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354 10/3/2026 9:52:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message Dave, you are up to do Otts. Can you do Spain too?
353 10/3/2026 2:43:00 PM 1807-1808 Prussia Prussia: Play Strategy card as Operations #92: 6 / Capitulation
A nation of your choice whose Capital is controlled surrenders immedately. Determine Duchies to be ceded with the normal Ceding die roll. Apply all Conquest consequences. Loss of both Capitals is required for Russian surrender. If no Capital or more than one nation's Capital is Enemy-controlled, a Neutral Proxy will not play this event.

Message from Prussia:
Recruit 3 units in Breslau.
352 10/2/2026 12:31:00 AM 1807-1808 Britain Message NOTE: ENG will preempt FRA but nothing before then.
351 10/1/2026 7:36:00 PM 1807-1808 Prussia Prussia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Prussia:
Draw for Parliament card
350 10/1/2026 8:23:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Message File is uploaded.

Britain has preemption (5 cards v 4 France and 4 Russia)

Prussia is up to play (don't forget to draw a card for Britain's Parliament card play)
349 10/1/2026 8:17:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Play Strategy card as Operations #38: 2 / Boarding Action
Convert an enemy Squadron eliminated in this battle to a Squadron of the opposing Fleet's color in Regroup if it has a Squadron available to build.

Message from Russia:
Playing for CPs:
CP1 - konstantin, 3 units Vilna -> Grodno
CP2 - Bagratian, 3 units Borisov -> Grodno
348 10/1/2026 12:38:00 AM 1807-1808 Austria Message File is up.
347 10/1/2026 12:37:00 AM 1807-1808 Austria Austria: Play Strategy card as Operations #54: 5 / Fouche
France draws a random card from any nation. Discard out of game if used as an Event after Napoleon Abdicates or Turn 3 - whichever occurs first.

Message from Austria:
Playing for 5 CP.
Moving Ferdinand and 2 units from Regroup to Prague, and reinforcing 1 unit to Charles in Venice.
346 10/1/2026 12:15:00 AM 1807-1808 Britain Message So, are we waiting on Prussia to draw a card or Austria to play?
345 9/28/2026 4:21:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message Austria is up to go.
344 9/28/2026 1:58:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message Actually, you have preemption. You have 5 cards to my four.
343 9/27/2026 11:19:00 PM 1807-1808 Britain Message VLE T2 R2 040_ENG uploaded.

PRU to draw a card. No one should have preemption until after Russia's turn at least (I have 5 cards, 0 reserves, and 1 resource).
342 9/27/2026 11:17:00 PM 1807-1808 Britain Britain: Play Strategy card as Event #902: 5 / Parliament
Britain gets 1 CP to spend and chooses another nation not in the Imperial Camp to draw a card unless Britain is a Subject Neutral. RESERVE

Message from Britain:
Playing to give Prussia a card and using the 1 CP to move a squadron from the Med to the Mid-Atlantic (1cp = 2 mp, 1MP S. Atl, 1MP to Mid Atl)
341 9/27/2026 9:57:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message I think Eldon is up to go.
340 9/27/2026 12:10:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message Dangit. Yes. I have my screen on half size. He moves to Zurich then Milan.

Good catch.
339 9/26/2026 11:19:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Message Just to clarify, Lannes +3 moved to Zurich not Munich, picked up 1 and continued to Milan. Those dirty German names all sound the same :D
338 9/26/2026 11:08:00 PM 1807-1808 France France: Play Strategy card as Operations #41: 2 / Fog of War
Void a naval interception (even after failing a subsequent evasion attempt). Modify all further intercept attempts by -2 for the rest of this Impulse.

Message from France:
Lannes +3 moves to Munich picks up one and then on to Milan.

Eldon has preemption and is up to go

file up
337 9/26/2026 11:05:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message Eldon says Sweden passes
Denmark passes.

FRA is up
336 9/25/2026 2:09:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Message Eldon is up with Sweden. Can you (or the next person to do a move file) reduce Russia's resource count to zero? I forgot to do that on Turkey's move. Thanks!
335 9/25/2026 1:58:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Message Spain regroups 1 unit and builds 1 unit. File uploaded.
334 9/25/2026 1:52:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Spain: Play random Strategy card #34: 3 / Bravest of the Brave

Message from Russia:
Neutral Spain card play
333 9/25/2026 1:51:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Message Using my 1 cp to move Yusuf and 4 units from Belgrade to Slavonia
332 9/25/2026 1:50:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Turkey: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
1 of 1
331 9/25/2026 1:49:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Turkey: Play Strategy card as Event #911: 5 / Ottoman Turks
You have CPs equal to a die roll. Turkish Units cannot be disrupted in the first round of any battle fought in this Impulse. OR 1 CP and draw a card. RESERVE

Message from Russia:
playing for 1 cp and draw a card
330 9/25/2026 10:25:00 AM 1807-1808 Prussia Prussia: Play Strategy card as Operations #106: 5 / Baltic Naval Stores
If all Ports on the Baltic Sea are friendly or neutral, your Camp's naval Refits are Free and enemy Refits cost double (1 CP). Any one nation of your choice in your Camp with an availabel Squadron to build may freely place one once in an unblockaded Home Port beneath a Build marker. Retain faceup as long as all Ports on the Baltic Sea are non-enemy. Discard once no longer applicable.

Message from Prussia:
Recruit units in Breslau (4CP).
Move Brunswick from Anhalt to Berlin (1CP).

329 9/25/2026 3:10:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message Rob, you are up to play. Bring on the Blucher.
328 9/24/2026 5:20:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Message No file. Prussia up to play.
327 9/24/2026 5:19:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
using my resource to draw an extra card
326 9/24/2026 5:19:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Turkey: Change Nation Owner to Russia Message from Russia:
325 9/24/2026 5:18:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Play Strategy card as Event #77: 6 / The Sultan's Ear
Move Turkish Consul two boxes on the Diplomatic Track. This event may break Pact status.

Message from Russia:
Playing to move Turkey back to pact status
324 9/24/2026 5:15:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
2 of 2
323 9/24/2026 5:15:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
1 of 2
322 9/24/2026 5:15:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Play Strategy card as Event #907: 6 / Holy Mother Russia
If Russia is not a Subject Neutral or in a Foreign War AND no enemy Forces are in a Russian Home Duchy: • draw two cards and play one of them, OR • Roll a die and gain a Resource if you roll less than the current Turn number. Otherwise, build Units equal to the roll. RESERVE

Message from Russia:
Playing to draw two and play one
321 9/24/2026 2:53:00 AM 1807-1808 France Discard Strategy card Message from France:
Discarding my reserve, per Andrew's play.
320 9/24/2026 1:12:00 AM 1807-1808 Austria Message That is, the remaining unplayed one as I believe he's played one already.
319 9/24/2026 1:12:00 AM 1807-1808 Austria Austria: Play Strategy card as Event #10: 4 / Palace Intrigue
Void any nation's unplayed Reserve fo the rest of the Turn. A targeted nation with two unplayed Reserves may choose the one thus affected.

Message from Austria:
Playing as event to void the French Reserve Card.
318 9/24/2026 12:33:00 AM 1807-1808 Britain Message I am going to stop there - I have the same number of cards as FRA, so no preempts allowed (5+1 reserve vs. 5+1 reserve). AUT is up to go (no file because I changed nothing.)
317 9/24/2026 12:28:00 AM 1807-1808 Britain Britain: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Britain:
2 of 2
316 9/24/2026 12:28:00 AM 1807-1808 Britain Britain: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Britain:
315 9/24/2026 12:28:00 AM 1807-1808 Britain Britain: Play Strategy card as Event #903: 6 / Admiralty
Britain draws two cards if its Fleets control six Zones at the start of its Impulse. Voided by Bey of Algiers or if Britain is a Subject Neutral. RESERVE

Message from Britain:
Well, I am going to play this first to see if I can get lucky cards to counteract FRA lucky rolls.
314 9/23/2026 10:25:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message Now I have 5 cards and one reserve. I got one very good and one ok, card. Meh.

I'll send a file.
313 9/23/2026 10:14:00 PM 1807-1808 France France: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from France:
From resource
312 9/23/2026 10:14:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message I have preemption, 4 cards to anyone's 3, but I'll use my new resource to draw another card and more secure it.
311 9/23/2026 10:11:00 PM 1807-1808 France France: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from France:
For Kingdom of Naples
310 9/23/2026 10:10:00 PM 1807-1808 France France: Play Strategy card as Event #110: 6 / Kingdom of Naples
If Naples is controlled by France and contains a French Army. France gains a Resource, draws a card, and builds a Unit in Naples. Otherwise, this event cannot be played.

Message from France:
That was my reserve. I'll now play this as an event.

I gain a card, resource and unit in Naples.
309 9/23/2026 10:09:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message Woof. I guess it's better to be lucky. Yes, that is a flag overrun.

For my last point I will flag Brussels.
308 9/23/2026 9:44:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Message France kills 3, GB none. I believe that is a flag overrun.
307 9/23/2026 9:42:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 7

1
1
6
6
6
4
1


Message from Russia:
Roll for battle. First 5 dice are France, last two are GB
306 9/23/2026 7:31:00 AM 1807-1808 Russia Turkey: Change Nation Owner to Neutral Message from Russia:
Moving Turkey back to neutral
305 9/23/2026 2:44:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message Sorry, I'm not flagging brussels. Instead, I'll build two inf, and move into Naples.

I will have one CP left.
304 9/23/2026 12:29:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message I am up by three keys, at 16.
AUS down by two, now at 7.
GBR back down to his starting 8
303 9/23/2026 12:27:00 AM 1807-1808 France France: Play Strategy card as Operations #905: 6 / Guerre de Course
One or two unblockaded (not Refitting) French Squadrons move Offboard to raid commerce. See Offboard Fleets on the Battleground display. British card losses never include Reserves or exceed Minimum Hand limits in the Interphase, but may include Resources. RESERVE

Message from France:
This is my reserve/home "card".

first flag Brussels 1cp
then build two inf in Papacy 4cp
then move stack from Papacy into Naples. 1cp

I think I have attack cards.

Over to Eldon to respond or not. I have a file open.
302 9/23/2026 12:25:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message I cannot preempt, since it is my turn. No one else has preemption, sooooooo, I guess I'll go.
301 9/23/2026 12:24:00 AM 1807-1808 France Denmark: Play Strategy card as Operations #61: 2 / Fire Ships
Each blockaded Squadron in a Port of your choice rolls a die: 6-sunk, 5-damaged. Mark each damaged Squadron with a Naval Build marker. Any Squadron already under a Refit/Build marker which is damaged is sunk instead. A -1 modifier applies to a Fortress. A +1 modifier applies to Refit or Naval Builds.

Message from France:
build a guy in copenhagen.

Fun.
300 9/23/2026 12:22:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message I swapped Murat and Ney. (Murat was the king of Naples). I put Ney up in Paris (they are both 1/4)
299 9/23/2026 12:20:00 AM 1807-1808 France France: Play Strategy card as Operations #82: 5 / Scarce Supplies
All Units/leaders in play in excess of nine per Duchy Regroup regardless of nationality. The Leaders/Units removed are chosen by the Commander of the affected Duchies.

Message from France:
Play this for cps.

first cp to flag Vienna. I asked Andrew and he said he's not playing Hussars and Grenzers.

So, I will continue on. Building a general in Papacy 4cps
298 9/23/2026 12:18:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message Eldon said nothing more, so I'll go.
297 9/22/2026 4:17:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message Aus and Rus say N/A

Assuming Prus doesn't want to save Russia's minor... so, they stay down two boxes.

Eldon, do you have more to do for Sweden (ie. play reserve)?
296 9/21/2026 11:45:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message Nothing from DEN, FRA

I assume also from ENG, AUS

So, on to RUS
295 9/21/2026 7:52:00 PM 1807-1808 Britain Message If I understand the card correctly, DEN has the first crack to put TUR back through an event, then FRA, ENG, AUT, RUS (who also has the cp option), PRU, TUR, SPA.

I know ENG will not prevent it and I doubt AUT and PRU will do so.
294 9/21/2026 7:47:00 PM 1807-1808 Britain Sweden: Play Strategy card as Event #65: 6 / Talleyrand
Move any Consul on the Diplomatic Track two boxes and add 1 to the Peace die roll this Turn. OR Add 2 to the Peace die roll this Turn. This event may break Pact status. Not playable in 1805.

Message from Britain:
Well, let's move Turkey down a couple notches on Russia's control spectrum.

As this breaks pact status, each nation in turn can play an event to counter this (or pay CPs in the case of Russia) to restore to pact status. (In the case of Russia, that is 9 cp.)

Depending on what is played, I may play SWE reserve card.
293 9/21/2026 3:55:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message file up
292 9/21/2026 3:52:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message Eldon, you have Sweden to go. I'll do a file at this point. I may interrupt Denmark.

To verify
FRA 5 cards, 2 reserve, 0 resource
GBR 3 cards, 2 reserve, 0 resource
AUS 3 cards, 1 reserve, 1 resource
RUS 4 cards, 0 reserve, 1 resource
PRU 3 cards, 0 reserve, 1 resource


291 9/21/2026 3:49:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message Well, I guess it's better to be lucky. All GBR units killed.

No rout with no leader on the losing side.
I get an overrun (and could keep going)
but no Flag Overrun.
290 9/21/2026 3:47:00 AM 1807-1808 France Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 6

1
6
6
1
3
3


Message from France:
you are very lucky with cards...

OK, so battle
FRA +1inf +2fr
vs
GBR 2i +1gb

FRA first
289 9/21/2026 3:46:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message It has to have a unit to fight I think. So, gen and 5i don't fight. It's the same either way.

gen +3 or 1i +2 fr = 3. I'll just have a unit there.
288 9/20/2026 9:28:00 PM 1807-1808 Britain Message 6 units don't show up. I don't know if you want to have 5i and the leader or 6i not show up for the first round.
287 9/20/2026 9:26:00 PM 1807-1808 Britain Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

6


Message from Britain:
Number of units that don't show up for the battle.
286 9/20/2026 9:26:00 PM 1807-1808 Britain Britain: Play Strategy card as Event #104: 3 / Lost Dispatch
Roll a die. That many enemy Units/leaders of their Commander's choice do not appear in the first round of battle and are unaffected by losses therefrom. If the battle is lost, they must retreat with the survivors of the battle. If no Units/leaders remain to give battle, none is fought and they retreat. If a second round is fought, they participate normally.

Message from Britain:
I am going to use this card to reduce the odds of an overrun.
285 9/20/2026 8:04:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message Aha, I read this. So no resource and Ferd +3i go to regroup... :(
284 9/20/2026 7:55:00 PM 1807-1808 Austria Austria: Play Strategy card as Event #109: 5 / Scum of the Earth
All Units/leaders lost due to disruption in a Rout (not those killed by 6's) are sent to Regroup instead of being eliminated. Any Resource ained by this Rout is lost.

Message from Austria:
Playing this to send the 4 disrupted units and Leader to Regroup instead.
283 9/20/2026 7:44:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message Sh!t, Andrew. You had 8 losses and only 8 units. Still not an overrun/flag overrun, but you are wiped out. Math is still not my skill. Sorry no one left to retreat.
282 9/20/2026 7:38:00 PM 1807-1808 France Message OK. I gain a resource.

I'm waiting on Eldon to decide on the combat in Brussels.

FRA +3gen, +6i, +2fr (11)
vs
GBR +2i, +1gb (3)

I cannot gain a resource since you are not an army, but I might could get a flag overrun.

Can you decide on battle, roll it then do your Swedes? I still have no file.
281 9/20/2026 7:35:00 PM 1807-1808 France Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

3


Message from France:
Ugh, sorry Andrew. The D become K = 8 dead. This is a rout.11.5 You have gen and 1i left. Retreating to Slovakia, Banat (adjacent to the Turks) or Slavonia?

I roll for resource 1-4

I do not get an overrun 11.6 or a flag overrun 11.7
280 9/20/2026 7:27:00 PM 1807-1808 France Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 9

2
4
3
4
1
1
1
3
2


Message from France:
4k,4d

now AUS
279 9/20/2026 7:27:00 PM 1807-1808 France Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 19

3
5
6
6
6
2
3
1
2
5
2
5
3
4
1
5
6
2
2


Message from France:
OK, battle of Budapest. I have no cards. Andrew has no cards. I left one guy behind in Vienna.

FRA 4nap +13i +2fr (19)
vs
AUS 1Ferd +7i +1au (9)

Only FRA on this roll
278 9/20/2026 3:37:00 AM 1807-1808 France France: Play Strategy card as Operations #80: 4 / Nelson
British Fleet in battle may require either or both sides to reroll their battle dice. If the enemy dice are rerolled, Nelson is killed and this event is discarded out of the game.

Message from France:
OK, let's do this. I'll move Soult +6 from Paris to Picardy then Brussels. 2cp

They can't retreat, but Eldon can play a card.

So, I may pause there.

But I'll also move the full Nap stack (except one inf) from Vienna to Budapest.

That will be CP 3-4. Andrew can decide to retreat (only 4 of the 7 guys). Decide that and/or play any cards for that.

No need for me to do a file.
277 9/20/2026 12:59:00 AM 1807-1808 France Message I think I'll go after Spain, preempting with FRA.
276 9/18/2026 10:10:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Message Regrouped leader and 3 units to Madrid.

Files uploaded (did Turkey and Spain separately because I forgot to do Spain lol)
275 9/18/2026 10:04:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Message Corn Riot sis a yellow card, so playing for CPs
274 9/18/2026 10:03:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Spain: Play random Strategy card #87: 4 / Corn Riots

Message from Russia:
Playing card for neutral Spain
273 9/18/2026 9:56:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Turkey: Play Strategy card as Event #2: 5 / Down with the Prince
Place two Units and a Flag of either nation matching the nationality of an Associate Duchy in that Duchy. Battle all enemy Formations without evasion and before any interception is attempted.

Message from Russia:
Placing two French units and a flag in Warsaw
272 9/18/2026 9:48:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Return Strategy card to hand #907: 6 / Holy Mother Russia

Message from Russia:
271 9/18/2026 6:49:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Play Strategy card as Operations #97: 3 / Hero
After seeing all Battle dice, select any one leader (with the owner's consent) who has not already been eliminated by a 6 to roll two dice to alter the battle outcome thus: 6 - eliminated enemy Unit, 5 - disrupt enemy Unit, 4 - rally friendly Unit, 1 - eliminate that leader, Doubles - may also void Rout.

Message from Russia:
Playing for Cps... will need to wait until this evening to see the board
270 9/18/2026 6:47:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Message Okay then... discarded the one and playing the other
269 9/18/2026 6:46:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Discard Strategy card Message from Russia:
268 9/18/2026 6:45:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Discard Strategy card Message from Russia:
267 9/18/2026 6:45:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Discard Strategy card Message from Russia:
Damn it
.. gave me more cards... going to discard all the new ones
266 9/18/2026 6:39:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Discard Strategy card Message from Russia:
265 9/18/2026 6:39:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Discard Strategy card Message from Russia:
264 9/18/2026 6:39:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Message wtf it just gave me four cards. Gonna discard the best and worst
263 9/18/2026 6:32:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
Two
262 9/18/2026 6:32:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
Two
261 9/18/2026 6:32:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
Two
260 9/18/2026 6:32:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
Two
259 9/18/2026 6:32:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
Two
258 9/18/2026 6:31:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Draw Extra Strategy Card Message from Russia:
One
257 9/18/2026 6:31:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Play Strategy card as Event #907: 6 / Holy Mother Russia
If Russia is not a Subject Neutral or in a Foreign War AND no enemy Forces are in a Russian Home Duchy: • draw two cards and play one of them, OR • Roll a die and gain a Resource if you roll less than the current Turn number. Otherwise, build Units equal to the roll. RESERVE

Message from Russia:
Playing my home card to draw two cards and play one
256 9/18/2026 6:31:00 PM 1807-1808 Russia Russia: Play Strategy card as Event #907: 6 / Holy Mother Russia
If Russia is not a Subject Neutral or in a Foreign War AND no enemy Forces are in a Russian Home Duchy: • draw two cards and play one of them, OR • Roll a die and gain a Resource if you roll less than the current Turn number. Otherwise, build Units equal to the roll. RESERVE

Message from Russia:
Playing my home card to draw two cards and play one
255 9/18/2026 5:42:00 PM 1807-1808 Prussia Prussia: Play Strategy card as Event #906: 6 / Raise the Landwehr
Place three Units and a Leader in any Friendly Prussian Home Duchy. The event (only) cannot be used on Turn 1: the 6 CPs and the "+" capability are usable on Turn 1. RESERVE

Message from Prussia:
Blucher and 3CP join Bulow in Breslau.

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