User Guide

Heirs
Nobles killed in battle or executed
afterwards are removed from play.
Their heirs may appear later through
the Reinforcement Phase.
Chancery
The Titles (where these are not per-
manently attached to a Titled Noble)
and Offices of Nobles who die as a con-
sequence of Battle are placed in
Chancery (see the Parliament chap-
ter). They only re-enter play through
the summoning of Parliament.
Executing Royal Heirs
As has been previously mentioned,
when Royal Heirs are captured, you
are given the choice of whether to exe-
cute them immediately or hold them
prisoner. You must decide if the Royal
Heir has any potential place in your
plans; if not, then you must act with
appropriate brutality. .
You are faced with the same decision
if you capture Heirs from both the
opposed Royal Houses. You can only sit
on the fence in the dispute between
York and Lancaster for a short while.
But after two turns, you are asked to
choose which Royal Heir you will con-
tinue to support, and which will meet
his inevitable fate.
During play, if you decide that a
Royal Heir you have been holding pris-
oner becomes superfluous, then click on
the Family Tree button. From this
display, select the name of the Royal
Heir you have decided you no longer
need. You are given the opportunity to
execute the poor wretch. If you select
“Yes”, the headsman will be summoned
at once.
The computer-controlled Factions
are making the same kinds of deci-
sions. Ambitious Nobles find it easier
to kill Royal Heirs than more reserved
characters. Sooner or later, though, the
Royal Heirs must decline in number
and die, until but one remains..
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