Casus Belli

Magna Bellum Borealis 1700-1721

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Title:

Casus Belli: Magna Bellum Borealis 1700-1721

Theatre:

Northern Europe

Length:

February 1700 - December 1721

Players:

Russia

Prussia

Denmark-Norway

Sweden

Poland-Saxony

Holstein-Gottorp

 

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HISTORY:

This scenario is about the war known as the Great Northern War or the Second Northern War in English militaria.

Fought between 1700 and 1721, this was a war destined to change European politics forever, causing the decline of Sweden as the major power in the Baltic and the ascendance of Russia in her place.

The accession of 15-year-old King Carl XII to the throne of Sweden in 1697, rised expectations among Sweden's neighbours of a possible end to Swedish hegemony in the Baltic.

The conclusion of the Ottoman war released Russian forces for Czar Peter to open a Russian Window to the West in the Baltic, while the recent accession of August II, Elector of Saxony, as King of Poland marked the arrival of an ambitious player in Baltic diplomacy. However, the most active role in negotiating an anti-Swedish alliance was taken by King Friderich IV of Denmark.

Above: Swedish forces close in for the kill in the battle of Narva.

Danish attempts over the previous quarter-century to reconquer Scania and to dominate Holstein-Gottorp had suffered from the lack of diversion of Swedish strength to the eastern Baltic.

August II of Saxony-Poland hoped to gain Swedish Livonia and use it as the basis for establishing a hereditary Saxon dynasty in Poland and Peter the Great wanted access to the Baltic through Swedish Ingria.

It was therefore agreed that in 1700 August II would invade Swedish Livonia from Courland, Friderich IV would invade first the Swedish ally Holstein-Gottorp and then southern Sweden and Peter would invade Swedish Ingria.

It was assumed that these attacks would divide the Swedish forces and ensure speedy success...

Above: The deceisive battle of Poltava. Swedish infantry is besieging the city itself, while the main army confront the Russians.

About CASUS BELLI - Magna Bellum Borealis 1700-1721:

This scenario was my very first and contained quite a few bugs and historical inaccuracies in its earlier versions.

A few historical and geographical flaws still remain even in this last version, but the playability doesn't suffer from it.

INFORMATION BEFORE DOWNLOADING:

To install and play this scenario, create a new folder in the Civ2 Scenario directory,

I recommend naming it "Casus Belli" or likewise, and download the zipped file from this site.

PLEASE NOTE:

This Scenario will ONLY work if you've got the MGE add-on for Civ2.

It will NOT run under the regular version of Civ2, the CiC, nor the FW add-ons.

Click here to download Casus Belli - Magna Bellum Borealis 1700-1721

 

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