====== The Pashtun Tribe ======
Tribes have existed for millennia in the area that is present-day Afghanistan. They emerged o... nded kinship lines. Led by councils of elders, tribes provided their members with protection, financial support, a means to resolve disputes, and punishme
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===== Turn Sequence =====
- Morning (i.e. before the Convention sits)
- Arriving/leaving E... obs); or
* diplomacy/lobbying Convention members.
- Setting guards (for those players with t... support for either faction (with the middle lane being undecided). The other axis is just to differentiate each of the pairs of cards that will be played.
==== Set up ====
There will be twenty p
that this policy would continue. Accordingly a number of English nobles and bishops invited his son-in... as King((technically they invited his daughter to be the queen but Prince William insisted on being the King and not a prince consort)).
The relevance o... sh army in the path of William's army. A large number of defections took place before the King decided
====== Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll ======
===== Offices Held =====
* Chief of Clan Campbell
===== Reputation =====
* Known as a staunch ... sbytarian
===== Background =====
Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll (born 25th July 1658).
The eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll and Mary Stuart, daughter o
March 16, 1689
A printed version of the text can be found on pages 1 and 2 of The acts & orders of th... f the estates of the kingdom of Scotland held and begun at Edinburgh, the 14th day of March, 1689, Edi... nth presented to the meeting of the Estates, they before opening thereof declare and enact that, notwithstanding of anything that may be contained in that letter for dissolving them or i
====== The Three Estates ======
The members were collectively referred to as the **Three Estates** ([... he [[wiki>England|English]] office of //[[wiki>Member of Parliament]]//, namely a [[wiki>commoner]] or member of the lower nobility. Because the parliament of Scotland was unicameral, all members sat in the sam
ther Side of the COIN ======
Or what makes people become insurgents?
This is a game first played on Sunday 5th September 2010 at CLWG, and had a second outing on Saturday 1st October. It is due for a third run at CLWG on Sunday 1st... -mail in advance if you are not already a CLWG member. Over the next couple of days I expect to post t
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===== Player Roles =====
Players would be the leaders of the two main factions plus a coupl... in the streets overmuch. It focusses on the deals being made in the Convention and the efforts of [[:r... s =====
The game is about trying to persuade a number of undecided members of the Convention to vote the correct way. There should be several ways to achi
ndertaking for the preservation of religion and liberty which were in such eminent danger. Neither can... g the Protestant religion, the ancient laws and liberties of that Kingdom, which accordingly we have d... oms, and that they did look upon it as one of the best means for procuring the happiness of these nati... ling of a lasting peace amongst them, which would be advantageous to both, they living in the same isl
ndee|Viscount Dundee]] and other Privy Council members had asked him to send and substituted this less... ention on March 16, 1689, by a certain Mr Craine. Before opening the letter, the Convention voted an a...
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My Lords and Gentlemen,
Whereas we have been informed that you the peers and representatives... pport our royal interest, expecting from you what becomes loyal and faithful subjects, generous and ho
ntion in the Spring of [[wp>1689]]. The game has been play-tested once at the 2007 [[http://www.clwg.... Weekend, refinements to the game mechanisms have been included on the relevant pages. More detailed s... s these have player-specific objectives that work best of the other players haven't read them)) need to be prepared to allow for a few more uncommitted play
d in the goings on in Scotland in [[wp>1689]]. Numbers shown thus //**[1]**// indicate the priority fo... f there are insufficient players for all roles to be filled for that player group.
A minimum of four... e and Williamite factions should have the same number of players if possible.
===== Loyal Jacobites... ond of Perth (the imprisoned Chancellor)
===== Rebellious Williamites =====
* [[Hamilton]], William
vice with the French and Prince William of Orange before returning to Scotland. Although unassuming and unambitious he has risen from being the Marquis of Huntly to a Dukedom (in 1684 on... flicts 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 surrendering the castle in Febr
ound guilty of theft.
Men were required to grow beards and women had to wear the all-covering burka.... to school.
The Taliban in Afghanistan are still believed to be led by Mullah Omar, a village clergyman who lost his right eye fighting the occupying for... for commerce to flourish.
Despite ever higher numbers of foreign troops, the Taliban have steadily ex
