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 Except where indicated, standard [[Diplomacy]] rules apply.
-[[image:Ae50xl.gif|800px|thumb]]
+[[image:Ae50xl.jpg|800px|thumb]]
 ==INTRODUCTION==

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 #* Crimea serves as a home SC for Russia if it is controlled by Russia.
 # Additional Home Supply Center (SC)
-#* The 2 SC Great Powers (Poland & Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Denmark-Norway, and Turkey) may acquire a third home SC during the game. This center is the first SC the Great Power captures and is final for the remainder of the game. The Great Power may not acquire additional or subsequent home SCs during the game.<BR>'''Example 1'''. Portugal is the first SC captured by Spain. Portugal is now considered, along with Madrid and Barcelona, one of Spain’s home SCs. This means Spain may build units in Portugal. Spain later captures Morocco. While Morocco counts as one of Spain’s SCs it is not a home SC. Later, Great Britain captures Portugal from Spain. The status of Morocco does not change, i.e., it does not become Spain’s “new” third home SC. Spain must recapture Portugal in order to have it count as a home SC for Spain.
+#* The 2 SC Great Powers (Poland & Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Denmark-Norway, and Turkey) may acquire a third home SC during the game. This center is the first SC that the Great Power captures (which is not one of its own home centers being recaptured) on which he elects to place a newly built unit. The Great Power may not acquire additional or subsequent home SCs during the game. The third home SC may be either a minor power SC or the SC of another Great Power. However, if the SC was originally another Great Power's home SC, its status does not change. In other words, the SC functions as the home SC for whichever Great Power controls it during the game.
 # Restrictions on the Use of Diplomacy Points (The “Religious Rule”)<BR>In recognition of the religious divisions in Europe and the Mediterranean world in 1763, the Religious Rule restricts how players may allocate their DPs to minor powers.<BR>In short, players may allocate DPs to any minor power in the game. However:
 #* the Papal States may only be ordered to hold or support a unit belonging to a Catholic state (i.e., Austria, France, Poland & Saxony, Spain, Tuscany, Two Sicilies, and the Republic of Venice).

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 ==SPECIAL RULES==
 # Miscellaneous
 #* The first turn of the game begins in the Spring of 1763.
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 * Once a Great Power is declared to be in permanent civil disorder, it may not be played again.
-==NOTES ON MAP==
+==MAP NOTES==
 * There is no canal where Kiel is located in standard Diplomacy.
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-==SPACE NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS==
+==ABBREVIATIONS==
 Being based on a map of Europe in 1763, Ambition & Empire has a number of spaces that do not appear on the conventional Diplomacy map. As in Diplomacy, there are twenty sea spaces. However, with few exceptions, the land spaces are radically changed, particularly in the east.

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   Zaporozh’ye Zap
-==Background==
+==BACKGROUND==
 A recurring question we’ve received about Ambition and Empire is how we settled on the date of 1763. Why create a variant that starts at the end of the Seven Years War instead of right before it? Part of the reasoning was that we didn’t want to create a variant that simply allowed players to reshape the events of the Seven Years War. We were looking at doing a period of history that had not been fleshed out. We would be surprised if this didn’t figure on some level into Calhammer’s decision to select 1901 as the starting point for Diplomacy rather than 1914.

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 #* Crimea serves as a home SC for Russia if it is controlled by Russia.
 # Additional Home Supply Center (SC)
-#* The 2 SC Great Powers (Poland & Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Denmark-Norway, and Turkey) may acquire a third home SC during the game. This center is the first SC the Great Power captures and is final for the remainder of the game. The Great Power may not acquire additional or subsequent home SCs during the game.<BR>Example 1. Portugal is the first SC captured by Spain. Portugal is now considered, along with Madrid and Barcelona, one of Spain’s home SCs. This means Spain may build units in Portugal. Spain later captures Morocco. While Morocco counts as one of Spain’s SCs it is not a home SC. Later, Great Britain captures Portugal from Spain. The status of Morocco does not change, i.e., it does not become Spain’s “new” third home SC. Spain must recapture Portugal in order to have it count as a home SC for Spain.
+#* The 2 SC Great Powers (Poland & Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Denmark-Norway, and Turkey) may acquire a third home SC during the game. This center is the first SC the Great Power captures and is final for the remainder of the game. The Great Power may not acquire additional or subsequent home SCs during the game.<BR>'''Example 1'''. Portugal is the first SC captured by Spain. Portugal is now considered, along with Madrid and Barcelona, one of Spain’s home SCs. This means Spain may build units in Portugal. Spain later captures Morocco. While Morocco counts as one of Spain’s SCs it is not a home SC. Later, Great Britain captures Portugal from Spain. The status of Morocco does not change, i.e., it does not become Spain’s “new” third home SC. Spain must recapture Portugal in order to have it count as a home SC for Spain.
-#* The third home SC may be either a minor power or the SC of another Great Power. However, if the SC was originally another Great Power’s SC, its status does not change. In other words, the SC functions as the home SC for whichever Great Power controls it during the game. The recapture of a lost home SC, even if it is the “first” SC captured by the Great Power, does not preclude the Great Power from later acquiring a third home SC during the game.<BR>Example 2. Stockholm is the first SC captured by Denmark-Norway. Even though Stockholm was one of Sweden’s original home SCs, it is now Denmark-Norway’s third home SC. Later in the game, Sweden recaptures Stockholm. Stockholm now reverts back to the status of one of Sweden’s home SCs. The following year, Sweden captures Mecklenburg. Mecklenburg now becomes Sweden’s third home SC. For the rest of the game, Denmark-Norway’s third home SC is Stockholm and Sweden’s third home SC is Mecklenburg.
+#* The third home SC may be either a minor power or the SC of another Great Power. However, if the SC was originally another Great Power’s SC, its status does not change. In other words, the SC functions as the home SC for whichever Great Power controls it during the game. The recapture of a lost home SC, even if it is the “first” SC captured by the Great Power, does not preclude the Great Power from later acquiring a third home SC during the game.<BR>'''Example 2'''. Stockholm is the first SC captured by Denmark-Norway. Even though Stockholm was one of Sweden’s original home SCs, it is now Denmark-Norway’s third home SC. Later in the game, Sweden recaptures Stockholm. Stockholm now reverts back to the status of one of Sweden’s home SCs. The following year, Sweden captures Mecklenburg. Mecklenburg now becomes Sweden’s third home SC. For the rest of the game, Denmark-Norway’s third home SC is Stockholm and Sweden’s third home SC is Mecklenburg.
-#* If a Great Power captures its first two SCs in the same year, the Great Power must declare which one of the two will serve as the 3rd home SC.<BR>Example 3. Poland & Saxony finds itself in control of Hesse-Westphalia and Breslau in Fall of 1763. Poland & Saxony must designate one of these as its 3rd home SC.
+#* If a Great Power captures its first two SCs in the same year, the Great Power must declare which one of the two will serve as the 3rd home SC.<BR>'''Example 3'''. Poland & Saxony finds itself in control of Hesse-Westphalia and Breslau in Fall of 1763. Poland & Saxony must designate one of these as its 3rd home SC.
 # Restrictions on the Use of Diplomacy Points (The “Religious Rule”)<BR>In recognition of the religious divisions in Europe and the Mediterranean world in 1763, the Religious Rule restricts how players may allocate their DPs to minor powers.<BR>In short, players may allocate DPs to any minor power in the game. However:
 #* the Papal States may only be ordered to hold or support a unit belonging to a Catholic state (i.e., Austria, France, Poland & Saxony, Spain, Tuscany, Two Sicilies, and the Republic of Venice).

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 The following is a list of Europe's Great Powers in 1763, the players in Ambition & Empire.
-'''1) Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth / Electorate of Saxony (2 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''1) Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth / Electorate of Saxony (2 Supply Centers)'''
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 See also V. Special Rules regarding Konigsberg becoming a home SC for Poland & Saxony.
-'''2) Kingdom of Sweden (2 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''2) Kingdom of Sweden (2 Supply Centers)'''
 [[image:Ae-swe.gif|150px|left]]
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 Starts with a fleet in Stockholm and an army in Abo. Unit color is pink.
-'''3) Kingdom of Spain (2 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''3) Kingdom of Spain (2 Supply Centers)'''
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 Starts with an army in Madrid and a fleet in Barcelona. Unit color is maroon.
-'''4) Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (2 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''4) Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (2 Supply Centers)'''
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 Starts with fleets in Copenhagen and Christiania. Unit color is purple.
-'''5) The Hapsburg Empire (Austria) (4 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''5) The Hapsburg Empire (Austria) (4 Supply Centers)'''
 [[image:Ae-aus.gif|150px|left]]
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 See also V. Special Rules regarding building in the Austrian Netherlands.
-'''6) Kingdom of Great Britain/ Electorate of Hanover (4 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''6) Kingdom of Great Britain/ Electorate of Hanover (4 Supply Centers)'''
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 Starts with fleets in London, Edinburgh, and Gibraltar, and an army in Hanover. Unit color is dark blue. (NOTE: Gibraltar is not a SC, although a fleet starts there. Liverpool is a SC for Great Britain, though no unit begins the game there.)
-'''7) Kingdom of France (3 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''7) Kingdom of France (3 Supply Centers)'''
 [[image:Ae-fra.gif|150px|left]]
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 Starts with armies in Paris and Marseilles, and a fleet in Brest. Unit color is light blue.
-'''8) The Russian Empire (3 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''8) The Russian Empire (3 Supply Centers)'''
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 See V. SPECIAL RULES regarding Crimea becoming a home SC for Russia.
-'''9) Kingdom of Prussia (3 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''9) Kingdom of Prussia (3 Supply Centers)'''
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 Starts with armies in Berlin, Breslau, and Koenigsberg. Unit color is black.
-'''10) Ottoman Empire (Turkey) (2 Supply Centers)'''
+<BR CLEAR=ALL> '''10) Ottoman Empire (Turkey) (2 Supply Centers)'''
 [[image:Ae-tur.gif|150px|left]]

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 '''1) Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth / Electorate of Saxony (2 Supply Centers)'''
-[[image:Ae-pol.gif|800px|thumb|left]]
+[[image:Ae-pol.gif|150px|left]]
 In 1763, Poland could not be counted as an independent participant in international relations; the king’s diplomacy was conducted from Dresden,
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 '''2) Kingdom of Sweden (2 Supply Centers)'''
 In Sweden, the 18th Century was the “Age of Freedom;” a period that saw the transition from absolutism to a democratic form of government. During the Age of Freedom, Sweden attained a level of scholarly and cultural achievement equal to that of any nation in Europe. This was also the golden age
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 '''3) Kingdom of Spain (2 Supply Centers)'''
 Spain was under the rule of Charles III (reigned 1759-88), one of the “enlightened despots” of the 18th century who helped lead Spain to a brief
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 '''4) Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (2 Supply Centers)'''
 Dating back to 1441, when the Danish King Christian I was proclaimed the King of Norway, "union" between the two countries existed, with Denmark ruling over the less-populous and more agrarian Norway. Neutrality and a consequent
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 '''5) The Hapsburg Empire (Austria) (4 Supply Centers)'''
 Maria Theresa (reigned 1740-80), Holy Roman Empress, Archduchess of Austria, and Queen of Hungary, was a key figure in the power politics of 18th century Europe. To the Hapsburg Empire – a dynastic agglomeration of disparate lands – she gave a measure of unity and was one of the most capable rulers of her House.  Indeed, her dynamic and resourceful leadership saved the Hapsburg Monarchy from total dissolution in the War of the Austrian Succession. For the remainder of her reign, Maria Theresa strove to ensure that Austria would never again be so humbled. Guided by the minister, Count von Kaunitz, Maria Theresa streamlined the Imperial structure and drew together to the extent possible, the multiethnic and polyglot regions of the far-flung Hapsburg Empire. “This woman’s achievements,” stated her lifelong enemy, Frederick the Great, “were those of a great man.” By 1763, a great rivalry for the leadership of Germany arose as two great Houses – the upstart Hohenzollern monarchy of Prussia and the caretakers of the ancient Holy Roman Empire, the Hapsburgs of Austria – vied for hegemony, in a condition of tension known as “the German Dualism.”
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 '''6) Kingdom of Great Britain/ Electorate of Hanover (4 Supply Centers)'''
 dominion over colonies. Britain was a formidable economic power and had served as the “war chest of Europe” by hiring mercenary armies, bankrolling allies, and providing subsidies to foreign garrisons all across Europe. Hanover, a small German state, was the British ruling dynasty’s continental possession. Hanoverian armies fought several battles against the French during the Seven Years War. Britain arose from the war as the leading colonial and naval power, but this success aroused resentment throughout Europe that Britain was developing a monopoly on overseas trade. Britain found itself increasingly politically isolated. This was also a period of internal turmoil. In 1760, the “mad” King George III (of Great Britain and Prince-Elector of Hanover) succeeded to the throne and would become one of the most controversial monarchs in British history. The 1760’s were also a period of bad harvests, rising
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 '''7) Kingdom of France (3 Supply Centers)'''
 Though sorely defeated in the Seven Years War, pre-Revolutionary France – the Ancien Régime – was wealthy, populous, and still a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately for France, it was under the long rule of Louis XV (reigned 1715-74). One of Louis’ faults was to take more counsel from his mistress, Madame de Pompadour (or "the Prime Minister in petticoats," as she was derisively called by those who deplored her influence), than the ambassadors and advisors of his court. Although France had the richest resources of any country in Europe, the central government was chronically poor because it could not effectively tap the sources of wealth within its kingdom. Louis' ineptitude in affairs of state would cost France defeat in the Seven Years War and almost all her possessions in India and North America. His ineffectual reign earned him the contempt of his subjects and a tremendous loss in France’s prestige. While France was still clearly one of the Great Powers of Europe, its influence was at a very low ebb in 1763.
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 '''8) The Russian Empire (3 Supply Centers)'''
 In the Seven Years War, Russian armies were successful in conquering East Prussia and occupying Berlin briefly (the empress Elizabeth’s death during
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 '''9) Kingdom of Prussia (3 Supply Centers)'''
 The autocrat Frederick I left his son and successor, Frederick II, a wealthy financial reserve, productive domains, a hardworking bureaucracy, and arguably,
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 '''10) Ottoman Empire (Turkey) (2 Supply Centers)'''
 Not involved in the Seven Years War, but impossible to ignore as a power in Europe, the Ottoman Empire was under the rule of Sultan Mustafa III (reigned 1757-74). Mustafa instituted governmental and military reforms (including the

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-by Jeff S. Kase and B. M. Powell
+A Diplomacy variant by Jeff S. Kase and B. M. Powell
-Except where indicated, standard Diplomacy rules apply.
+August 2006
-[[image:Ambitionandempire.gif|800px|thumb]]
+Questions or comments on this variant should be sent to jeffreykase@yahoo.com and VonPowell@aol.com.
 ==INTRODUCTION==
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 There are seventy-five land spaces, of which forty-four are SCs. All spaces on the Ambition & Empire map, along with their abbreviations, are listed below. SCs are annotated with an asterisk (*).
-[[image:A&e766.gif|right|600px|thumb]]
+[[image:Ae50.gif|right|766px|thumb]]
   Abo* Abo
   Adriatic Sea Adr