Richard III 1470

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Richard III 1470

KINGMAKER (1470) LANCASTER The Campaign Henry VI: Middlesex (prisoner) The Earl of Warwick defects to the Victory: eliminate all enemy heirs for an Prince Edward: France Lancastrian side after a botched 1469 revolt. instant victory. Otherwise, whoever is king Duke of Exeter: France He flees to France and plots with Margaret after Usurpation wins the scenario. Earl of Warwick: France of Anjou to recover the throne for Henry VI. Duke of Clarence: France Warwick invades and Edward IV is obliged YORK Earl of Oxford: France to flee into exile. But with the support of King Edward IV (March): Middlesex Mercenary French: France Burgundy, Edward returns to England and Duke of Gloucester: South Yorks Mercenary Scots: Scotland Warwick is killed at the Battle of Barnet. A Duke of Buckingham: Warwick few weeks later, Prince Edward is defeated Duke of Norfolk: East Anglia Earl of Pembroke: Pool and killed at Tewkesbury in Gloucester. Henry Duke of Suffolk: East Anglia Earl of Shrewsbury: Pool VI, a prisoner, is murdered, which makes the Earl of Arundel: Sussex York (church): Pool House of York secure until the untimely death Earl of Essex: Essex Mercenary Welsh: Pool of Edward IV in 1483. Lord Hastings: Leicester Bombard: Pool Earl Rivers: Leicester Levy (Bristol): Pool Lord Stanley: Lancaster Levy (Coventry): Pool Henry VI 1421-1422-1471 Mercenary Irish: Ireland Levy (Newcastle): Pool Son of the great Henry V, Henry VI came Mercenary Calais: Calais Levy (York): Pool to the throne as an infant and England was Mercenary Burgundian: Calais Rebel: Pool ruled by a Regency until he came of age in 1437. He proved to be a sickly, weak king, Earl of Northumberland: Pool Earl of Richmond: (minor) dominated by his wife Margaret of Anjou and Earl of Westmoreland: Pool prominent nobles like the Duke of Somerset. Canterbury (church): Pool Duke of Buckingham: enemy Court intrigue led to opposition from the Bombard: Pool Earl of Northumberland: enemy powerful Duke of York, who eventually Levy (London): Pool Earl Rivers: enemy rebelled to seek the throne. Henry was Levy (Norwich): Pool Earl of Westmoreland: enemy captured after the Battle of Towton in 1461. Levy (Salisbury): Pool Lord Stanley: enemy A prisoner of Edward IV for almost ten years, Canterbury (church): enemy Henry regained the throne for six months Earl of Warwick: enemy over the winter of 1470/71 after Warwick the Duke of Clarence: enemy Unlisted blocks have been permanently Kingmaker rebelled. Lancastrian defeats at Earl of Shrewsbury: enemy eliminated. Barnet and Tewkesbury ended that rebellion with Warwick and Prince Edward slain in York (church): enemy battle, and Henry VI murdered in the Tower Duke of Exeter: enemy NOTE: Henry VI is a prisoner of Edward of London. IV in the Tower of London, even if no York Unlisted blocks have been permanently blocks are located in the Middlesex area. Edward IV 1442-1461-1483 eliminated. Deploy the block face-up – it cannot move One of England's best military commanders, or engage in combat, but does count as Edward never lost a battle and won several a Lancastrian noble for Usurpation. If a with bold and decisive strategy and tactics. Lancastrian block occupies London, Henry He became head of the House of York after VI is rescued, becomes the Pretender, and his father's death at the Battle of Wakefield in can then move and fight normally. If the 1460. With the support of the Archbishop of Yorkists win this scenario, and Henry VI is Canterbury and other prominent churchmen, still a prisoner, he is murdered (eliminated). Edward seized the crown and then defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton in 1461. His 22 year reign was briefly interrupted by a six month return to the throne by Henry VI in 1471 after Warwick the Kingmaker changed sides. Edward was a competent administrator, but his reputation suffered from later hedonistic conduct. He died suddenly at age 41 leaving two young heirs who were probably murdered in the Tower of London.

RICHARD III (1483) LANCASTER The Campaign Earl of Richmond: France Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and Victory: a player must eliminate the Earl of Oxford: France young brother of Edward IV, was named sole enemy heir for an instant victory. Earl of Pembroke: France regent in the king's will. Otherwise, whoever is king after Usurpation Mercenary French: France wins the scenario. Richard quickly discovered that the widowed Mercenary Scots: Scotland queen (and her Woodville family) sought to Duke of Buckingham: Glamorgan retain power by controlling the two heirs. He YORK Earl Rivers: Leicester seizes the heirs and, encouraged by the Duke King Richard III: Middlesex of Buckingham, takes the throne as Richard Duke of Norfolk: East Anglia Earl of Shrewsbury: Pool III after persuading Parliament to declare the Duke of Suffolk: East Anglia Mercenary Welsh: Pool two princes to be bastards. Earl of Arundel: Sussex Bombard: Pool The Duke of Buckingham now rebels and Earl of Essex: Essex Levy (Bristol): Pool supports the Lancastrian Duke of Richmond Earl of Northumberland: Northumbria Levy (Coventry): Pool (Henry Tudor) exiled in Brittany. His revolt Lord Stanley: Lancaster Levy (Newcastle): Pool in Wales fails and the duke is betrayed and Mercenary Irish: Ireland Levy (York): Pool quickly executed. Popular support for Richard Mercenary Calais: Calais Rebel: Pool III plummets when murder of the two heirs is Mercenary Burgundian: Calais suspected, although never proven. Earl of Northumberland: enemy After an aborted invasion in 1483, Richmond Earl of Westmoreland: Pool Earl of Westmoreland: enemy lands in Wales in early August 1485. He Canterbury (church): Pool Lord Stanley: enemy gathers modest support from the Welsh, until York (church): Pool Canterbury (church): enemy Lord Stanley (his father-in-law) defects to his Bombard: Pool York (church): enemy side. Richard III gathers an army in Derby to Levy (London): Pool meet the invader. At the Battle of Bosworth Levy (Norwich): Pool Field, the king is betrayed by the Earl of Levy (Salisbury): Pool Unlisted blocks have been permanently Northumberland and dies charging the enemy eliminated. Duke of Buckingham: enemy position. Richmond wins the crown as Henry Earl of Shrewsbury: enemy VII. Earl Rivers: enemy Richard III 1452-1483-1485 Some scholars argue that Richard III is a Unlisted blocks have been permanently victim of Tudor propaganda. He was an eliminated. effective and loyal military commander for Edward IV, and a hugely popular lord of the north for many years. He was named by the dying king Edward IV as regent. It is difficult to reconcile these historical facts with the evil hunchback depicted by Shakespeare. The infamous murder of the two princes in the Tower of London probably happened, but was more likely ordered by the Duke of Buckingham, or even by Henry VII. Henry VII 1457-1485-1509 Henry was the Welsh born son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. He spent most of his early life in captivity or exile, but got support for the throne as the last surviving Lancastrian after Richard III's unsavory usurpation. He defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 and founded the House of Tudor. He was succeeded by his son Henry VIII.