ITALY AT THE DEATH OF GIAN-GALEAZZO VISCONTI 1402            January 2nd 2005

By Gianni Vacca (Italia a la mort de Joan Galeas Visconti (1402)).
Reproduced courtesy of Gianni Vacca.


The Visconti Machiavelli scenario begins in 1402. Among all the men trying to 
unite the italian peninsula under one rule, Gian Galeazzo Visconti was without 
doubt the most able. But at his death, his successors were unable to avoid 
the breakup of the milanese duchy. This period was also one of opportunity for
many a minor italian state to rise to be a major player. (Thus this scenario 
can easily accomodate more powers/players.)


Machiavelli Classic Setup

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

S: Savoy        A-Genova, F-Savoy, A-Swiss, A-Turin

H: Holy Empire  A-Austria, F-Carniola, A-Tyrol, Carinthia

I: Milan        A-Cremona, A-Milan, A-Pavia, Bergamo, Brescia*, Como, Fornovo 
                Parma, Piacenza*, Pontremoli*, Verona, Vicenza*
                G-Perugia, G-Piombino, G-Siena
                G-Bologna, G-Pisa

V: Venice       F-Dalmatia, F-Durazzo, A-Padua, A-Treviso, G-Venice, Friuli
                Istria

L: Florence     A-Arezzo, A-Florence, Pistoia, Romagna*
                A-Bologna, A-Pisa

N: Naples       F-Marseille, Provence
                A-Bari, F-Naples, Aquila, Capua, Otranto, Salerno

x: Autonomous   Garrisoned fortified cities:
                G-Ancona, G-Ferrara, G-Lucca, G-Mantua, G-Messina, G-Modena, 
                G-Montferrat, G-Palermo, G-Ragusa, G-Rome, G-Saluzzo, G-Trent

                Garrisoned fortressess:
                G-Tivoli

* Ignore in play with Machiavelli 2 map.

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 used in this scenario. All unowned, except Patrimony, 
  Spoleto and Urbino, are garrisoned.

  These provinces are impassable: Avignon, Hungary, Slavonia and Tunis.

  All powers have one die roll each for variable income.  HRE uses the 
  Austria die rolls, while Savoy uses the Genoa city roll.  (Note: the 
  original rules fail to mention this, but I have assumed this to be the most 
  obvious case.)

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

  Bologna and Pisa are not part of any players home country.


Optional setups:

  Five players
  Dump savoy.  Add neutral garrisons in Genoa, Savoy and Turin.  Swiss is 
  impassable.

  OPTION:  The player controlling Genoa city also gains one die roll for 
  variable income. (This is not mentioned in the original rules.)


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.