Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR

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evwalt -> Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (7/28/2011 12:28:58 AM)
I am going to try my hand again at an AAR. This will probably start out a bit slow as the game has just started and I want this to lag behind actual play. Set-up: Scenario:1792 Difficulty:Blucher Length:23 Years Difficulty:Standard Advanced Economy Victory:Highest Glory House Rules: 1. There can be no DOW on a nation or it's territories, when occupied by the declaring party. 2. No insurrections. 3. No blockading with empty container fleets! 4. No feudal reforms imposed by treaty. 5. No Coups. 6. Empty container fleets should be in moved to the far most NW North Atalantic sea zone to avoid being targets of interceptions! You may hide them in port but they could be potentially captured otherwise when a city falls.. BUT, you can move them to a home port! 7. No adjustment to other players military readiness in regards to victory conditions. 8. Any extended peace treaties need to start on the month the war ended. i.e. no extentions from the point that the normal 18 month period of peace ends. Clarification to Above---You set back the date to start the Extended peace treaty from the time the opponent surrendered. If not it should be set to start the same turn the treaty is put into place. 9. No violation of other nations neutralities with supply depots!(no one likes this when done to them!) Unless you have that nation's permission to do so. 10. all peace treaties must be imposed within one turn after peace is imposed between the parties. Clarification to Above, "All peace treaties must be imposed the turn after the surrender. If a player forgets to submit a treaty the turn after surrender, he will be reminded to submit a treaty with the next turn. If a player forgets to submit a treaty two turns after a surrender, the only peace treaty that may be imposed after that point may have NO terms, meaning that the game will automatically fill in the terms (requiring reparations by the losing player for a certain period of time). 11. No removal of leaders imposed by treaty. 12. Any container in an enemies capital cannot be set to "avoid combat"!

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (7/28/2011 12:30:09 AM)
I will put a summary of the wars being/have been fought. The Wars: War of the First Coalition (France vs. Austria & Prussia)--June, 1792 to August, 1792. Ceasefire between all powers.

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (7/28/2011 12:32:18 AM)
June 1792 --Dateline Paris, June 6, 1792: Today, the Legislative Assembly of the Kingdom of France approved the endorsements of the temporary Committee of Public Safety for ending the current conflicts between France and the other powers of Europe. With the acceptance of these recommendations, the Committee of Public Safety was formally dissolved with its members returning to their normal positions within the Assembly. “It is our sincere hope that these agreements will lead to peace between France and the other monarchies of Europe,” stated Maximilien Robespierre, “and quell righteous anger of our citizens against those who have so abused them in the past.” M. Robespierre also called for calm within the city of Paris, especially by those members of the Paris Commune who had sought to rally the citizens against the soon-to-be non-existent enemies of their country. Further comment was not forthcoming as M. Robespierre then left the Assembly, stating a need to reach a meeting of the Jacobin Club to begin shortly. It was said that this meeting of Jacobins was to determine a course of action after King Louis XVI recent veto of the bill mandating death for all French emigres currently in arms against the government. Turn Update: Nothing much happening at this point. Agreements have been made with Austria and Prussia to end our war with ceasefires. Otherwise, just organizing our armies and filling them out with replacements (we begin the game short nearly 70,000). Also, allowing all of our ships to be repaired as most start off the game damaged.

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (7/28/2011 12:34:05 AM)
July 1792 --Dateline: Paris, July 14, 1792 On this third anniversary of the storming of the Bastile, the Legislative Assembly met briefly to address the recent bill proposed by M. Robespierre. With peace on the horizon, M. Robespierre recommended that the Swiss Guards currently assigned to the protection of the King at Tuileries Palace be returned to active duty with the French Army. "Our King no longer needs the protection of foreign soldiers," raged M. Robespierre, "when good Frenchmen can provide even better, more loyal, bodyguards." M. Robespierre then proposed that the King and his family be allowed to return to Versailles in the near future under the protection of handpicked National Guardsmen, stating that he felt that the strain of the King's continuous forced occupation of the Tuileries Palace in Paris was growing too great for him to bear. Touched by this change of heart, M. Robespierre having previously been an outspoken critic of the King and the power he still wielded, the Assembly approved the bill. It was expected that this news would be greeted by the radical members of the Paris Commune and its many Jacobin members with outrage. Instead, outside of some minor grumbling, no major protests took place. Turn Update: Again, not much going on outside of the beginning of construction of improvements in France. Several banks were started to increase our money supply.

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (7/29/2011 7:05:14 PM)
August/September 1792 --Dateline: Paris, September 1, 1792 The strength of the radical revolutionaries Jacobins within the Legislative Assembly continues to wane. An alliance of the constitutional monarchists of the right, now known as Feuillants, and the liberal republican centrists, known as Girondists, has done much to drain their power. The Jacobins did finally manage to rally behind the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre to prevent further decline but now number less than one-third of the Assembly. Though now constantly outvoted, many in the Assembly give close consideration to their demands as they still act as the voice of the large and radical Paris Commune that continues to dominate the city. It was for this reason that M. Robespierre was appointed Chairman of the Committee of the National Guard, where he controls many aspects of the Guard’s recruitment and assembly. In other news, the Swiss Guard protecting the King at Tuileries Palace have been replaced by units of the Regular Army and the National Guard. The Regular Army units guard the Royal Family and the Palace itself, while the National Guards maintain control over the surrounding area. It was expected that there may be some tension between the Regulars and the usually more revolutionary Guardsmen, but M. Robespierre has taken great pains to insure that those National Guard regiments selected for the duty come from the more Royalist areas of the country. M. Robespierre has also proposed that these Guard units be rotated after several months so that “Frenchmen from every part of the country will have the honor of guarding the Royal Family.” It was expected that this measure will easily pass the Assembly. Turn Update: An agreement has been reached with Austria to purchase Flanders. It is not quite as good as the treaty below implies. The total cost is $260, to be paid in $50 subsidies for the next 4 turns after signing. [image]local://upfiles/27058/CC05DEBF810A43698BC3382AC80D96D8.jpg[/image]

Graymane -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (7/30/2011 12:33:54 AM)
I'm watching!

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (8/11/2011 12:55:44 AM)
October-December, 1792 --Dateline: Paris, January 1, 1793. The coming of the New Year has seen much change in the Kingdom of France. In the Legislative Assembly, the radical Jacobins's political power is on the wane. Though numbering nearly one-third of the Assembly, the alliance of the Feuillants and Gerondists factions has drained much of their power. Only M. Robespierre (ironically probably the most radical member of the Assembly) still holds any real position of power for the Jacobins, that of Chairman of the Committee of the National Guard. This "army within an army" contains the numerous volunteer regiments raised during the threatened war with Prussia and Austria and at this point outnumbers the French regular army. It is surprising that M. Robespierre holds such an important position, as all members of the Assembly still look with suspicion on the Regular Army; an army that is still believed to be loyal to the King. However, Chairman Robespierre has earned praise from many members in his attempt to defuse the anti-monarchist rage boiling within many of the National Guard regiments, especially those comprised of the radical Jacobins of the Paris Commune. The Chairman has met with every commander of every National Guard regiment in private to address their concerns. Initially, there was some grumbling that Chairman Robespierre was attempting to unduly influence the commanders of the National Guard, especially when he removed several commanders of Paris-raised Guard regiments. However, his explanations for the removals, that those commanders were to radical for service in Paris near the King, were finally accepted. Many of his decisions were praised, as with his selection of several pro-monarchists Vendee-raised Guard regiments to serve as the Palace Guard for the King. These regiments were expected to serve for several months before rotation to their home province and replacement with other National Guard units. Indeed, the King has felt so comfortable with his protection that he still resides at Tuileries Palace in Paris to remain close to the Assembly, despite some misgivings of the power the Paris Communes still welds. While much has improved in France, one major flashpoint remains, the French émigrés. Though abandoned by the Prussian and Austrian governments, these Frenchmen still remain in arms in their camps in Bavaria, their stated mission still the overthrow of the Assembly and complete restoration of the monarchy. As such, these émigrés remain a flashpoint, both in France's relations with the other powers of Europe as well as between the King, the Assembly and the People. Turn Update: Nothing major going on at this point. No new alliances have been created. The only major political agreement has been the one formed in the west at French behest. France, Britain, Prussia, Austria and Spain have all agreed to not attack minors but to compete to control them diplomatically. This should avoid unintended wars in the near term. This agreement covers all the minors from Denmark to Papacy (ie. Central Europe). France may have gone a bit overboard on trading. My intention was to bring in resources to allow me to shift manpower from production to construction. I am now suffering a bit from income shortage due to the high amount of trade. It appears that French trade is within 10% of total amount of British trade, though it could be a bit more or less depending on which British routes aren't going through due to lack of resources. Included in below posts: French construction. French trade is now somewhere north of $250 for 220+ resources a turn. The Glory Ratings: [image]local://upfiles/27058/1182B4D872394B1F8CC3E2A2CF49988B.jpg[/image]

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (8/11/2011 1:03:12 AM)
October-December, 1792 (cont.) French Construction: [image]local://upfiles/27058/43511E59D6294CAFACDB4CC604D88FFD.jpg[/image]

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (8/14/2011 3:28:06 AM)
February 1792 Turn Update: Again. Nothing much happening. The diplomatic struggle for minors continues. Of interest is the sudden drop in British funds. The Brits have mostly kept their money above $750 and sometimes near $1000 but this turn sees a sudden plunge. Cash flow problems or did they do a bit of overtrading like me? It will, no doubt, affect the Brits ability to send out massive subsidies to the minors for the next turn or two. This may just be a temporary problem though, I know earlier I suffered massive cash flow problems, so much so I started to worry a bit. Seems a thing of the past now though.... Below is the status of the Major Powers. [image]local://upfiles/27058/FFB98F1915674E8A8D7B01F739B70D8D.jpg[/image]

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (9/23/2011 9:15:10 PM)
March-September 1793 Dateline: Paris, June 15, 1793. Another Bastille Day has come and gone with little change in France. The Radical Jacobins and their allies among the Paris Commune continue to hold little real power within the government despite the support of much of the population. It was expected by many observers that such a situation would bring more unrest to the country but M. Robespierre has managed to keep them in check, earning much praise from his fellow Assemblymen. The French Emigres still occupy their camps in Bavaria. At this time, it is unknown which Great Power has been providing the money to maintain this force-in-being but while they remain, there is little doubt that France will be unable to enjoy any type of stability. At his request, Chairman Robespierre has been granted sole responsibility in dealing with the Bavarian King. With the approval of the Assembly, the Chairman appointed a Special Envoy to the Bavarian Court, where it is hoped that the King can be convinced to remove the Emigres from his country. Robespierre has also appointed an Envoy to the Bavarian Army, to make contact with its commanders directly, in the hope that they may exert some influence over the King. There have also been reports that Jacobin agents have been flooding the country looking to stir up the people against their monarchy but this has not been confirmed. Turn Updates: Still lots of nothing going on outside of building up the provincial improvements of France. Only a few major changes at this point. Turkey invaded and conquered Tripolitania. Upon its conquest, the Tunsians decided that discretion was the better part of valor and became a Turkish protectorate. The only other major action? Austria and Prussia broke their alliance, leaving NO existing alliances in the game. Besides the few events above, there is no action outside of diplomatic action across Europe. One thing of interest is the British still seem to be suffering from money problems. Their turns of throwing money at every minor under the sun is apparently over. Now, they seem to concentrate on a handful. Undertaking some type of massive troop build-up or true cash flow problems? I have no idea.

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (11/4/2011 1:49:33 AM)
I haven't forgotten about this game. Just lots and LOTS of nothing going on. Update when something happens (ok, ANYTHING happens) [:D]

montesaurus -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (11/5/2011 2:16:56 PM)
Does'nt help either that we seem to be only getting a turn out a week instead of every 48 hours! Oh well.....

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (11/16/2011 8:47:17 PM)
October 1793 Dateline: Paris, October 30, 1793 Interesting news has swept through the Capitol of France. Joseph Marie Barnave, younger brother to the Antoine Pierre Barnave, a General in the French Émigré Army encamped in Bavaria, has been arrested trying to enter the city. Young Joseph had not followed his brother into exile, remaining behind amid protestations of loyalty to the Legislative Assembly and the new French Constitution. Yesterday, Barnave was stopped at one of the many gates of Paris by a detachment of one of the National Guard regiments raised from among the radical members of the Paris Commune. When asked his business within the city, he was reported to have stated he was visiting his mother with various correspondences from her relatives. He was about to be passed through when a member of the detachment, who happened to be an old servant of the Barnave family, stepped forth and announced that the woman had died several years ago. When confronted by this claim, Barnave had attempted to flee into the city, only to be shot and killed by the detachment. A subsequent search of the body was said to have discovered several letters hidden in his boots, which were immediately carried to the offices of Minister Robespierre. The contents of such letters have been much speculated upon by everyone in Paris. The most repeated rumor is that the letters were correspondence from General Barnave to secret supporters of the Émigré Army in Paris itself. Among the radical members of the Paris Commune and their Jacoban leaders, King Louis XVI himself is the name most often mentioned. In other news, in Bavaria, the influence of France continues to grow as the first Bavarian National Guard regiments are fully integrated into the Bavarian Army. It is expected that over the next few months, the Bavarian King will use these more economical forces to replace many of the mercenary regiments that form the majority of the Bavarian Army.

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (11/17/2011 7:22:21 PM)
November, 1793 Dateline: Paris, November 5, 1793 The city is still in uproar over the recovery of the Barnave letters. Growing meetings of the supporters of the Paris Commune cry out for the traitors to the Revolution to be named and arrested. A special meeting of the Legislative Assembly has been called for tomorrow to deal with the matter. At the royal residence, the National Guard regiments from the royalist supporting region of Vendee have been released from service protecting the King at his Paris palace of Tuileries. While speculation has run rampart that this dismissal is related to the discovery of the Barnave letters, Minister Robespierre denied that the rotation was anything but a normal event. Several regiments of National Guard raised from among the radicals of Paris took their place outside the palace. The selection of these regiments, stated Minister Robespierre, was to give the more radical supporters of the Paris Commune assurance that the King would be watched by those loyal to the Revolution, not from any assumption of disloyalty by the King himself. In other news, the integration of the new National Guard regiments into the Bavarian Army continues. As each new regiment is officially accepted, the Bavarians disband one of their older style regiments. Such regiments were often thirty percent or more filled with non-Bavarian mercenaries. The raising of these new Bavarian National Guard regiments have caused some consternation in the Bavarian capitol in Munich. Several high ranking nobles have protested to the Bavarian King that these new regiments are infused with a great deal of radicalism and that their ranks are filled with soldiers who have more in common with their common-born French instructors than their noble Bavarian commanders. Supporters of the French within court point out that those agitating for a slower recruitment process are all supporters of the British crown. Both the French and British have for years been vying for greater influence over the Bavarian Government. ** Dateline: Paris, November 6, 1793 The Legislative Assembly was the scene of boisterous meeting today as Minister Robespierre confirmed officially the contents of the Barnave letters, stating that they were indeed treasonous letters addressed to many prominent officials in Paris. M. Robespierre refused to provide any specifics however despite demands from the other members of the Assembly, most specifically Adrian Duport, leader of the Feuillants. The argument soon grew to a fever pitch and nearly came to blows when several Jacobin supporters recalled that before his joining the Émigré Army, Antoine Pierre Barnave was a leader in the Feuillant movement. The meeting was forced to end shortly thereafter when a large crowd of citizens from the Paris Commune began to riot outside the building. In other news, it is reported that Louis XVI daughter, Princess Marie-Therese, has left Paris for a long scheduled visit to see her cousin, Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and Archduke of Austria. Dateline: Paris, November 14, 1793 Reports began to circulate that Adrian Duport, leader of the Feuillants in the Legislative Assembly, was among those to whom some of the Barnave letters were addressed. Within hours, a large crowd of Parisians had gathered outside the house in which he had stayed demanding his arrest. Shortly thereafter, a regiment of National Guard troops under the direction of Minister Robespierre arrived at the scene, only to discover that Dupot had escaped the crowd and fled earlier. This flight is widely seen as proof of his guilt, though many members of his faction in the Assembly argue that he fled to avoid the crowd and not because of treasonous activity. ** Dateline: Paris, November 21, 1793 Adrian Duport, leader of the Feuillants in the Legislative Assembly is dead; killed while meeting with several members of his faction in a tavern outside of Paris. According to Minister Robespierre, National Guard troops arrived at the tavern with arrest warrants for the Assemblyman. After refusing to be arrested because he claimed that the warrants had been improperly and illegally signed by Minister Robespierre alone, Duport tried to flee. At that point, he was shot and killed, along with most of the leadership of the Feuillant faction. Minister Robespierre later stated that it was obvious that many members of the Feuillant faction in the Assembly were traitors still loyal to their ex-leader, Émigré leader Antoine Pierre Barnave. He then announced the issuance of hundreds of additional warrants for prominent Feuillant members, both in and outside the Assembly.

evwalt -> RE: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité--A French 1792 AAR (11/29/2011 7:24:21 PM)
December, 1793 Dateline: Paris, December 20, 1793 THE KING IS DEAD! Today, Minister Robespierre announced that King Louis XVI, his wife Queen Marie Antoinette, and his heir, the Dauphin, Louis-Joseph-Xavier-Francois were found dead. According to Minister Robespierre’s office, all servants of the King fled the palace at Tuileries when a large crowd of Parisians demanding the arrest of the King approached. It was reported that the King, seized by a sudden madness due to the protest, snatched up a sword, a Toledo Salamancia, and cut off the heads of his wife and son before his National Guard protectors could intervene. The King then fled, locking himself in one of the rooms of the palace. As the Guardsmen attempted to batter their way in, the King recovered his senses. Thereupon, in a fit of depression over what he had done, he cut off his own head. According to Minister Robespierre, the National Guard commander, panicked over the death of the royal family, placed their bodies in sealed carriages and removed them from Paris for a secret burial in the country. Only an hour after this announcement, Armand Gensonne, leader of the Girondists in the Legislatively Assembly, mounted a podium in downtown Paris to accuse Robespierre of authorizing the murder of Louis XVI. According to Gensonne, the Royal Family was alive when they left Paris in their sealed carriages, only to be murdered in the country by Robespierre’s minions. This accusation was not well received by the mostly radical crowd and when Gensonne demanded the arrest of Robespierre, the crowd rioted. It is reported that the man barely escaped with his life and is now fleeing Paris and perhaps the country. *** Dateline: Paris, December 25, 1793 Christmas sees Paris and indeed much of France in turmoil. Mobs of radical Jacobins (most of the supporters of the Paris Commune now sport the red cap of the Jacobins) rampage through the country, looking for enemies of the Revolution. Most of the Assembly supporters of the Girondists and Feuillants, traitors all according to Robespierre, have either been arrested by National Guard troops, fled the country or been torn to bits by the mob. The loyal Jacobin members of Assembly have been called to a special December 31 meeting to determine the fate of the country.

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