User Guide

THE ROYAL HEIRS
ecause the Royal Heirs are the
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key to success or failure in the
game, it’s important you under-
stand how they work before you deploy
your Assets at the beginning of the
game. The quick capture of a Royal
Heir can pay rich dividends as play
unfolds.
The Royal Houses
Here are nine potential heirs to the
throne of England. These are:
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House of Lancaster
Henry VI
Margaret of Anjou
Edward, Prince of Wales
Beaufort, Duke of Somerset”
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House of York
Richard, Duke of York
Edward, Earl of March
Edmund, Earl of Rutland
George, Duke of Clarence
Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Capturing Royal Heirs
Royal Heirs are captured when
Nobles from a Faction occupy the same
area on the map. If the Heir is accom-
panied by another Faction’s Nobles, the
enemy must be defeated in battle
before the Heir can be captured. (See
the chapter on Combat to find out how
this works.)
If the Royal Heir occupies a City,
Town or Castle, that place may have to
be captured by Siege. (This is covered
in detail in the section on Sieges.) How-
ever, since you may need to overcome a
Castle early on in the game in order to
capture a Royal Heir, the basic idea is
presented here.
The total Troop Strength of the
Noble(s) trying to capture the Royal
Heir must be equal to or greater than
the Town/Castle’s garrison. The exam-
ple on the following page should make
this clear:
l The Duke of Somerset
is a Noble who can
become part of a Fac-
tion (either player or
computer-controlled). If
all the other Lancastrian
heirs to the throne are
dead,
Beaufort may be
crowned King. In
effect, Beaufort is
fourth in line in the
Lancastrian succession.
However, if the only
other heir still
alive is a
crowned Yorkist heir.
the faction controlling
the Yorkist wins the
game, no matter what
Beaufort’s status is.
In all other respects,
Beaufort performs like
a normal Noble.