This year the proposed theme will be:
Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Goodnight Vienna!
Dates: 1680-1690.
Armies to be chosen from the following lists:
Later Russian
Later Polish & Lithuanian
Later Ottoman
Tartar
Hungarian Kuruc Rebellion
Habsburg Austrian Imperial (Eastern)
Later German States
Later Swedish
The following list modifications and additional restrictions will apply:
Foot
1) The army cannot include more than 4 battle groups with any pikemen or bayonet capability.
2) No more than half of the foot battle troops in the army can be Superior or Elite.
Mounted Troops
3) The army must include at least 24 bases of mounted battle troops.
4) No more than half of the mounted battle troops in the army can be Superior or Elite.
5) Armies with insufficient Superior mounted battle troops in their army list to achieve this limit can upgrade whichever type of Average mounted troops in their list is most expensive in points to Superior up to the above limit.
Artillery
6) Armies must include at least 6 bases of foot battle troops for each base of Medium or Heavy Artillery.
This theme is not yet finalised. Comments will be welcome – particularly regarding any loophole which might spoil the theme.