http://www.full-moon.info/ 2026-04-04T07:08:40+00:00 http://www.full-moon.info/ http://www.full-moon.info/lib/exe/fetch.php/wiki/dokuwiki-128.png text/html 2007-03-19T21:29:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/convention/jamesvii Letter of King James VII to the Scottish Convention March 1, 1689 King James VII wrote this letter while he was aboard the St Michael on the way to Ireland. It was alleged that Melfort intercepted the letter that Viscount Dundee and other Privy Council members had asked him to send and substituted this less than helpful version in its place. It was delivered to the Scottish Convention on March 16, 1689, by a certain Mr Craine. Before opening the letter, the Convention voted an act declaring i… text/html 2007-03-24T21:32:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/people/argyll Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll Offices Held * Chief of Clan Campbell Reputation * Known 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 VII in 1685. text/html 2009-09-15T18:44:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/battles 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 forfeited his Crown Viscount Dundee returned home to his heavily pregnant wife at Dudhope just north of Dundee. After a few weeks he had gathered about him some of his very loyal troop of Horse. They rode out to Dundee Law where he raised the royal standard of King James VII and decla… text/html 2007-04-01T20:49:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/rules Orange or Lemon? - Game Mechanics 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 text/html 2007-03-19T21:35:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/convention/lawful 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, the 14th day of March, 1689, Edinburgh: Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, 1690 (Wing / S1161). text/html 2007-03-19T21:20:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/convention/william Letter from Prince William of Orange to the Scottish Convention March 16, 1689 ---------- This letter was presented to the Scottish Convention, March 16, 1689, by the Earl of Leven. ---------- My Lords and Gentlemen, We are very sensible of the kindness and concern that many of your nation have evidenced towards us and our undertaking for the preservation of religion and liberty which were in such eminent danger. Neither can we in the least doubt of your confidence in us, after having seen… text/html 2007-03-30T21:47:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/brief Orange or Lemon? - General Briefing 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 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 England and replace James as King text/html 2011-12-31T23:22:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/coin The Other 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 January 2012. If you want to come to the game please let me know by e-mail in advance if you are not already a CLWG member. Over the next couple of days I expect to post the rules and some of the general background briefing on this page (or at least as a link from he… text/html 2007-04-10T12:00:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/convention Orange or Lemon? This is a working title for a game about the Scottish Parliament's convention in the Spring of 1689. The game has been play-tested once at the 2007 CLWG Games Weekend, refinements to the game mechanisms have been included on the relevant pages. More detailed specific player briefings text/html 2007-03-26T17:09:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/design Orange or Lemon? - Design Notes Player Roles Players would be the leaders of the two main factions plus a couple of other key protagonists (notably the catholic Duke of Gordon who was constable of Edinburgh Castle). There is a four player version with one umpire that doesn't worry about the rabble rousing in the streets overmuch. It focusses on the deals being made in the Convention and the efforts of text/html 2010-09-05T22:40:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/coin/pashtun 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. Led by councils of elders, tribes provided their members with protection, financial support, a means to resolve disputes, and punishment of those who had committed crimes or broken tribal codes of conduct. text/html 2010-08-29T20:47:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/coin/taliban 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 predominantly Pashtun movement, the Taliban came to prominence in Afghanistan in the autumn of 1994. text/html 2007-03-29T11:59:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/convention/structure The Three Estates The members were collectively referred to as the Three Estates (Middle Scots Thrie Estaitis), or 'community of the realm' (tres communitates), composed of: * the first estate of prelates (bishops and abbots) * the second estate of lairds (dukes, earls, parliamentary peers and lay tenants-in-chief) * the text/html 2014-11-21T11:16:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/people/cast Orange or Lemon? - The Cast The list shows the main characters involved in the goings on in Scotland in 1689. Numbers shown thus [1] indicate the priority for casting if there are insufficient players for all roles to be filled for that player group. text/html 2007-03-24T21:24:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/people/dundee John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee Offices Held * Commander in Chief of the Army * Privy Councillor * Constable of Dundee * Provost of Dundee (i.e. mayor) Reputation * Dundee is fiercely loyal to King James VII. * Known as 'Bluidy Claverhouse' 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 Covenanters. text/html 2007-04-01T07:01:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.full-moon.info/doku.php/rules/clwg/1689/people/hamilton Duke of Hamilton Offices Held * Privy Councillor * 3rd Duke of Hamilton (for life) * William's Commissioner in Scotland Reputation * One of the large magnates of Scotland Religion * Catholic upbringing * practising Protestant