Languishing some more.

[ulmont]

El Greco gets 2 VP, Reis gets inqusitioned, the Spaniards keep working.

El Greco is on +7, not +5, due to the HRE's bonus, pushing him to 3 VP.

[Solmyr]

De Sores just barely makes it across Cape Horn.

I'll send the file with this stuff, post your winters in the meantime.

[Solmyr]

El Greco gets 2 VP, Reis gets inqusitioned, the Spaniards keep working.

El Greco is on +7, not +5, due to the HRE's bonus, pushing him to 3 VP.

Except that he's a painter and the only 3 VP awards are for writers.

[ulmont]

El Greco gets 2 VP, Reis gets inqusitioned, the Spaniards keep working.

El Greco is on +7, not +5, due to the HRE's bonus, pushing him to 3 VP.

Except that he's a painter and the only 3 VP awards are for writers.

Details.

Winter:
2r from Metz to Prague, in addition to the stacks in Milan, Trent, and Linz.

[Maximus]

Henry +1r from La Rochelle to Rouen

[Solmyr]

What about your mercs, Ulmont?

Updated the VP, btw:
Ottoman    21
Spain    24
England    11
France    17
Holy Roman Empire    16
Protestants    20

If you ask me, Protestants are as likely to win this as I am. Probably more likely, since I will get bashed down by everyone.

[ulmont]

What about your mercs, Ulmont?

2 mercs.

[Solmyr]

Spanish winter:

Leave 4r in Brussels, the rest to Milan with Parma, Alva goes to Madrid by himself.
Galleys join in Cagliari.
Galleons to Coruna.

[Solmyr]

Ok, need the following before ending turn:

Ottoman winter (don't forget the fleet and the expedition)
English winter (probably just where Frobisher goes)

France I assume has no winter unless Tamas wants to pull units to Paris.

[Solmyr]

Next turn's hands:
Ottomans 5 (4, +1 marker)
Spain 6 (5, +1 bonus)
England 4 (3, +1 bonus)
France 6 (3, +1 bonus, +1 marker, +1 saved)
HRE 5 (4, +1 bonus)
Protestants 6 (5, +1 saved)

[Viking]

Frobisher to card, hawkins to card

[sbr]

Fleet to Scutari.

Sokullu and 8R+2C to Istanbul.

Reis' expedition will hang out in Mombassa.

[Solmyr]

Mombasa is destroyed, kicking Reis out. The other colonies produce nothing.

Dealing cards in a sec.

[Solmyr]

This turn should be interesting.

Ottomans can win by taking two keys, or one key and good piracy.
Spain can win by converting intensively (or if someone has those nice Dutch Revolt or Enterprise cards).
England cannot win.
France probably cannot win except with some good marriages and patronage.
HRE can win by taking two keys and being pro-Catholic or Balanced.
Protestants can win by taking two French keys (the only one that's an immediate win, rather than at the end of the turn).

[Viking]

Mombasa is destroyed, kicking Reis out. The other colonies produce nothing.

Dealing cards in a sec.

Seriously, I went and spend a whole bunch of cp to get that colony bonus and still no boon despite the +2. At least both my colonies didn't get that 3/36 chance of burning like they did last time I had two colonies.

Researching two tech advances (with a die roll bonus the second time) produced no vp, 6 colony rolls (5 of which had a +drm) produced 2 destroyed colonies and no treasure.

Is there really anything I could have done differently? I'd like to know. I'm really finding it hard to come up with any answers other than "crappy dice" and "other players letting spain do all the anti-england stuff in peace".