Tied romance progress now blocks winning a lady’s favour.

If several players are equally close to her, no one wins her favour yet. One player may be courting her, two may be charming her, three may be merely flirting — but a tie means unresolved competition.
Very inconvenient. Very social. Very Vienna.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀… 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.

The Congress of Vienna was meant to be a diplomatic gathering: meetings, negotiations, and restoring order to Europe.
It became months of politics, receptions, rumours, salons — and, apparently, some very serious wardrobe planning.

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Small Congress scandal: at the opening ball of the Congress of Vienna, rumour had it that a quarter of the 10,000 silver teaspoons bearing the imperial crest quietly disappeared into the crowd.

I would treat this more as a perfect Congress anecdote than a precise inventory report — but honestly, that makes it even better.
Diplomacy, spectacle, gossip… and apparently a few unofficial souvenirs.

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I’m running a small historical game here: suggest European countries, I roll a magic die 🎲, then prepare a deep dive into a real person connected to that country and the Congress of Vienna.

And now there comes Andorra. It was selected.

It was not exactly overflowing with obvious diplomatic celebrities in XIX.

If the die chooses it, I may have to bend history, geography, and some mountains backwards.

I promised I would try.
But I am slightly worried. 😅

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Everybody, please stop naming European countries. I beg you. The magic die list is finally complete 🎲
Number 6 is Romania — specifically Transylvania 🧛‍♂️

Tomorrow the die decides which country gets the next deep dive into a real person connected to the Congress of Vienna.

Final list:
1 — Andorra
2 — Finland
3 — Austria
4 — Serbia
5 — Greece
6 — Romania / Transylvania

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Most recent change in gossip mechanics: this time you don’t always control gossip directly.
It moves whenever you engage in public social actions. You don’t have to do it publicly, though — you can use the post office and send a letter, but only if you prepared one earlier.
And if you feel particularly cunning, you can still spread your own rumours. Because Vienna, obviously.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀… 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.

A new weekly Sunday series of historical memes from the world of Vienna 1814.
The Congress of Vienna was meant to restore order in Europe. It also became a season of salons, receptions, rumours — and an impressive number of balls.

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The next 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 draw is taking shape. 🎲

1 — Andorra
2 — Finland
3 — Austria
4 — Serbia
5 — Greece

So only 𝟲 remain open.

Which European country should enter the spotlight next? I need you guys on Mastodon to become more active. Let's have one vote from this network!

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Would anyone be interested in some stories behind characters from the Congress of Vienna?
I've been telling these stories on Threads for a while now, but maybe I can get some interest also here?

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