ttle of Seneffe and rescued the young Prince when his horse fell in marshy ground. As a reward for his actions Dundee received a Captain’s commission. T... eader of a small body of cavalry, and in spite of his vigorous and energetic action, Graham accomplished little. He conducted his occupation with zest, however, and interpreted co... ner. In 1685 he summarily executed John Brown for his refusal to acknowledge the supremacy of the King.
On 1 June 1679 the Covenanters routed him and his army at the Battle of Drumclog, whereupon he fled
there also needs to be a bit of banter going on. This is all cover for the whistle to be pinned to the back of their clothing or ... ork out who is holding the whistle.
One of the whistlers gently blows the whistle to start things off. Once the guesser has worked out where the whistle is they can then bring in the next guesser and join in with the whistlers.
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ople:James|King James VII]] should be replaced by his son in law [[:rules:clwg:1689:people:Orange|Prince William of Orange]]. Historically this was pretty evenly balanced and only resolved when some [[:rules:clwg:1689:people:cast|ke... date for King, whether James or William.
===== Historical Background =====
some historical background (in the order that the Convention dealt with its bu
nd was henceforth known as Ahmad Shah Durrani and his tribe, the Pashtun Abdali tribe, as the Durrani. When his successors lost the support of the tribes after A... ause of their close association with urban life. This regime was in turn replaced in 1992 by the Islami
fe 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 and Protestant dissenters that this policy would continue. Accordingly a number of English nobles and bishops invited his son-in-law, Prince William of Orange, to come to ... d replace James as King((technically they invited his daughter to be the queen but Prince William insis
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* [[Argyll]]((technically not an Earl as his father was attainted in 1685 for his part in an uprising against King James VII)) //**... eedale]], a good friend of the Duke of Gordon and historically chosen as the interlocutor between the Convention and the Castle for this reason //**[3]**//
the intrigues and conflicts of Scottish politics. His preference would be to retire to the continent where he could live his life in peace.
He had been on the point of surr... arres]] discovered him in the process of removing his personal belongings and furniture from the castle
wn as a 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 V... rt, 4th Earl of Moray, Campbell sought to recover his father's estates (by moving into King James VII's
iament's declaration that James VII had forfeited his Crown Viscount Dundee returned home to his heavily pregnant wife at Dudhope just north of Du... ter a few weeks he had gathered about him some of his very loyal troop of Horse. They rode out to Dunde
====== Who Are the Taliban ======
this is mostly from a BBC report, but I have edited it a little.
Th... led by Mullah Omar, a village clergyman who lost his right eye fighting the occupying forces of the So... els not seen since 2001.
Their retreat earlier this decade enabled them to limit their human and mate
actics, professionals talk logistics//". Well in this game the Sergeants are the professionals that deal with logistics. Most of the contents of this section are only carried out by those players act... u can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge box.
The young ones car... d |
^ Mail/news | none | low((for a campaign this could be high)) | good/bad news, frequency of ma
es:clwg:1689:people:James|King James VII]] wrote this letter while he was aboard the St Michael on the ... il members had asked him to send and substituted this less than helpful version in its place. It was d... ether at our good town of Edinburgh some time in this instant March by the usurped authority of the [[:... y and disgrace you must bring upon yourselves in this world, and the condemnation due to the rebellious
vel of participation than most groups do. Partly this is down to the requirement on membership that eac... e other necessary preparations for running them. This means that there are some half-finished, or just ... ) which decided that King James VII had forfeited his crown and that it should be offered to Prince Wil
