Christmas Armistice 1916

L'armistizio di Natale (in Italian, Chistmas Armistice) was a role-playing round created by Falco and held by the ASR in November 2022.

## Lore

It is 1916. Things were not as our history books tell us: in fact, Archduke Franz Ferdinand did not lose his life in the Sarajevo bombing but got away with a bit of a break, French pacifist Jean Jaurés was never assassinated. while drinking his coffee, the Ottoman Empire was never expelled from the Balkans in 1913, and Lenin never took power in Russia.

In fact, many of those we thought were dead for centuries are actually still alive! Garibaldi... Napoleon, and even Julius Caesar!

Our books need to be rewritten.

In fact, on December 24, 1916, Christmas ended the Great War. That night, the Germans rushed out of their trenches and began to fraternize with the enemy, exchanging gifts and souvenirs. The roar of the cannons died down and instead of military choirs they sang Sweet Christmas. What seemed an isolated episode soon became a reality: soldiers everywhere laid down their arms and fraternized with the enemy. This infuriated officers, colonels, lieutenants and marshals, who cursed orders without being heard....

... but the Christian spirit of Christmas prevailed! and the nations made peace.

It was a true miracle, one that never happens again...

### List of Nations

**United States of Austria - Emperor Franz Ferdinand -**

There was an attack on Sarajevo, and it was the trigger for the Great War, but Archduke Franz Ferdinand never died; he is only wounded. The new emperor ascends the throne in 1916 with the death of his father. He is described as an unpleasant man, his subjects would have preferred his uncle Carlo. Franz Ferdinand's idea was to re-found the Empire as the "United States of Austria" to satisfy the subjugated peoples and deceive them that they counted for something, but the center of power remained Vienna. With the signing of the Christmas armistice, Austria saw its borders preserved, but the backwardness and laxity shown by the The old eagle was losing its feathers.

**Russian Empire - Emperor Alexy II -**

The signing of the Christmas Armistice did not exempt Russia from a cold winter, a revolution, famine and the loss of Finland and Poland. Nicholas II believed he had won, having crushed the Bolshevik siege, but the Tsar was instead the victim of an assassination attempt orchestrated by the Socialists. With the death of his father, the scepter passed into the hands of Aleksej (Alessio II), a 13-year-old boy with hemophilia and maneuvered by the powerful Rasputin . How long can the Kremlin last?

**The Third French Republic - President Jean Jaurés -**

Jean Jaurés has never been assassinated over coffee, and the French peace movement has never lost its leader. It was he who visited the soldiers in the trenches, deciding to spend Christmas with them. Jaurés took to the streets and forced Poinçaré to resign, was elected president with 60% of the vote and even won the Nobel Peace Prize. However, his re-election is not obvious: the president is not managing the state finances well, the liberals have abandoned him because of his socialist affiliation and the nationalist monarchist minority accuses him "of not having the so-called couilles " . He may soon resign.

**Free Socialist Republic of Bavaria - Chairman Karl Liebknecht -**

Wilhelm II had not welcomed the army mutiny at the front. "We need discipline!", the Kaiser had said in the midst of the hysteria. A month later, while the Emperor was in Holland, the workers occupied Berlin kicking the ass of the Prussian nobility. However, the revolution was betrayed: in fact, the Social Democrats were content to sign peace and create a democratic republic in Weimar; they joined the Freikorps in the violent repression and left the Communists to their fate, perched for weeks in Bavaria. Who will take power in Berlin?

**Scottish Empire - Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald -**

With the help of France Mary Stuardader defeated Elizabeth in 1559 , so Scotland retained its independence and took control of Ireland. Elizabeth I will be burned alive in London and will be remembered as a mad and cruel heretic. Irish and Scots shared Catholic and Celtic roots, so they could accept each other as one people. London tried twice to subjugate Scotland, first in 1650 and then in 1707, but they ended up being conquered in turn along with their colonies. It is under Anne of Scotland that the Empire begins to flourish. Anne grants independence to the 13 American colonies, and with a series of reforms transforms Scotland into a constitutional monarchy with liberal overtones. Anne decides to marry the Prince of Hanover and in 1819 Victoria, the famous Scottish Empress, is born. Scotland sails the seas, the bagpipes sound everywhere.

**Italian State of the Church - Pope Benedict XV -**

Vincenzo Gioberti convinced the Savoy and prevailed over that of Mazzini or Cavour: Italy was born two years earlier, in the year 1859, as a federation of states headed by no king, but by His Majesty the Pope himself.The Savoy remained in Turin. The Bourbons stayed in Naples. Everyone was happy. Thanks to him, the Pope obtained Lombardy from Austria peacefully, without having to sell Nice to the French. Famous is the landing of the 1000 in Grosseto: Garibaldi, who was an atheist and revolutionary, hoped to turn Italy into a republic, but after defeating the Roman army, he himself stopped in front of the walls of Porta Pia. As in the real story, Garibaldi feared that the death of the Pope would unleash the fury of the French. "I obey," he sentenced. The Pope was merciful and did not condemn Garibaldi. This time, during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Italy allied with Austria against Germany...and.... lost! However, as promised by the Emperor, Venice became Italian. This time friendship flows between Italy and Austria, and in 1915 our country will remain neutral, giving faith to the word of God.

**Republic of Sweden -**

In 1809, French Marshal Bernadotte refused to become king of Sweden and decided that he would not betray Napoleon; therefore, Sweden was a republic from 1809 until 1814, when the Sixth Coalition defeated the French at Leipzig. Sweden was forced by the victors to appoint a Russian king: Alexander Miloradovich. And this was a great humiliation. During the Peoples' Spring of 1848, Stockholm rose up against the Russians with the help of Scotland and proclaimed the Republic. From then on, Sweden was to be a republic, although sentiments in favor of monarchy never ceased to fuel political debate.

**Ottoman Empire - Sultan Abdul Hamid II -**

Abdul Hamid was never overthrown by the Young Turks, moreover, Italy never attempted to conquer Libya. The Ottoman Empire is decadent, old, authoritarian, poor and smelly, but no one has seen how far it went.

Subsequently added:

Morocco -

Spain -

### Rules & Mechanics

#### War

As not everyone can be online 24/7, I think we can try to do this:

1. DURING A WAR YOU CAN ONLY CONQUER ONE PROVINCE PER DAY. TIME TO HEAL THE WOUNDED, COUNT THE FALLEN, MANAGE CIVILIANS AND, OF COURSE, DEFEND POSITIONS.

2. DECLARATION OF WAR MUST BE DELIVERED TO PLAYERS BY GAME MAIL AS LAST ATTACHMENT WITH REASONS AND CONDITIONS FOR PEACE AND LIBERATION AFTER 24 HOURS

3. THE DECLARATION OF WAR TO THE IA MUST BE REASONED AND DELIVERED IN AN ITEM, ACTIVATED AFTER 48 HOURS.

4. NO PLAYER CAN HAVE LESS THAN 8 PROVINCES AFTER BEING DEFEATED.

5. A PLAYER WHO HAS LOST HALF OF HIS ARMY IN THE WAR IS ENTITLED TO 5 DAYS OF PEACE.

6. A DEFEATED PLAYER CANNOT BE CLAIMED FOR A MARKET VALUE OF £200 000

7. BATTLESHIPS, BOMBERS AND RAILROAD GUNS ARE FORBIDDEN.

#### Four Characters in Search of an Author

This role-playing game will be the first anachronistic role-playing game! this means that there is no defined historical era and you can take people from all eras past or present. extraordinarily, Socrates is still alive, even if he is a thousand years old!

1. YOU CAN ONLY SUMMON HISTORICAL CHARACTERS OF YOUR REFERENCE ETHNICITY (RUSSIANS ONLY RUSSIAN CHARACTERS, AUSTRIANS ONLY AUSTRIAN CHARACTERS).

2. THESE HISTORICAL CHARACTERS WILL BE ALIVE ALL THIS TIME, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON HISTORICAL EVENTS. THEY ARE ONLY COMING BACK NOW

3. HISTORICAL CHARACTERS TAKEN FROM THE PRESENT CANNOT KNOW THE FUTURE (BERLUSCONI NEVER LIVED IN THE 90'S, HE IS A CHARACTER FROM 1917) 4. ONLY UP TO 4 CHARACTERS CAN BE SUMMONED, SELECT CAREFULLY.

4 CHARACTERS, SELECT CAREFULLY

#### Sanctions

THE VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES WILL BE PUNISHED WITH A COMPENSATION AGAINST ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS

THE ADMINISTRATOR WILL DECIDE THE AMOUNT OF THE COMPENSATION AND MUST BE APPROVED BY AT LEAST 2 PLAYERS

#### Trade

TRADING: you can only trade with your neighbor's house. You cannot join the paths of your allies to reach a distant country.

KIEL CHANNEL AND DU MIDI CHANNEL: Only countries that control these channels can use them. They are used to bypass the straits. The Canal du Midi connects the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, the Kiel Canal connects the Baltic with the Atlantic in the Hamburg area.

SHIP ROUTES: A country that does not have access to a trade route cannot connect to another country's port to trade. Whoever has access to the port has access to the route. Who controls a strait (by territoriality or with military force), can control its traffic.

If you do not want to respect the prohibition and want to continue trading without paying the tax, you have to put a military ship or a little man inside the strait.