The three GURPS armadas succeed

Armada-1
Philip II unites the French, Imperial, English and Spanish crowns under a single Holy Roman Empire ruled from Madrid. The ramshackle contrivance explodes in revolt during the 17th Century, returning Europe to a patchwork of squabbling feudal states, none of which have the intellectual vibrancy, spare capitol or economic muscle to start an Industrial Revolution as of 1833.
Armada-2
The Invincible Armada deposes Elizabeth and puts Henry Percy on the throne of England. A resurgent Spain puts down the Dutch revolt of 1589 and deposes Henry IV of France in 1591 in favor of Charles du Mayenne. In 1812 an overstretched Spanish realm battles pirates all along the fringes of its empire, as the aggressive Swedes look on.
Armada-3
Dutch and English rebellions erupt when Philip II dies, and Spanish broadsheets claim that an "invisible college" of Rosicrucians, sorcerers and witches is behind the rebellion.
Could the Armada winning lead to any of these worlds? Could the Armada have won in the first place?
 
Armada-1
Philip II unites the French, Imperial, English and Spanish crowns under a single Holy Roman Empire ruled from Madrid. The ramshackle contrivance explodes in revolt during the 17th Century, returning Europe to a patchwork of squabbling feudal states, none of which have the intellectual vibrancy, spare capitol or economic muscle to start an Industrial Revolution as of 1833.
Armada-2
The Invincible Armada deposes Elizabeth and puts Henry Percy on the throne of England. A resurgent Spain puts down the Dutch revolt of 1589 and deposes Henry IV of France in 1591 in favor of Charles du Mayenne. In 1812 an overstretched Spanish realm battles pirates all along the fringes of its empire, as the aggressive Swedes look on.
Armada-3
Dutch and English rebellions erupt when Philip II dies, and Spanish broadsheets claim that an "invisible college" of Rosicrucians, sorcerers and witches is behind the rebellion.
Could the Armada winning lead to any of these worlds? Could the Armada have won in the first place?

In a word, no. The Armada by itself might be able to defeat the English fleet, but it doesn't have sufficient soldiers embarked (@16,000 to start, somewhat less after the voyage and battle) to conquer England by itself. For that it needs to pick up Parma's army from Flanders, and the Dutch control the ports and coastal waters, via the Sea Beggars. Until one or the other can seize a port they can't get together. By the time they manage that it will be autumn, and the Atlantic storms will be sweeping in, and ... well, we know how that turns out.

Now, if Parma and the Armada cooperate from the start to seize a major port, say Antwerp, then wait until then next year to cross over to England, landing in Norfolk or further north, then they might just pull it off.
 
I tried doing some consolidating, but the PoDs span such a range of time and space putting them all together is rather impractical.
 
What is a GURPS?

Generic Universal Role Playing System; a pencil and paper RPG, ala D&D. The scenarios in question are their AH settings, which are meant to be interesting more than plausable, as stated elsewhere in these threads.
 
I tried doing some consolidating, but the PoDs span such a range of time and space putting them all together is rather impractical.

In the future make such things separate posts in one thread to avoid the mods' ire.
 
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