Sunday, October 2, 2011

The Grand Chessboard


First Moves Completed in a 7 Years Warz Match
(click on image for a complete version of the mappe)
* the map is very large & may take a few seconds to load *


See some details at Österreich Über Alles and The Duchy of Mieczyslaw essentially the Prussian forces have pressed south into Saxe-Bearstein and the Russians into East Prussia and Mieczyslaw.

8 comments:

abdul666 said...

Really enthralling to see 'our' whole Europe! Warm thanks for the effort.
Now, in such a bellicose context, Monte-Cristo is more than happy not to appear on the map...

MurdocK said...

Now the missing Monte-Cristo ... something I shall have to correct!

[grin]

abdul666 said...

Not a chance: too tiny!

perfidy said...

Is no one interested in defending Vulgaria?

MurdocK said...

Vulgaria is 'nominally' aligned with the French Austrian Russian group ... this means that the Ottomans are the opponent and yes they are defended in that direction.

Prussia and England cannot reach them so far, so the mountains of Vulgaria are safe for now.

Salvador said...

It hurts my eyes and stirs my very soul that now that I have undertaken the enterprise to make Catalàunia known by all the courts in (E)urope, I can't see her represented in that map you put in the message.

The cartographer, or the artist who pictured by the cartographer's notes, made a gross mistake forgetting to note the name of the nation. Most curious, because borders are clearly shown, but not in the corresponding colour on the Spanish side. Could we suspect a Spanish misinformation effort or propaganda?

Moreover, a Spanish detachment, most surely shown in a wrong location because of ignorance or ill will...
We all know it's always a matter of repairing mistakes and it usually takes for long (redrawing, reediting, reprinting, republishing...). Next time we'll make sure there are not such mistakes by sending adjutants of our own.

Sincerely yours.

MurdocK said...

Salvador, this layout and game is - of course - only a first in this game run.

I have done up the map from details nearly two years old now ... time to update most certainly.

Perhaps you might like to join in a campaign plan?

abdul666 said...

I'm specially intrigued with Altmoriana: Mieczislaw, Saxe-Bearstein, Burtzenia, Boyardvina... we knew from the 'Wars for Acadian Glory'. Other names are veteran 'EvE' countries; but Altmoriana sounds really new. So much the more as I have a vague memory of seeing (though recently! 'Old age is a shipwreck'...) of forces which, on the photo at least, seemed to wear an unusual hat???