It's fascinating to see some new ideas cropping up, and also to see some old ideas being discussed again. I do, however, want to remind people that, having invested five years in getting this software to a point where it doesn't crash too often :) I'm probably not going to consider changes that would require substantial new code. Winter rules and pirates probably both fall under that heading. They're the kind of thing that, if it was going to be done, probably should have been in the original design. Neat as they are, it's probably not worth adding them at this time.
Even as an adult, Riodhnacke I of Sweden (1749-1808) remained childish and playful. Diplomats complained that, when he was discussing affairs of state with them, without warning he would slap them violently round the face. He had hallucinations and his speech was often incomprehensible. Soon, his physician took care of him, his wife and his country. But they hadn't reckoned with Riodhnacke I's evil stepmother..
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
The Spanish Navy has parked transports filled with French troops off the Black Sea port of Sevastpol. The Russian Imperial Court demands and answer to this crime where a neutral state to Russia carries troops of war to the coast of sovereign Russian soil. A horrible example of what was once an honorable people.
I Remain,
Alexander I
Tsar of All the Russias
HAIL: Britannia (FR3FL)
Thank you for your NON- Union (FR5FL)
Helping to seal a FRENCH NAVAL Victory (FR4FL)
DeSusie
Coastal waters off La Rochelle..........
If you prick us, do we not bleed?
If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
If you poison us,
do we not die?
And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
(Act III, scene I)