iefing ======
===== Recent Events =====
Towards the end of last year (1688) the wife of King James VII and II gave birth to a son. This brought home to those that he had upset with his toleration of Roman Catholics ... o England and replace James as King((technically they invited his daughter to be the queen but Prince
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Each complete game turn represents one day of the sitting of the Convention. Each of the phases represents a period of up to six hours.
===== Turn Sequence =====
- Morning (i.e. before the Convention sits)
- Arriving/leaving Edinburgh
====== The Pashtun Tribe ======
Tribes have existed for millennia in the area that is present-day Afghanistan. They emerged over centuries in various sections of the country, taking form along extended kinship lines.
rhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee ======
===== Offices Held =====
* Commander in Chief of the Army
* Privy Councillor
* Constable of Dundee
* Provost ... laverhouse' to many from his campaigning against the Covenanters in the South West during the 1670s and early 1680s. He is much hated by those who are Cov
====== Act Declaring the Scottish Convention a Free and Lawful Meeting ======
March 16, 1689
A printed version of the text can be found on pages 1 and 2 of The acts & orders of the meeting of the estates of the kingdom of Scotland held and begun at Edinburgh, t
mpbell, 10th Earl of Argyll ======
===== Offices Held =====
* Chief of Clan Campbell
===== Reputat... staunch Williamite
* seeking to recover his father's estates and restore the Earldom of Argyll which was attainted when his father supported an uprising against King James VII in
====== Awa' to the Hills ======
This game is about the Highland campaign of Viscount Dundee, King James VII's second in command of the Army of Scotland in 1689. Unhappy with the Scots Parliament's declaration that James VII had forfeite
====== Letter of King James VII to the Scottish Convention ======
March 1, 1689
[[:rules:clwg:1689:pe... le:James|King James VII]] wrote this letter while he was aboard the St Michael on the way to Ireland. It was alleged(("Bonnie Dundee: John Grahame of Claverhouse", Andre
====== The Other Side of the COIN ======
Or what makes people become insurgents?
This is a game first played on Sund... Sunday 1st January 2012. If you want to come to the game please let me know by e-mail in advance if y
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===== Player Roles =====
Players would be the leaders of the two main factions plus a couple of other key protagonists (notably the catholic [[:rules:clwg:1689:people:Gordon|Duke of Gordon]] who was con
====== Letter from Prince William of Orange to the Scottish Convention ======
March 16, 1689
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This letter was presented to the Scottish Convention, March 16, 1689, by the Earl of Leven.
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My Lords and Gentlemen,
We are very sensible of the kindness and concern that many of your nation hav
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This is a working title for a game about the Scottish Parliament's convention in the Spring of [[wp>1689]]. The game has been play-tested once at the 2007 [[http://www.clwg.org|CLWG]] Games Weekend, refinements to
====== Who Are the Taliban ======
this is mostly from a BBC report, but I have edited it a little.
The Taliban emerged in the early 1990s in northern Pakistan following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. A predom
Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon ======
===== Offices Held =====
* Constable of Edinburgh Castle
=====... y and morally courageous, but tends to vacillate when course of action unclear
===== Religion =====
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Born 1642. Has performed military service with the French and Prince William of Orange before return... to Scotland. Although unassuming and unambitious he has risen from being the Marquis of Huntly to a D
====== The Three Estates ======
The members were collectively referred to as the **Three Estates** ([[wiki>Middle Scots]] Thrie Estaitis), or 'community of the realm' (//tres communitates//), composed of:
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