ITALY AT THE PEACE OF CHATEAU CAMBRESIS 1559                   January 2nd 2005

By Gianni Vacca (Italia a la pau de Cateau-Cambresis (1559)).
Reproduced courtesy of Gianni Vacca.


The Chateau Cambresis Machiavelli scenario begins in 1559. The major italian 
states have consolidated their power and the french seem to have definitively 
been kicked out of italian politics by the spanish. But the abdication of 
Emperor Charles V open a new window of opportunity for the french. As for the
Ottoman, nobody seemed able to stop them.


Machiavelli Classic Setup

The powers and their initial starting locations and owned provinces are:

S: Spain        A-Milan, A-Pavia, Como, Fornovo, Piacenza*
                A-Bari, G-Messina, F-Naples, F-Palermo, Aquila, Otranto,
                Salerno
                A-Cremona, F-Sardinia

A: Austria**    A-Austria, A-Trent, A-Tyrol, Carinthia

V: Venice       G-Cremona, F-Dalmatia, A-Padua, A-Treviso, G-Venice, Bergamo, 
                Brescia*, Friuli, Istria, Verona, Vicenza*
                G-Durazzo, 

T: Ottoman      A-Albania, A-Hungary, G-Tunis, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Slavonia
                F-Durazzo

F: France       A-Avignon, F-Marseille, A-Swiss, G-Saluzzo, Provence

L: Florence     A-Arezzo, A-Florence, F-Pisa, A-Siena, Pistoia 

P: Papacy       F-Ancona, A-Bologna, A-Perugia, A-Rome, Capua, Patrimony, 
                Romagna*, Spoleto, Tivoli*, Urbino

I: Milan        Begins as a spanish conquered home country.
                (A-Milan, A-Pavia, Como, Fornovo, Piacenza*)

N: Naples       Begins as a spanish conquered home country.
                (A-Bari, G-Messina, F-Naples, F-Palermo, Aquila, Otranto, 
                Salerno)

x: Autonomous   G-Ferrara, G-Genova, G-Lucca, G-Mantua, G-Modena, G-Montferrat, 
                G-Piombino, G-Ragusa, G-Savoy, G-Turin

* Ignore in play with Machiavelli 2 map.
** Called Holy Roman Empire at this position of the original text, but Austria 
everywhere else.

Note that the single letter abbreviations for Milan, I, and Florence, L, are 
the second letter of the name rather than the first to avoid conflicts with 
the Master (GM) and France.


Special rules:

  The fortresses are *not* used in this scenario.

  Austria, France, Papacy, Ottoman, Milan and Naples have one die roll each 
  for variable income.

  Florence, Spain and Venice have two die rolls each for variable income.

  The player controlling Genoa city gains one die roll for variable income.

  Note 1: The original rules say nothing about what happens with Spains 
  variable income when it looses Milan or Naples. I have chosen to let the 
  player conquering any of them gain one VI die, while letting the spanish 
  player keeping his two dice. Alternatively you may choose to have Spain 
  loose one die per lost home country part, as that is in line with the 
  game mechanics.

  Sardinia, Cremona and Durazzo are not part of any players home country.

  Milan and Naples can be conquered separately (see setup for definition), as 
  Spain consists of two separate home countries.

  Note 2: As Spain is made up of Milan and Naples and Sardinia, I choose to 
  make Sardinia not part of Spain, to avoid the unbalancing situation with a 
  home country consisting of one province and having 2 die rolls up for grabs. 
  (This is not in the original rules.)


Optional setups:

  Six players
  Dump Austria. Add neutral garrisons in Trent and Tyrol. Austria is 
  impassable.

  Five players
  Dump Austria and France. Add neutral garrisons in Saluzzo, Trent and Tyrol.
  Austria, Avignon, Marseille and Provance are impassable.


Machiavelli 2
  
  Assume that the initial treasury is any surplus remaining after the 
  initial maintenance costs, else it is zero.


Default victory conditions:

  The first player to control at least 15 cities and have control of at
  least two power's original home countries (eg: his own and one other
  player's) is declared the winner.

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REVISION HISTORY
v.1 Original version (in catalan) by Gianni Vacca.
v.2, January 2nd 2005.  Translation and elaboration by Sergio Lidsell.