THE DECLINE OF MILAN 1402-1425                           October 18th 2004

Copyright Ludopress, Alea 22 page 10 (El ocaso milanes).
Published with permission.


Note: the main goal of the scenario is historicity and not playability.


The fall of Milan Machiavelli scenario begins in 1402. At the death of 
Gian Galeazzo Visconti the Duchy of Milan was at its apex. Venice and 
Florence, alarmed of the milanese might, take this as an opportunity to 
ally and begin war against Milan. At the same time France and Aragon fight 
for control over southern Italy, and the Ottoman ("turk") continue their 
advance.


Machiavelli Classic Setup

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

F: France       A-Avignon, F-Marseille, Provence, Swiss
                A-Bari, A-Naples, Aquila, Capua, Salerno

S: Aragon       F-Palermo, F-Sardinia, Messina

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

P: Papacy       G-Ancona, A-Rome, Patrimony, Tivoli*

L: Florence*    A-Florence, Pistoia, Arezzo

I: Milan        A-Bologna, A-Cremona, A-Milan, A-Verona, Bergamo, Brescia*, 
                Como, Fornovo, Parma, Pavia, Piacenza*, Vicenza*
                F-Genoa, A-Siena, Padua, Perugia, Pisa

V: Venice       F-Dalmatia, A-Treviso, F-Venice, Friuli, Istria

x: Autonomous   Garrisoned fortified cities:
                G-Ferrara, G-Lucca, G-Mantua, G-Modena, G-Montferrat, 
                G-Piombino, G-Ragusa, G-Saluzzo, G-Savoy, G-Trent, G-Turin

                Garrisoned fortressess*:
                G-Romagna, G-Spoleto**, G-Urbino

Note: the suggestions below are not part of the original rules.
1 and 2-SC powers are very difficult to play.  My suggestion is that you give 
all of those at least 2-3 starting units or that some players play 2 powers 
or that the small powers are neutral but can be ordered about secretly. Either 
you give players points for this each spring or you just execute the order that 
got most votes.
* Ignore in play with Machiavelli 2 map.
** To Papacy (with no garrison) in play with Machiavelli 2 map.

Note that the single letter abbreviations for the powers 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 used in this scenario. Some are garrisoned.

  These provinces are impassable: Austria, Carinthia, Hungary and Tyrolea.

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

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

  The player(s) controlling Naples or Genoa city gain one die roll per city 
  for variable income.

  Genoa, Padua, Perugia, Pisa and Siena are *not* part of Milans home 
  country.

  Bari, Naples, Aquila, Capua, Salerno are *not* part of France's home 
  country, nor do they constitute a separate Neapolitan home country.

  There is no Neapolitan home country available for conquest.

  Note: In the original text it was not clear whether Naples was available 
  for conquest as a home country.


Machiavelli 2
  
  To play with the Mach2 map give the Papacy Spoleto instead of Tivoli. 
  Remove other provinces as necessary.

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

  Note: In the original text there are no provisions for play with the 
  Mach2 map and rules, nor for play with less powers/players.


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 spanish) by Armando Surinach Gonzalez.
    Copyright Ludopress, Alea 22 page 10 (El ocaso milanes).
v.2, October 18th 2004.  Translation and elaboration by Sergio Lidsell.
    Published with permission.