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Scenario concept map The Battle for Northern Italy was a one sided affair from the start. Venice seized the initiative right off the bat by taking Bologna in T1 and fanning out to quickly control all six Lombardian cities before Piedmont responded by taking Livorno (T4) back from them. After both sides fought some back-and forth battles around Mantua over the next few turns (with Venice appearing to get the upper hand), the Venetians turned their attention to the suddenly susceptible Piedmont home cities. Venetian troops snared Genova and Nice before the Summer campaign started, and then the Venetians crushed the Piedmont army at Milano (T11). Venice methodically wore down the remainder of the Piedmontese army and occupied Turin and Toulon over the remainder of the war. By game's end, all 15 cities in play were under the possession of the Venetian Republic, and the scattered remnants of the Piedmont army were in full retreat. Battle for Northern Italy score chart

The scenario was a major victory for the Venetian Republic (+136%) over Piedmont (-46%).
Venetian: 5899 (135.96 percent increase from 2500)
Piedmontese: 1361 (45.56 percent decrease from 2500)

Piedmont cities occupied: Milano (Venice), Turin (Venice), Genoa (Venice), Nice (Venice), Toulon (Venice).
Venice cities occupied: None

Attached files include the initial concept map for the scenario, a score chart, tables documenting score and rank changes, and a brief timetable of significant events for the scenario. I am still working on posting the master position report provided by the GA. In the meantime, I have included a final screenshot of the battlefield and an attached file with all remaining units on both sides at end-game.

Battle for Northern Italy turn-by-turn

For a link to all in-game correspondence and information, please refer to: http://www.holf.org/guild/drupal1/forum/23

Final Battle for Italy map shot