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

For rule differences between Machiavelli and Machiavelli2 see the file 
"rules.machiavelli2".


Machiavelli 2 Alternate Setup

The Struggle for Dominance II Machiavelli scenario starts in 1513 with 
six powers.  The scenario begins with the French having been kicked 
out of Italy and the Milan duchy back in Sforza control (sort of).

This is the middle of what has been called the "Italian Wars" 
that involved the whole peninsula between 1494 and 1559.

The following Machiavelli scenarios cover this period:
  1. The Struggle for Dominance I
  2. The Struggle for Dominance II
  3. The Spanish Preponderance


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

A: Austria      A-Austria, Carinthia, A-Tyrol, A-Milan, F-Sardinia
                Aquila, A-Bari, Capua, A-Messina, F-Naples, Palermo, 
                Salerno, Otranto

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

I: Milan        A-Cremona, A-Ferrara, A-Modena, A-Pavia, Swiss

N: Naples       Begins as an Austrian conquered home country
		Aquila, Bari, Capua, Messina, Naples, Otranto, Palermo,
		Salerno

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

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

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

x: Autonomous   G-Arezzo, G-Genoa, G-Florence, G-Lucca, G-Mantua, 
                G-Montferrat, G-Piombino, G-Pisa, G-Ragusa, G-Savoy, 
                G-Siena, G-Trent, G-Turin


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:

  There are no fortresses in this scenario.

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

  Venice has two die rolls for variable income.

  The player who controls Genoa city also gets one die roll for var. in.

  The player who controls Florence city also gets one die roll for v. in.

  Florence is not a home country and cannot be conquered.

  Milan province and city are *not* part of anyones home country.

  Naples begins the game as an Austrian conquered home country.  Naples 
  is thus *NOT* part of the Austrian home country and neither is 
  Sardinia.  This means that Naples state and Sardinia can be conquered 
  separately.

  (Tech. note: in the original Avalon Hill rules Naples is part of 
  Austria, but as that makes Austria very strong and hard to conquer it 
  was decided to separate those two entities in 'judge' play and also 
  to change the Naples city variable income to be Naples state variable 
  income, as to let Austria keep that edge.  Incidentally this is also 
  an historically more accurate state of control.)


Default victory conditions:

  Notice that Austria begins with 8 cities!!

  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
v1b, Feb 23rd 2003.  Final release version.  By Sergio Lidsell.
V1c, Apr 11th 2003.  Clarified that this is the alternate setup.  By SL.