User Guide
Smart Moves
As far as possible, try to
arrange things so that
only those Offices and
Titles
you
want for
your
Nobles
are released
from Chancery. Tbis
means
having
as few
Nobles present as you
require. Since
the
Fac-
tion Summoning Par-
liament always selects
its participants first, this
means second-guessing
the opposition.
It
goes
without
saying
that
you
should never summon
Parliament
if you
don’t
have
Untitled Nobles, or
Nobles without Offices.
Titles and Offices may be given to
any Noble and not just to those actu-
ally present, subject to the usual rules
concerning combinations of Nobles,
Titles and Offices. If the player controls
Parliament, you are asked to combine a
Noble with each Title or Office in turn.
Any Titles or Offices which cannot be
allocated are returned to Chancery.
You can give a new Title or Office to
one of your Nobles who already con-
trols such an Asset. His old Asset will
have to be given to someone else. This
is the only time Offices may be trans-
ferred.
Once Parliament dissolves, the Fac-
tions move away during the Movement
Phase of their turn as normal. No Bat-
tle may take place in the Town or City
either during Parliament or for a full
turn thereafter. The “King’s Peace” for-
bids any transgression of this law.
THE CORONATION
PHASE
P
art of the Victory Conditions for
KINGMAKER is that a Faction
must not only control the last
surviving Royal Heir, but must also
have that Heir crowned as King (or
Queen) of England. Coronations, there-
fore, play a central part in the game. In
addition, a Crowned Heir may be able
to Summon Parliament.
Arranging a Coronation
The following conditions must be
met before a Faction can Crown a
Royal Heir:
(a) They must control the most senior
Yorkist or Lancastrian Royal Heirs,
according to the Order of Succes-
sion of that House.
(b)
The potential King must occupy a
Town or City which is also a
Cathedral, and must be accompa-
nied by either an Archbishop or
two Bishops.
If these conditions apply, the Faction
automatically Crowns its Royal Heir.
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