg wins the combat, Austria loses its Army in Saxony, Brandeburg's Army in Anhalt moves into Saxony, while the Army in Meissen remains there.
If Brandenburg loses the combat, it loses Anhalt Army, Austria's Army remains in Saxony, and Brandenburg's Army in Meissen remains there.

HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR AND THE ELECTIONS:

One Player can wield the title of the Holy Roman Empire. Bohemia starts the game as the Holy Roman Emperor.

How to be elected an Emperor and how does the title affects the game - and the Player - is described in 'HRE Elections' spoiler.

/Letter:
ABR - Abbrieviation full name (accepted alternative name) *Supply Center indicator*

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/A:
AAH - Aachen *SC*
ANH - Anhalt
ANS - Ansbach
AQU - Aquileia *SC*
AUG - Augsburg

/B:
BAD - Baden
BAR - Barrois
BAY - Bayern (Bavaria) *SC*
BER - Berlin *SC*
BOH - Bohemia *SC*
BRA - Brabant *SC*
BRE - Bremen *SC*
BRG - Bourgogne (Burgundy) *SC*
BRN - Bern
BSC - Brescia
BSK - Braunschweig (Brunswick) *SC*

/C:
COL - Cologne (Köln)
CLV - Cleves

/E:
ELS - Elsass (Alsace) *SC*
ERZ - Erz

/F:
FER - Ferrara
FLO - Florence
FRC - Franche-Comté
FRF - Frankfurt *SC*

/G:
GEL - Gelre
GEN - Genoa *SC*
GRA - Graz

/H:
HAM - Hamburg *SC*
HES - Hesse *SC*
HOL - Holland *SC*

/L:
LBK - Lübeck *SC*
LIE - Liege
LIM - Limburg
LMB - Lombardie *SC*
LPP - Lippe
LST - Lausitz (Lusatia)
LTH - Lothringen (Lorraine) *SC*
LUN - Lüneburg *SC*
LXB - Luxemburg

/M:
MAN - Mantua
MCK - Mecklenburg
MEI - Meissen
MGD - Magdeburg
MNZ - Mainz
MOD - Modena
MUN - Münster
MRV - Moravia *SC*
MTZ - Metz

/N:
NIC - Nice
NRB - Nurenberg *SC*
NSU - Nassau

/O:
OLD - Oldenburg

/P:
PAL - Palatinate *SC*
PIS - Pisa
POM - Pommern (Pomerania) *SC*
POT - Potsdam *SC*

/R:
RGN - Regensburg *SC*

/S:
SAV - Savoy *SC*
SAX - Saxony *SC*
SIE - Siena *SC*
SIL - Silesia *SC*
SLV - Schlesvig
SLZ - Salzburg
STY - Styria *SC*
SUD - Sudeten (Sudety)
SWZ - Schwyz

/T:
THU - Thüringen (Thuringia)
TIR - Tirol
TRR - Trier
TRV - Treviso

/U:
ULM - Ulm
UTR - Utrecht

/V:
VER - Verona *SC*
VNZ - Venezia *SC*

/W:
WIE - Wien (Vienna) *SC*
WRT - Württemberg *SC*
WRZ - Würzburg

HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR AND HOW TO BE ONE:

Being Holy Roman Emperor changes the game for you in few ways:

-You do not disband excess Armies during Winter Build/Disband phase (although you still cannot Build above the limit).
-Your turn is moved to the last position in player's order.
-Your Armies gain 1 bonus point to their rolls.

Bohemia (bright brown) starts the game as the Holy Roman Emperor.

Each Winter (except 1st Winter after fresh Elections), a 1d6 will be rolled. If a 1 is rolled, the current Holy Roman Emperor 'dies' and Elections happen. The Player with most votes becomes the next Emperor.

Votes come from:
1. Archbishop of Cologne (neutral @COL)
2. Archbishop of Mainz (neutral @MNZ)
3. Archbishop of Trier (neutral @TRR)
4. Count Palatine of the Rhine (teal, Player@PAL)
5. Duke of Saxony (neutral/Supply Center@SAX)
6. Margrave of Brandenburg (dull brown, Player@BER)
7. King of Bohemia (bright brown, Player@BOH)

How to gain votes from:
Archbishop of Cologne:
Have the largest sum of Supply Centers owned + Armies on the map OR Move an Army to COL (Cologne). Condition 2 takes precedence over Condition 1.
If there's a tie for Condition 1, a coin is tossed to determine who receives the vote.
At the start of the game, Cologne is voting for Bohemia.

Archbishop of Mainz:
Have the largest number of Armies on the map OR Move an Army to MNZ (Mainz). Condition 2 takes precedence over Condition 1.
If there's a tie for Condition 1, a coin is tossed to determine who receives the vote.
At the start of the game, Mainz is voting for Bohemia.

Archbishop of Trier:
Have the largest number of Supply Centers owned OR Move an Army to TRR (Trier). Condition 2 takes precedence over Condition 1.
If there's a tie for Condition 1, a coin is tossed to determine who receives the vote.
At the start of the game, Trier is voting for Bohemia.

Count Palatine of the Rhine:
If Palatine Player is still in the game, the Palatine Player decides whom he/she votes for.
Else, whomever controls the Supply Centre at PAL (Palatinate) gains the Palatine's vote.
At the start of the game, Palatine is voting for itself.

Duke of Saxony:
Have the largest sum of Supply Centers owned + Armies on the map OR Control the Supply Center at SAX (Saxony). Condition 2 takes precedence over Condition 1.
If there's a tie for Condition 1, a coin is tossed to determine who receives the vote.
At the start of the game, Saxony is voting for Bohemia.

Margrave of Brandenburg:
If Brandenburgian Player is still in the game, the Brandenburgian Player decides whom he/she votes for.
Else, whomever controls the Supply Centre at BER (Berlin) gains the Brandenburg's vote.
At the start of the game, Brandenburg is voting for itself.

King of Bohemia:
If Bohemian Player is still in the game, the Bohemian PLayer decides whom he/she votes for.
Else, whomever controls the Supply Centre at BOH (Bohemia) gains the Bohemia's vote.
At the start of the game, Bohemia is voting for itself.

Neutral Electors change their votes when appropriate conditions change.
Player Electors can change their votes at any given time.

Electoral Tie:

If there's a tie (2 Players have the same amount of Votes), the tie is broken according to these rules:

1. The previous Holy Roman Emperor takes precendence.
2. If neither Player was the previous Holy Roman Emperor, the Player with the most Votes received from OTHER Players wins.
3. If both Players have same amount of Player votes, the Player with greater sum of Supply Centers held + Armies on map wins.
4. If both Players have same amount of Player votes, and equal sums of Supply Centers and Armies, a coin toss is made with both Players declaring their side. The winner of the coin toss becomes the next Holy Roman Emperor.

Henry Fairfax is best theologian we've ever had! In six previous months we even converted 8 different Breton (now English) colonies in Southern Vinland thanks to his influence.



How quaint; our long-term relationship with Bremen resulted with them becoming our vassal. As you can see, once our infamy dies out, we will receive their vote as Holy Roman Emperor.

King Charles is currently entertaining the idea of doing the same with Provence; whilst we haven't inter-married into their ruling family as often as with Bremen, they still value our friendship rather highly.

Who knows, maybe in the future.



Excuse me, what?

Haitian separatists, okay, but in northern Vinland? Y'all need compasses in your lives.

Unlike Canada, these two provinces produce highly prized cotton and sugar, so we won't be surrendering those as vassal state.



This time, the healers were on point and Prince George has survived the illness.

On the world stage, Xin and Khmer decided 'screw peace in Asia, we want land' and has been partitioning, in order, Malacca, Assam and Manchus so far.



Assimilation and Anglicization of colonial Bretons is nearly complete, and since early 1802, King Charles has restarted colonization process in lands west of Great Lakes.



Too much hassle to root them out.

Meanwhile, our infamy dropped low enough for King Charles to seriously prod Bremen and Provence to vote for us in Imperial Elections.



WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT COMPASSES??

We will get our two core provinces back.



Meanwhile, to punch Paraguay in the nose, we create a new centre of trade in Sao Vicente, to take profits from trade of coffee, cotton and tobacco.

(the trade value of Sao Vicente balances at about 750-800 ducats by August).



Two sieges and some naval blockades later, the despicable Haitians surrender the English-populated provinces to us.



As we lay siege to Provencal capital to relieve our friends from rebels, we get new infantry formation available.

We go for the rigid, high-morale and defensively oriented Square Infantry.



Charles is dead, long live George!

His relative, also named George, has equally good stats and is already an adult, too.



The social turbulences of early 19th century are catching up with Great Britain, too.

King George had to choose, and decided to, endorse the enlightened principles of Socialism. We can regain stability per being Supreme Governor of Anglican Church, but rebels is what we experience often.

Surely nothing bad will come from this decision.



As you can see, we've reached 61 level of Government technology, allowing us to take second-to-last of National Ideas.

We grab Seahawks for the heck of it, plus the fact that we can establish Fleet as our Wooden Wall, cutting down all ship construction times by 10%.



Truly, Mr.Ben here is a godsend.

The other option would give us prestige in place of stability, so the choice is obvious!



With acquisition of a statesman, we can pass government Reform Act, which in turn pushes us just enough towards innovativeness that we can go with Education Act as well.

Thank God we live in such enlightened times!

PCs:
Jill Frost: 23/23
Johannes van den Berg: 8/20
Priscilla van den Borre: 15/24 Poison (1/2)
Rowan Bouwman: 20/20
Venza Ataris: -/20 3/3

Allies:
Albrecht Licht: 31/31
Princess Sophia: 18/18

Enemies:
Cutthroat A: 23/23
Cutthroat B: 0/23
Cutthroat C: 23/23
Axeman A: 18/27
Axeman B: 27/27
Axeman C: 17/27
Huntsman A: 22/22
Huntsman B: -2/22
Orecchio A: 21/21
Orecchio B: 21/21
Dirtrobe A: -2/19
Dirtrobe B: 19/19
Hood A: -28/20
Hood B: 20/20
Hood C: 20/20
Hood D: 20/20
Sigurd: 28/28 (E: Killer Axe)

If someone can explain to me, how Royal Navy, ordered to return to Britain, got 3 transports lost in Pacific before I've found them near Tahiti... I will be thankful.

Personally I bet the Pope is at fault for this. Or Catholics in general, yes.



King George IV has a crafty idea in mind; using fake reasons for war - namely Liberation - we will conquer little parts of India for profit and enlightenment!

Members of Parliament did point out that this will bump our infamy, but the King is undeterred.



Malwa and Gondwana (and Assam) join the war; the former two being on our hit list as well - Khandesh especially because of its centre of trade - we will turn the India red in one swift war!



We smash apart Khandeshi and Malwan armies and begin sieges of their provinces; meanwhile, Rajputana joins enemy's side.

Their three provinces will make a fine addition to our collection! We need to punch Assam for that, as Rajputs are their vassals.



Khandesh falls into our hands!

To placate the intellectuals opposed to these conquests, King George sponsors the Neoclassical artists and architects of Britain with the funds acquired for the war.



Little George Plantagenet dies despite best efforts of hired healers.

Continuing the Anglican tradition, George IV quickly divorces his wife and marries another woman, souring relationship with Brunswick.



The elusive King of Assam and his army are cornered in Naga and destroyed!

In meanwhile, we manage to subdue Gondwana. King George is already busy drafting a peace treaty.





Deva Bengal is rewarded for its loyalty and given one of provinces it considers cores. Nepal becomes independent and Rajputs are devassalized.

Which allows us to grab one of Rajputs' provinces, and quite some cash.

Finally, we humilitate Gondwana, also taking money and a province from them.

The British India is now a singular, connected domain! George IV returns home to celebrate his victories in India.



King George IV has been assasinated! By the Papal emissary, no less! It seems that the Catholic patriarchs have not forgotten - or forgiven, indeed - that Britain broke up with Catholics over two hundred fifty years ago. Sure picked the best moment for this, too.

All of Britain is now harboring deep hatred against the Pope, and efforts are being increased to root out the Breton Catholics out of southern Vinland in response to this.

Young Charles is only four years old by now, and a regency period begins, his tutors and protectors unsure of the dynasty's future. God be with Charles!

PCs:
Jill Frost: 23/23
Johannes van den Berg: 20/20
Priscilla van den Borre: 24/24
Rowan Bouwman: 20/20 Poison (2/2)
Venza Ataris: 1/20

Allies:
Albrecht Licht: 31/31
Princess Sophia: 18/18

Enemies:
Cutthroat A: 23/23
Cutthroat B: 12/23
Cutthroat C: 23/23
Axeman A: 18/27
Axeman B: 27/27
Axeman C: 27/27
Huntsman A: 22/22
Huntsman B: -2/22
Orecchio A: 21/21
Orecchio B: 21/21
Dirtrobe A: 19/19
Dirtrobe B: 19/19
Hood A: -28/20
Hood B: 20/20
Hood C: 20/20
Hood D: 20/20
Sigurd: 28/28