R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 327 February 2, 2008 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 7080 NW 75th Street, Pompano Beach, Florida 33067 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org PHONE: (954) 753-8002 EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ APRIL ORDERS - Orders for April 1520 are due in my hands by February 24, 2008. WEB SITE: I have established a web site at cx.rensim.org. My intention is to use it to make available up-to-date copies of the rules and code sheet, the latest issues of the Newsletter, and player publications sent me by email. PAYPAL - If you wish to pay your fees by credit card, you may now do so through Paypal. You may also use my Paypal account to pay by check, or by transfer from another Paypal account. The email address to use for my account is cxren@lycos.com. Paypal's address is WWW.PAYPAL.COM. NEW PLAYERSHIPS - GHUTAH & HAKIM: John Muir, 537 Scenic Hts., Chaney WA 99004 NASSAU & EGMOND: Alan Swartz, 311 Bank St., New Albany IN 47150 OPOCHTLILI: Roxanne Carnell, 210 Malaga Street, Vallejo CA 94591 SIEGES FOR APRIL - none MARCH EVENTS - The undefended town of Stolp (FAS=690, FAR=0) was captured by assault by Havel Jicin with (M=999) 980 auxiliaries. The undefended town of Kustrin (FAS=831, FAR=0) was captured by assault by Hendrik Dedel with (M=598) 1,980 auxiliaries. Mirhan Hamadani declared himself Emir of Anbar. The undefended town of Kammin was captued by assault by John Mackay, Magistrate of Strathy, with (M=603) 10 crew. At Paris, the Arcano family tower (FAS=17), which was defended by one tower garrison troop, was captured by assault by Baron Pierre Peyrat, Magi- strate of Paris, with (M=860) 52,543 auxiliaries, 71,025 archers, 17,795 heavy cavalry and 3,034 crew. At Auxerre, the Grunewald family tower (FAS=83), which was defended by 8 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Louis Peyrat, Magistrate of Auxerre, with (M=599) 8,160 auxiliaries. At Orleans, the Bini family tower (FAS=30), which was defended by 3 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Etien Peyrat, Magistrate of Orleans, with (M=650) 13,730 archers, 9,456 pikemen and 1,200 archers. At Limoges, the Po family tower (FAS=900), which was defended by 90 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Hector Peyrat, Magistrate of Limoges, with (M=834) 12,291 auxiliaries, 908 arquebusiers and 1,776 archers. At Rouen, the Grunewald family tower (FAS=29), which was defended by two tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Peppin Lecyvrier, Magistrate of Rouen, with (M=874) 35,088 auxiliaries, 3,191 pikemen and 3,212 crew. At Perpignan, the Sodre family tower (FAS=999), which was defended by 99 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Maurice Aussonvilier, Magi- strate of Perpignan, with (M=909) 10,522 auxiliaries, 3,603 pikemen, 2,730 archers, 4,321 heavy cavalry and 60 crew. At Rennes, the Grunewald family tower (FAS=29), which was defended by two tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Jean Lamarck, Baron of Fleur- anges, with (M=925) 32,905 pikemen and 1,600 archers. At Angers, the Sodre family tower (FAS=31), which was defended by 3 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Louis Cappel, Magistrate of Angers, with (M=844) 23,420 auxiliaries, 2,400 pikemen and 3,400 archers. At Sedan, the Po family tower (FAS=16), which was defended by one tower garrison troop, was captured by assault by Francois de Rohan, Magistrate of Josselin, with (M=834) 7,374 auxiliaries and 9,103 arquebusiers. At Burgos, the Cordoba family tower (FAS=16), which was defended by one tower garrison troop, was captured by assault by Armand de Rohan, Magistrate of Burgos, with (M=999) 11,477 auxiliaries. At Tours, the Bini family tower (FAS=60), which was defended by six tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Robert Lenoncourt, Magistrate of Tours, with (M=829) 14,342 auxiliaries, 19,027 arquebusiers, 35,371 pikemen, 18,469 archers and 500 heavy cavalry. At Nantes, the Ango family tower (FAS=27), which was defended by two tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Charles Latremouille, Magistrate of Nantes, with (M=448) 10,419 auxiliaries, 1,609 arquebusiers and 809 archers. In an urban battle fought at Khoi during the absence of the town's Magistrate/tenant/DFC, its garrison of 120 men (LOY=640) was attacked and killed by Ahmed Arkiko, Emir of Maragha, with (M=945) 4,364 auxiliaries and 3,000 archers. The town of Solingen (FAS=999, FAR=988), which was defended by 102 garrison troops (LOY=999), was captured by assault by Arnold Endorfer, Magi- strate of Lindau, with (M=999) 1,600 auxiliaries. The Opochtlili family abandoned the Aztec religion and adopted Catholicism The undefended town of PiedrasNegras was captured by assault by Ahuitzotl, Huetlatoani of Tenochca, with (M=308) 295 auxiliaries. At Genoa, the Farnese family tower (FAS=300), which was defended by three tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Antoniotto Fregosi, Magi- strate of Genoa, with (M=999) 14,995 auxiliaries and 2,882 crew. At Amsterdam, the Occu family tower (FAS=999), which was defended by 99 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Patrick Blackadder, Earl of Tulliallan, with (M=874) 10,252 auxiliaries and 4,118 pikemen. At Plock, the Dedel faily tower (FAS=16), which was defended by one tower garrison troop, was captured by assault by Jappan Cochotl with (M=899) 8,994 auxiliaries. Coxolotli QUILTOTOTL shortened the road from treszapotes to xicalango to 211 mi. Charles VILLIERS opened the market at Nimes. Philippe VILLIERS opened the market at Avignon. Pierre SALAZAR was appointed to the magistracy of Verdun. James HAMILTON planted 100 colonists at Philadelphia. Bruno PICCOLOMINI was appointed to the magistracy of Foggia. Alphonso NAPLES opened the market at Messina. Jean RICAUT was appointed to the magistracy of LeMans. William BRICONNET was appointed to the magistracy of Harfleur. Izmet YAKUBOGLU shortened the road from Adrianople to Iannina to 297 mi. Malik Zafir TAHIRID shortened the road from Sana to ElAhkaf to 208 miles. Fuad MOKHA was appointed to the magistracy of SADAH. Qasim PURNAK opened the market at Bayda. Isabella TRASTAMARA shortened the road from VALENCIA to Valladolid to 266 miles. Michele GIOCONDO was appointed to the magistracy of Palermo. Garcia NORONHA shortened the road from Granada to Valencia to 201 miles. Fernando NORONHA shortened the road from Granada to Valencia to 192 miles. Oliviero CARAFFA shortened the road from Naples to Otranto to 221 miles. Leonardo VINCI shortened the road from Ragusa to Florence to 321 miles. Herman SCHWEIDNITZ closed the market at Znaim. Fernao CORTEREAL closed the market at Aalborg. Girard LEGIER shortened the road from Rosetta to Siwa to 327 miles. Guillaume LEGIER shortened the road from Rosetta to Siwa to 321 miles. Fazil NARUN opened the market at Tergovist. Guy AUBUSSON shortened the road from Ragusa to Tergovist to 257 miles. Thomas WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Ragusa to Tergovist to 248 miles. William WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Rosetta to Siwa to 315 miles. Herbert STAFFORD shortened the road from Dartmouth to Wakefield to 240 mi. Giuseppe MAESTRI was appointed to the magistracy of Faenza. Alonso CORDOBA closed the market at Setubal. Sikandar LODI was appointed to the magistracy of Tashkent. Frederick HABSBURG shortened the road from cremona to vienna to 350 miles. Vasco Gil SODRE was appointed to the magistracy of breslau. Maximilian HABSBURG shortened the road from cairo to damascus to 200 mi. Vicente SODRE shortened the road from brescia to henneberg to 228 miles. Vasco Gil SODRE shortened the road from brunswick to breslau to 252 miles. Cabrino MISSAGLIA shortened the road from tabriz to keban to 375 miles. Giovanni BINI shortened the road from brunswick to breslau to 243 miles. Niccolo BINI deepened the harbor at Trier to 10 feet. Tomasso BINI shortened the road from breslau to augsburg to 202 miles. Leone VETRANO shortened the road from konya to keban to 342 miles. Gaetano VETRANO shortened the road from konya to keban to 333 miles. Mistro VETRANO shortened the road from vienna to strasbourg to 207 miles. Masca VETRANO deepened the harbor at Bremen to 13 feet. Mohammed MAJID shortened the road from dharanagari to bombay to 241 miles. Hosain MAJID shortened the road from dharanagari to bombay to 232 miles. Abu MAJID shortened the road from dharanagari to bombay to 223 miles. Ahmed MOSSORIL opened the market at Mozambique. Omar MOSSORIL opened the market at Kilwa. Endres TUCHER closed the market at Perim. Pio AZAMBUJA planted 100 colonists at CapeBroyle. Citli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Truxillo. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - CAYENNE: Queen of Castile to King of Scotland ZWOLLE: King of Gelderland to King of Burgundy VERDUN: HRE to King of France BAYDA: Emir of Fars to Emir of Azerbaijan PEDIR: Sultan of Achin to Grandmaster of Knights of the True Cross MESHED: Sultan of Khorasan to Khan of Samarkand PERIM: Magistrate of Perim to Doge of Genoa TENANCY CHANGES - UTRECHT: King of Gelderland to Magistrate of Utrecht