I am going to be traveling for the next week, so if possible I would prefer to start after the new year. If not possible, though, I can just be slow.
I think waiting until after the New Year is a bit too long, but we’ll respect that you are away from your Batcave until then.
Just waiting on @David2 now.
im in
1455 - Round One
@Ironsight Earl of Westmoreland’s Faction (Portcullis) Turn
Chance Phase
"On Christmas Day, King Henry showed the first real signs of returning sanity. Two days later he sent substantial offerings to Canterbury and Westminster, a clear indication that the royal mind was awakening and beginning to function along normal lines. The queen waited for further confirmation and then on December 30 she took the infant Edward to Windsor. This time she did not stand on ceremony but, holding the prince in her arms, hurried to the cabinet of the king. Henry was sitting up as usual, but this time there was a difference. There was a light in his eyes which turned quickly to recognition. The queen placed their son in his arms. The king was still very weak and showing signs of having wakened from a long dream. But he seemed to recognize the child without difficulty. “What name has he been given?” he asked. “Edward,” replied the queen. The thin, grave face of the king responded with a smile. “Good,” he whispered. “That is good.”
Soon after, he was able to converse coherently and he told Margaret, to quote from the Paston Letters, that “he never knew him till this time, nor wist what was said to him, nor wist where he had been whilst sick till now.” Further evidence of the clearing of his mind was provided during the day. He asked the names of his son’s godfathers and commented on the death of Cardinal Beaufort, “one of the wisest lords in this land,” and he was able to sing matins and join in evensong later in the day.
Several days later Bishop Waynflete came to Windsor and spoke with the reviving monarch at some length, emerging from the chamber at the finish weeping for joy. Henry was so much better, in fact, and Margaret so impatient, that he was taken soon thereafter to London. Here he was led before the lords in session to declare the dissolution of the House. Margaret wanted to be free of parliamentary interference in the course of action she had decided to follow. The face of fortune had been turned from the royal pair for a long time, but now it turned to them with a smile. The queen acted with characteristic decision in taking advantage of the change. Her innocent blue eyes emitted sparks of triumph and determination and she did not propose to wait for parliamentary sanction. It is highly unlikely that she disturbed the still inactive mind of the king for advice before she began to wield the broom of change with vigorous hand.
Richard of York was dismissed from the protectorate and was even excluded from the council. Archbishop Bourchier, who had been holding the post of chancellor, was wafted through the door of his temporal office. Every Yorkist official, major or minor, was sent away. The Duke of Somerset was released from the Tower and put in York’s place. Waynflete replaced Bourchier as chancellor. All Westminster was filled with Lancastrian supporters."
Costain, Thomas B. The Last Plantagenets. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
@Ironsight Earl of Westmoreland’s Faction (Portcullis) Turn
Chance Phase
An Event Card is drawn by @Ironsight . He keeps it. 'Tis a secret.
Hand Updated.
Now on to The Movement Phase for The Earl of Westmoreland’s Faction.
You are on the clock for movement. Remember all, use bold for orders or game binding decisions in thread.
We’re enjoying the weather in Farnham. No movement.
The Earl of Westmoreland (@Ironsight) opts for caution, not yet sussing how the wind will blow.
Combat Phase - No Combat possible.
Parliament Phase - He is not Chancellor or in possession of the sole crowned King of England so the phase is moot.
Coronation Phase - No one to crown, so the phase is moot.
Crown Deck Phase - Card drawn and sent, may be played at any time.
Turn Ends.
1455 - Round One
@david2 The Duke of Buckingham’s Faction (Staff) Turn (Two)
Event Phase
The Card Draw:
Mutiny - When drawn the ship is remove from the board and the ship’s card is placed in the Crown deck discard.
The Le Lucas is not in play, so the event has no effect. The card is sent to Event Discard.
Now on to The Movement Phase for The Duke of Buckingham’s Faction.
@david2 You are on the clock for movement. Remember all, use bold for orders or game binding decisions in thread.
@David2 your time on the clock will expire at 1200 EST. If no response by then, the Sweating Sickness Corollary will occur. @Kolbex you are on deck.
The Duke of Buckingham’s Faction (@David2) is struck by the Sweating Sickness.
“This disease is not a Sweat onely, (as it is thought & called) but a feuer, as I saied, in the spirites by putrefaction venemous, with a fight, trauaile, and laboure of nature againste the infection receyued in the spirites, whervpon by chaunce foloweth a Sweate, or issueth an humour compelled by nature, as also chanceth in other sicknesses whiche consiste in humours, when they be in their state, and at the worste in certein dayes iudicial, aswel by vomites, bledinges, & fluxes, as by sweates.”
A boke or counseill against the disease commonly called the sweate or sweatyng sicknesse - made by John Caius, Doctour in Phisicke
Movement Phase - No Movement possible.
Combat Phase - No Combat possible.
Parliament Phase - He is not Chancellor or in possession of the sole crowned King of England so the phase is moot.
Coronation Phase - No one to crown, so the phase is moot.
Crown Deck Phase - Card drawn and sent, may be played at any time .
Turn Ends.
1455 - Round One, Turn 3
@Kolbex The Earl of Wiltshire’s Faction (Moon)
Event Phase
The Card Draw:
Effect - There is no Marshal of England, but there is a Constable of The Tower of London.
“The peasant revolt in Hertfordshire, just northwest of London, may have been funded by supporters of York (according to Lancastrian chroniclers), and it certainly seemed suspicious that such unrest would come so soon after the King’s recovery. They were ostensibly triggered by a misunderstanding regarding land usage rights by yeomen in the shire. Due to the proximity to London, the Constable of the Tower of London, the Duke of Somerset (@CraigM), was dispatched with haste to St. Albans to deal with the unrest.”
Duke of Somerset (@CraigM) is moved to St. Albans (current map updated in top section).
Now on to The Movement Phase for The Earl of Wiltshire’s Faction.
@Kolbex You are on the clock for movement. Remember all, use bold for orders or game binding decisions in thread. @Cuthbert, you are on deck.
EDIT above: to The Duke of Buckingham’s Faction Turn
Crown Deck Phase - Card drawn
This card is not held. It is placed in Ireland. Per the rules:
“Irish Kerns” is a Crown Deck Card. When it is drawn it is placed in Ireland. These troops can only be picked up by the Lieutenant of Ireland, who must go to Ireland to pick them up. The 50 troops on this card are only usable outside of Ireland (they are part of the 200 troops that the Lt. of Ireland receives as part of his office). If the Lieutenant is killed or the “revolt in Ireland” event happens the card immediately placed in the discard pile.
Nice to see that reports of my death on the combat half of that card were premature! :)
When does this clock expire?
Well, you communicated and informed us you have travel issues, so do the best you can. But normally its 24 hours. That assumes checking in once a day. So if someone is having issues they can communicate that.
Yeah, just read the 24 hours but upthread. Hoo, boy, so I’m stuck practically offmap in Calais, eh?
Nay, Milord. Explanation coming via PM.
Sorry guys stuck at work, last long night and day before 2 week break! No more Sweating Sickness.
Holland uses normal movement northeast 5 spaces to Wells.
No other moves.
The Earl of Wiltshire’s Faction (@Kolbex) turn is complete.
“Holland, the Earl of Wiltshire, left Cornwall two days after Candlemas in 1455 bound Northeast for Wells. His retinue observed mass in Saint Blazey on the saint’s feast day and participated in the procession, departing at dawn the next day (February 4). There was a convenient break in the winter weather which allowed this march. Scholars are divided as to whether Wiltshire intended to eventually proceed to to Wales to support the Yorkist cause, or east to London, to support Somerset.”
Movement Phase - Completed.
Combat Phase - No Combat possible.
Parliament Phase - He is not Chancellor or in possession of the sole crowned King of England so the phase is moot.
Coronation Phase - No one to crown, so the phase is moot.
Crown Deck Phase - Card drawn and sent, may be played at any time .
Turn Ends. Current Map Updated.