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Lesson 7 of 7 · Essential

The Sleeping Giants

Who runs the Ottomans and the Holy Roman Empire, and how do you take one?

11:26 · running time

Ticks itself once you've watched nearly all of it.

In a nutshell

  1. Ottomans: England's ally at the start. Empire: asleep
The foot of the Ottoman track: France, England and the Protestants are on its Activate line, and Spain's flag (ringed) is the only one on its Deactivate line, so Spain can only knock the Ottomans to sleep. At 2:21.
The foot of the Ottoman track: France, England and the Protestants are on its Activate line, and Spain's flag (ringed) is the only one on its Deactivate line, so Spain can only knock the Ottomans to sleep. At 2:21.
The VP track: the Ottomans' marker (ringed) has climbed from 11 to 13, two above their baseline marker on 11, so England, who runs them, gains a point. At 9:20.
The VP track: the Ottomans' marker (ringed) has climbed from 11 to 13, two above their baseline marker on 11, so England, who runs them, gains a point. At 9:20.

New terms

Activated power
Run by whoever wins it over, as their ally.
War on a sleeping giant
A check at once; the declarer doesn’t roll.
Free war
The giant you take may declare war on one major power, not your ally; no CP.

Check yourself

No marks, no pressure. Finish the questions and watch the video, and the lesson is ticked whatever your score.

Rules covered

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