Saturday, January 30, 2021

SYW Global Campaign - 1758, Year-end Summary

 World maps at the start of 1758:


Colonial

  • British fleet fled and took the India chit with it, heading for the Americas. They will not arrive until next year.
  • Dutch fleet and troops moved to South China Sea while "pirates" guard the Dutch trade
  • Indian rebels attacked the abandoned Madras. They took Madras.

  • Dutch fleet landed in the summer and attacked Malacca. Dutch took Malacca but one fleet took a step loss.
  • In the fall, the Dutch attacked the rebels in Padong. Dutch successfully took Padong and the rebels retreated with a step loss.

  • Spain attacked Brazil by land, and successfully took it with no losses.
  • Spain continued to attack Jamaica by sea, and successfully took it with no losses.
  • Britain attacked Leeward Islands and played "Caught at Anchor". One French fleet is destroyed outright in the combat. British siege Leeward Islands with 1 fleet step loss. 
  • With the British fleet sheltered in Leeward Islands, the Ottomans played "Caribbean Storm", causing the remaining French and Spanish fleet to both take a step loss.
  • In the summer, fleets from all three countries arrived from Europe. French fleet dropped off the Normandie stack in Quebec. 
  • British fleet attacked Florida with 3 land chits and 4 naval chits. They successfully took Florida but with a step loss to a fleet.
  • Ottomans played "Pitt Takes Power", enabling them to recruit more colonial chits in the colonies.
  • Spain played "boiled up and ate them", stoking mass panic in the already chaotic 13 colonies, which lost Britain 2 resources. Britain played "dysentery" to take 1 SP factor off of the Montclam army.
  • With the stage set for conflict, Montcalm rushed to defend Virginia in the summer, and the British moved in to attack Virginia in the fall. The combat was resolved over two Might and Reason games, see one of the major battles here.
  • The French won the overall combat, they were successful in driving the British back to sea. Virginia continues to belong to the French.

European

  • In early Spring, Prussia attacked Vienna right away with all of their chits plus the Bavarians for support. The Bavarians were sent by the France. The combat was fought in three games. See one of the major battles here.
  • Prussia won the overall battle decisively and took Vienna. With that, the Prussian players were presented with three options:
  • Prussia chose Option 3 - Germany is formed! 
  • With that, France breaks out of the alliance and declares war on Prussia and Spain.
  • After losing their capital, Austria is broken into two teams - those that support and reunite with the Spanish Hapsburgs who now play as part of the Spanish team, and those that remain loyal to the "true" Hapsburgs, who now play as Austrian rebels until they can reform "Austria".

  • France gave orders to withdraw various chits to defend their southern borders.
  • Both France and Britain sends troops to the new world.
  • In summer, France, now at war with Prussia, attacked Hesse and successfully took it with no step losses. France continued towards Hanover.
  • In fall, Prussia counterattacked France in Hanover with the newly acquired Saxony armies and Frederick's best chits. The combat was fought in two games. See one of the major battles here.
  • Prussia won the overall combat decisively. Not only were they able to take back Hanover, they proceeded into Ile de France. The beaten up French army decided to retreat away from the Prussian.
  • With the Prussians now in their capitals, France was forced to sue for peace.

  • Spain attacked Portugal with an land army and Naples fleet. Britain allied Portugal and joined the fight. Overall, the British fleet drove away the Naples fleet with one step loss. But Spain won against Portugal with one land and one sea step loss. The Portugese fleet fled to England with their troops.
  • France attacked Tuscany with the Piedmont troops. The battle was played in one game. Spain won the battle and kept Tuscany.
  • Spain also gained Vienna as Prussia formed Germany.

  • Lots of cards were played to slow Prussia's attack in Russia by both Russia and the Dutch. However, since the Prussians were playing defensively on that front, none of the cards had a real effect.
  • Ottomans attacked Russia in Volknyia early in the year. They were successful in taking Volknyia with no step losses.
  • Seeing the imminent demise of the Austrians, Ottomans also attacked Transylvania and took it with no step losses.
  • In the summer, Russia decided to take all their chits and attack Prussia. Prussia played "Surprise Attack" on the Russians which removed a third of the Russian army. The battle was resolved over three games. See one of the major battles here. 
  • Prussia won the overall battle decisively, which allowed them to push forward and invade and take St. Petersburg.
  • With their capital gone, Russia fell into a civil war, splitting the country into two sides that are now at war with each other - the German court which is under Peter and sponsored by Sweden and the Prussians, and the remaining Russian court under Catherine, who has succeeded the recently departed Elizabeth.

World maps at the end of 1758:




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