This scenario evolves around the wars of Karl X Gustav of Sweden and his wars in against the Polish-Lituan Comonwealth and the kingdom of Denmark.
The situation when the scenario starts is this:
The newly crowned Swedish king is an almost absulte monarch, he never felt appriciated untill he got assigned to the army during the late stages of the thirty years war and he really likes the life in the field, he is also a great gambler and enyojs taking risks.
The Polish Lituan comonwealth is under attack by the Russians and is also fighting a civil war in Ukraine. They are very divided and the king is constantly squabling whit his nobility. The polish army consists mostly of Hussars (polish knights) and there is almost no infantry or modern fortifications...
Sweden has just finnished of the 30 years war and has a large army that they need to dispose off, that army is also a very experienced and modern one, almost the opposite from the polish.
An old Swedish dream has allways been "Dominium Maris Baltici" the total domination of the baltics. Danzig is the only major port and rivermouth that isn't Swedish, Sweden sees its chance and jumps at it.
A swedish army lead by the king himself enters the comonwealth trying to grab hold of the entire Polish part of the baltic coast. But when they see how old fashioned the Polish army is Karl X Gustav of Sweden (the king) makes a bold move: He will march towards Warzaw not Danzig...
The Russians are lead by Tzar Aleksej, Russia used to be cought in civil strife but it is now united. While the Russians where fighting internally both the Polish and the Swedish tried to grab as much as possible of Russia and succeded. Russias goal is to take back what was lost during these years. Russia is however more modernized than Poland and has a small but well equipped army...
The Danes are constantly trying to make life a hard time for the Swedes, they haven't quite accepted that Sweden is now the dominating Power in the baltics, and they still have controll over Öresund...
The Dutch want balance in the baltics, if the Swedish do get Danzig it isn't going to benefit the dutch trade... They form a mutual defence pact whit Denmark...
Frederik Wilhelm of Brandenburg is quitly supporting Karl X Gustav in his war against the comonwealth and allows Swedish troops to use Brandenburg soil to enter the Polish-Lithuanian comonwealth.
Racoczy of Transylvania is totaly convinced that the Swedish king is a saint that will save all protestants from the wretched catholics...
The only thing that hinders him from entering the war is his wife and his mother in law, they both think that the Sultan wouldn't look kindly of him attacking Poland (Transylvania is an Ottoman vassal but still a protestant nation).
England is supporting everyone who bothers the Dutch... Cromwell is negotiating whit the Swedish about an Anglo-Swedish alliance.
The French are in thier golden age under Le Roi Solleille and French-Swedish Relations have allways been good...
The Spanish are currently fighting the French in what is a leftover from the thirty years war. The Empire is quite but is supportive to Poland...
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Swedish troops have just taken Warsaw when winter strikes.
This is the defence minister dialogue.
Most of the icons (all of the ones below for instance) was made by Arne Shmied, some of them exclusively for this scenario. Thanks Arne :-)
Coments can be sent to:
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Click on Karl X Gustav to download the PC version zip file. |
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Click on the Pikeman to download the Mac version sit file. |
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Click on the French Musketeer to download the PC sounds parts 1 |
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Click on the winter version of the caravel to download the PC sounds part 2 |
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Click on the desserter to download the PC sounds part 3 |
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Click on the peasent to download dll files replacing the leader faces whit more accurate pictures |
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Click on the fortress to download the Mac sounds part 1 |
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Click on the Frigate to download the Mac sounds part 2 |
