User Guide

your army, and is in your control until
captured or killed. The presence of a
Royal Heir alongside your army brings
a small benefit to its combat abilities,
but otherwise he is just a target for the
other Factions to pursue. Make sure
you protect your Royal Heir(s) with
ample forces-allowing for even the
most unlikely mishap.
Crowning Royal Heirs
To win the game, you must control
the last, crowned Royal Heir. This
implies two actions. First, the last sur-
viving Heir must have been crowned
Ring, and, second, you need to see the
other Heirs killed.
Some may die at the hands of your
enemies. Others may fall into your
hands through victory in Battle or
Siege. As you capture Royal Heirs, you
must judge when the moment is right
to execute them. Since you become
biased towards one of the Royal
Houses, some decisions are easy. On
the other hand, knowing when to “lose”
a second member of the same Royal
House is more tricky.
The second task ahead of you is to
arrange the Coronation of one of your
Royal Heirs. Royal Heirs can be
crowned only in the order of succession
for their Houses. Margaret of Anjou, for
example, can only be crowned “Ring”
once Henry VI is dead, and Edward,
Prince of Wales can become Ring only
after she joins her husband in the
grave. Note that it is quite possible for
there to be two Rings, a Yorkist and a
Lancastrian at the same time.
In addition to this rule about senior-
ity within each House, there are other
conditions which must be met for a
Coronation to take place.
(a) The Heir must occupy a Cathedral.
Several Towns and Cities have
Cathedrals, from mighty London
and York, through lesser Towns like
Lincoln and Exeter, down to small
centers like Salisbury or St David’s
(b) The Heir must be accompanied by
at least one Noble of your Faction.
(c) The Heir must be accompanied by
at least one Archbishop or two
Bishops.
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