SCOUTS:
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Player 1 (Red, Turks): Sultan Mehmed II and Ishak Pasha Camps, located on the Land in the West of Constantinople.
Mehmed tent is in the Center West behind the main Janissaries forces, with Orban and his experimental cannons and the elite of the Ottoman's army like his personal janissaries selected guard and behind him are part of the « Bashi-Bazouk » light cavalry troops.
Ishak Pasha controls a castle and Town Center taken to the Byzantines South West with the Ottoman Empire Eastern forces, mainly elite camels, knights and cavalry archers and also the Serbian elite fighters sent by Durad Brancovic, the despote of Serbia, allied.
He got also some infantry and artillery to defend the castle.

Player 2 (Blue, Byzantines) : Emperor Constantine XI is in his Great Palace on the extreme East of Constantinople, with his Varangian Guard (Viking two handed axemen). He got at start to defend him and Constantinople :
1: Cardinal Isidore of Kiev with Neapolitan mercenary archers sent by the Pope, located on the Augustaion, the Emperor speaches place in front of Hagia Sophia, Great Palace and the Hippodrome.
2: Spanish Catalan mercenaries in the West of The great Palace, near the Bucoleon Palace.
3: His cousin Theophilos Palaiologos guards the South-West of the Land walls with Elite Cataphracts and some infantry.
4: Lucas Notaras Mega-Dux guards the North-West of the Land walls with the main Elite Cataphracts troops and heavy cavalry archers (the best force to make an immediate « sortie » and try to cut the « head of the snake » (kill the Sultan) before he grows, meaning all the Ottomans troops arrives and settles).
5: Prince Orkhan, the pretender of Sultan's throne on the side of the Byzantines, with a personal Turkish guard of elite janissaries near the Theodosius fortress, harbour and forum in the south of Constantinople.
6: A lot of monks from the lot of monasteries and churches of the city.
7: A little war navy principally composed of mighty Elite fire ships, specialty of Constantinople (with « greek fire » unique technology).
8: different infantry and artillery along the land wall.
9: Last but not least : the walls with tens of towers and castles, some very strong, on top of artificial hills.

Player 3 (Yellow, Italians): The genoese troops and colonies :
1: Pera : the town was built by them on the top of Galata, the hill in front of Constantinople, on the other side of the Golden Horn, North-East. They have many walls and the great tower on the top, which can train garrisons of the unique units Genoese crossbowmen with pavises.
2: an entire quarter in Constantinople with docks and the palace of Botaneiates, again given by the Byzantines.
3: a modern navy composed of few galleons and elite cannon galleons.
4: Few noble heroes commited in battle despite the neutral official position of Genoa with the Turks, for now in Pera: Giovanni Giustinianni, a professional mercenary stratege and the 3 brothers Bocchiardi. They have one transport ship to cross the Golden Horn.
5: Last but not least : the great chain blocking the passage into the Golden Horn river for enemy's ships.

Player 4 (Green, Turks): Zaganos Pasha and Karadja Pasha camps, located on the land in the North West of Constantinople.
Zaganos controls a castle and a Town Center taken from the Byzantines in the mountains North with infantry troops and regular Turkish artillery.
Karadja controls the cav to harass the Byzantines with cavalry archers, heavy cavalry, camels and the other part of the « Bashi-Bazouk » light cavalry.

Player 5 (Teal, Turks): The Ottoman's navy, gathered on closest Asian Bank with all the buildings necessary and great defense and harbour but small land.

Player 6 (Purple, Italians): The Venitian quarter in Constantinople, on the North-East of the city, with Girolamo Minotto, leader of the Venitian colony of the town to whom the Emperor Constantine gave the defense of the Blachernae gate and palace, in the extreme North of the city.
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Made by marcknop, publication, the June 27, 2018, copyright marcknop.