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Info.machiavelli*


For rule differences between Machiavelli and Diplomacy, see the file
"rules.machiavelli".


Machiavelli Classic Setup

The standard Machiavelli variant (The balance of Power) starts in 1454 
with eight powers.  The powers and their initial starting locations and 
owned provinces are:


A: Austria      A-Austria, Carinthia, A-Hungary, A-Tyrolea

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

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

I: Milan        Como, A-Cremona, Fornova, A-Milan, Parma, A-Pavia, Piancenza

N: Naples       Aquila, A-Bari, Capua, A-Messina, F-Naples, Otranto,
                F-Palermo, Salerno

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

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

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

x: Autonomous   G-Ferrara, G-Genoa, G-Lucca, G-Mantua, G-Modena,
                G-Montferrat, G-Piombino, G-Ragusa G-Saluzzo, G-Savoy,
                G-Siena, G-Trent


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 and France.  These letters are used for 
signing on and for sending individual press messages.


Special rules:

  The use of fortresses is set by a flag.  By default it is off.

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

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

  The player who controls Genoa also gets one die roll for variable income.


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
v1 ??
v1c, Nov 17th 2002.  Minor text changes/additions.  By Sergio Lidsell.