Well, to start with, we are not experienced with this game, with only
one session before, something like ten turns played. There has been a
few errors in play, mostly concerning regional leaders, this rule is
very limiting in army/stack creation, especially for the Parliament
player, but without the rule the game wouldn't consider political
problems faced in reality so it is recommended. Basically it forces the
players to have leaders with a regional affiliation command only units
from that region. There are a few "Generalissimo's" also, who must have
at least as many units from their region as anyone else, Newcastle for
the royalists in the north, Fairfax for parliament in the north (first
Ferdinando, then Thomas), and Wark (Later Manchester) for parl. east.

We also use the Sinews of war (Campaign points): During the first turns
up until Jan. '43 each side gets 8 CP's, then 10 CP's each, except Jan.
and Feb. turns, 7 CP's. These are spent moving stacks according to this
table:

rgt's   normal  campaign
1-4     1       2
5-7     2       4
8-9     3       5
10+     4       7

where campaigns are moves where you enter enemy occupied boxes, or use
movement to change control of boxes. Normal movement can also end in
combat, but only through enemy interception.

Leaders have 4 ratings (worst-best):
Seniority/Rank: c, b, b*, a, a*, a**
Movement:       3-6
Army rating:    0-3
Tactical rating:0-3

Seniority affects stacking: a = up to 30 rgt's, b = up to 12 rgt's, and
c up to 6 rgt's. It also affects who you can have commanding who, i.e.
a** can command all but a** leaders and so on. Movement is pretty
self-explanatory. Army rating is used by the commander of a stack to
modify die rolls in battle, interception and breakoff from combat.
Tactical rating is the number of rgt's a leader can double the combat
value of, only one sort (inf/cav) per occation though. The commander of
a stack can have up to three subcommanders, and opt to use his army or
tactical rating (not both). The game is played with each player
alternating to either activate a stack, or pass, until both pass
consecutively. Initiative alternates each turn (i.e. first activation),
with the royalist having the first move in August '42.

Well, before this turns out to be a complete rewrite of the rules, on to the
game!

The campaign game starts in August 1642 with the King at Nottingham with
7 rgt's (4I,3C), Hopton at Bridgewater (in Somerset) with 2I, 1C rgt's,
7rgt's (5I, 2C) at Shrewsbury (royalist stronghold; rgt's from Wales can
be recruited here). There are a few smaller stacks of two or less rgt's
at: Newcastle (north), York (north), Preston (northwest), Oxford (west
of London), and Goring is besieged in Portsmouth (south).

Parliament:
At Northampton (between the King and London): Essex, 15 rgt's (10I, 5C).
At Airedale (north, in the mountains between Preston and York):
Ferdinando Fairfax, 1I, 1C. At Portsmouth (besieging Goring): Waller,
2I, 1C At Wells (one box east of royalist stack Hopton in Somerset):
Bedford, 4I, 1C. Small stacks (2>) in: Hull (north), London, Bristol
(northeast of Bedford). Control of the land is basically north,
Cornwall, Wales = royalist, East, south, midlands = parliament.

Since these notes are taken during play, and we are still playing (July
1644), the fog of war will prevent exact reports concerning parliament
operations (I play the royalists). r will be used to notify royalist, p
for parliament during the replay. I will write in narrative form,
skipping leaders and small stacks of rgt's only moving alone. I will
also skip passes where they become repetitive, the first pass in a turn
usually means that side has no more Campaign points left. Therefore you
might find two or more stacks from the same side being activated in
sequence.

Alas, let the game begin!

King Charles I (r) moves from Nottingham to Shrewsbury to concentrate
his forces (now 9i, 5c). Also, Goring surrenders to Waller at
Portsmouth, as he would otherwise have a 50% risk of getting killed when
Waller would assault. This was premature, I should have waited until the
siege phase to surrender to force Waller to stay at Portsmouth.. The
Fairfax brothers (2 rgt's) (p) moves east from Airedale to Ripon (1 w of
York). Hopton (2i, 1c) (r) moves back west to Bodmin Launceston in
Cornwall to be able to recruit his trusty Cornwallers. Waller (3p
(strenght 3 rgt's, parliament)) from Portsmouth to Basing, a royalist
fort 1 box n. He tries an ambuscade ("event" chits which can make forts
change hands without siege if successful) which fails, then he moves
west to Bristol (he has movement 5). Byron (1c, r) moves south from
Oxford to Basing. Bedford (4i, 1c p)moves from Wells to Gloucester via
Bristol where he leaves a few rgt's to Skippon. Ballard moves alone to
Bristol from Essex' army, taking command over Skippon. Derby (1i r) from
Preston to Lancaster. Essex (10i, 5c) spends August training his army at
Northampton (i.e. turning one rgt over to it's veteran side, combat
value 6 instead of 4). Both sides pass, no sieges, on to
desertion/recruiting...

In the beginning (Aug-Nov '42) there is a modifier of -1 to desertion
and +1 recruiting. Each player draws a chit for des. and then recr. The
are three 1's, three 2's, two 3's and two 4's on the desertion side. On
the recruiting side they have a number two higher, 3x3's, 3x4's, 2x5's
and 2x6's. The # is the number of rgt's deserting/ being recruited.

desert: r 1, p 0 (remember, -1 on desert)
recruit: r 4, p 5

Hopton (r) gets 2i, Byron (r) 1i, 1c. The parliament player's recruiting
details will be skipped (unless he recruits big stacks visible).

In Sept. 42 Fairfax (r) moves towards Hull in the north. Prince Rupert
(5i, 3c r) leaves Charles at Shrewsbury and moves south to Hereford ,
threatening Gloucester and Bristol. Waller (max 2 rgt's p) moves by sea
to Pembroke, the western tip of Wales. Derby (1i r) in Lancashire takes
control of Lancaster and then goes to Liverpool.

Now the Parliament wants to put some pressure on Hopton in Cornwall, and
sends out Ballard from Bristol west to Exeter with more than 10 rgt's.
At the same time Byron (r) moves west to Sherborne and enters the
royalist fort with 3 rgt's.

Essex (p) threatens King Charles by moving forward to Lichfield,
Stafford with 10+ rgt's. Charles, not feeling overly brave with only 6
rgt's under his command moves north to Manchester where he tries and
fails an ambuscade, deciding to leave north to Airedale.

Desertion: p 0, r 3
Recruit: p 4, r 7, 2i 1c of wich are recruited in Swansea (S. Wales).

Oct 42:
Newcastle (r Generalissimo north) arrives at... Newcastle! Down south
Prince Rupert (r) moves west to Pembroke, picking up 3 rgts on the way,
laying siege to Waller. Ballard (10+, p) starts chasing out royalists
from Devon, ending up in Barnstaple. In Lancashire Derby (r) takes
control of Liverpool. Charles (r) sends his engineer (de Gomme) to
Carlisle. Waller (p) sneaks out of Pembroke by sea to Barnstaple and
joins Ballard. Rupert (r) decides to try to storm Pembroke, 5+ on 2d6 to
succeed... snakeeyes! Darn, darn.
Desert: r1 p1
Recruit: r6 p6

Nov 42 starts off with Ballard (p) charging Hopton at Bodmin in
Cornwall. The first battle!

The infantry combat is dominated by the parliament forces, however they
attack across a river, and Hopton is a better commander than Ballard, so
it is a standoff (1-1 in losses). The cavalry battle is also indesicive,
so after trading losses 2-2 Ballard withdraws back to Barnstaple, where
he is reinforced via sea from London. Byron (3rgts r) pushes west to
Bridgewater. King Charles (r) moves to York to check the Fairfax
brothers at Scarborough, while Newcastle (r) starts gathering the
royalist forces in the north. De Gomme (r engineer) takes the boat down
to Swansea to join the siege at Pembroke. Derby (r) moves back home to
the safety in Preston, after having done a good job spreading the King's
word in Lancashire.

Desert: p2, r1
Recruit: p5, r5 of which Hopton gets 1i 1c, Byron 3i.

Dec 42:
After his failure to defeat Hopton (r), Ballard (p) is replaced by
Ruthin in Devon. De Gomme finally reaches Pembroke, starting to bark
orders at the depressed Rupert's forces laying siege to Pembroke. The
Fairfaxes (p), inspired by the stories of de Gomme's successful journey,
takes the local ferry from Scarborough to Hull, leaving a small
garrison. In Cornwall Byron (now 6 rgt's) tries to pass Ruthin by to
reach Hopton. Of course he is intercepted, getting bashed 3-1, losing an
additional inf. rgt in the pursuit and retreating to Bridgewater. A bit
up north Essex (p) now decides to send away Brereton to Shrewsbury, were
he succeds with an ambuscade. A sure blow to the royalists... Brereton
then moves on north to Manchester. Even further north, newly arrived
Cavendish (r) concentrates royalist recruits and marches south with 6
rgts to join the King at York. Essex (10+ p) now stumbles north to
Nottingham (he has 3 in movement, but can choose to roll 1d6: 1=2 mp,
2-4=3 mp, 5-6=4 mp. He rolled a 1). At Pembroke, the siege takes it's
toll on Rupert's forces, really not going anywhere.
Desert: r1, p1
Recruit r6, p6

January 1643:
With "winter" hitting the British isles, campaigning effectivity really
hits the bottom (movement reduced to 2-3 mp's). Still, in Cornwall
Hopton (6rgt's, r) decides to try to reach Byron. He is intercepted by
Ruthin though, but manages to break off and ends up in Barnstaple.
Ruthin (8-9 rgt's p) does not accept this; he attacks. The battle is a
standoff; 2-2. Ruthin withdraws back to Dartmoor.

Now the persistent Byron (5rgt's r) decides to try once again to reach
Hopton, with the result of an interception by Ruthin; yet another
battle, which ends in a whipping of Byron (3-0 +1 pursuit loss:-( ) who
retreats east to Bridgewater. (The royalist player.... me, actually,
really played with his (my) head in the closet in Cornwall. I just _had_
to get Byron to Hopton _through_ the parliament army in between, don't
ask me why... 8-0 It seemed really neccesary at the time.)

Meanwhile up north, King Charles (r) trains his army while in winter
quarters in York. In Pembroke, Rupert continues his sofar unsuccessful
siege.
desert: p1, r1
recruit: p6, r4

(Since december, desertion and recruitment no longer have the favorable
modifiers of -1 and +1, respectively. However, desertion is always
lessened with one per successful assault of a fortress/battle victory
with 2+ losses difference. The royalist lucked out pulling a '1'
desertion chit; the parl. drew a '2' but had -1 for beating Byron 4-0.)

February '43:
Still bad weather. Stamford (p) replaces Ruthin in Cornwall, and tries
to attack Hopton immediately at Barnstaple. Hopton spots the big
parliament army in time to slip over the Tamar in to Cornwall though.
Astley (r) is also sent by sea to beef up Hopton's army (he can double
up to three inf. rgt's in combat).

Now Rupert (r) gets bored with besieging Pembroke (really a waste of
talent), and moves to Bridgend leaving Vasey behind with 3 rgt's and the
engineer, de Gomme to continue the siege.
desert: r3, p1 (Vasey takes desertion losses forcing him to end the siege at
Pembroke.)
recruit: r3, p4 (3 parl. rgt's are recruited at Sheffield.)

March '43:
With better weather making movement easier Essex (10+ rgt's p) moves
west via Sheffield picking up the 3 rgt's there to Selby, where Charles
tries to intercept him, but fails.

Back east, Willoughby (p) ensembles a small force and moves to Boston.
Up north, Langdale, royalist master of horse, moves down from Carlisle
to Preston with a small force, where he meets up with Spencer Compton,
earl of Northampton, who takes command.

Meanwhile down in Cornwall, Stamford's (p) London regiment decides that
Cornwall is not the place to be, London is. They start marching
homewards. ("Home" rule; parl. London rgt's more than 3 boxes away from
London and roy. Cornwall rgt's more than 5 boxes from Cornwall run an
increasing risk of getting struck by homesickness.) Byron sees his
chance and intercept the lone rgt. at Exeter, slaughtering it to the
last man. At last, a glorious victory for Byron!:-)

In Wales Rupert (r) decides to restart the siege of Pembroke by moving
back to Pembroke with new rgt's, leaving Herbert and 4 rgt's + de Gomme.
He then proceeds to Carmarthen.

Brereton (3-4 rgt's p) moves south from Manchester to Norwich, putting
local parliamentarians in power, then moves on to Shrewsbury. In Devon
Byron (r) again tries to slip past the parliamentarians to Hopton,
getting inntercepted and beaten 2-0. He retreats to Exeter. At
Nottingham, the parl. main army under Essex also has to send their
London rgt home. What beckons? Maybe the Three Pigeons at Brentford? ;-)
Groby (1-4 rgts p) from Warwick reinforces Brereton at Shrewsbury, and
in York King Charles continues his fitness program for his army. Meldrum
(1-4 rgt p) moves from Newport to Birmingham. The royalist siege at
Pembroke makes no progress at all.
desert: r1, p2
recruit: r3, p4

April '43:
Waller (p) and Rupert (r) are promoted (enhanced values on the back of
the counter). Waller takes command in Cornwall/Devon. Northampton (5
rgt's r) moves from Preston to Chester, taking command of two more
rgt's. Brereton (10+ rgt's p) counters by moving northeast from
Shrewsbury to Stafford via Bridgeworth putting the area under parl.
control. Rupert (r) moves north to Conway. Meldrum (p) moves from
Birmingham picking up rgt's on the way to Stafford, reinforcing
Brereton.

Down south, Byron (r) finally gets his act together and moves east from
Exeter to the fortress at Sherborne. Back east Willoughby (1-2 rgt's p)
moves by sea from Boston to Hull, joining the Fairfaxes. Meanwhile
Massey (1-4 rgt's p) moves from Bristol to Cardiff. The Pembroke siege
continues without success.
desert: r4, p4
recruit: r5, p3

May '43:
Brereton (6-7 rgt's p) moves via Nantwich (picking up two newly
recruited rgt's) to Shrewsbury. Further south, Byron (r) moves east from
Sherborne to Newbury, picking up recruits (1 rgt) on the way.

Now prince Rupert (r) wants some action; he moves to Chester, where he
takes command of Northampton's force, and on to Shrewsbury, surprising
Brereton who fails to withdraw. In the battle Rupert has 5i, 6c, and
brereton 6i, 4c. Rupert's subcommanders double 4 rgt's, Brereton's 3.
The infantry combat is a close affair, ending 1-1. (32 points parl. inf.
versus 28 points roy. Rupert strategy rating 3 versus Brereton 2, total
-1 in favor of Rupert. The superior force in points is always the
attacker.) The cavalry combat skould have been won by the royalists,
1,5-1 odds and +1 from Rupert, but I roll a 3 (2d6), so the result is
1-1. A stalemate. Rupert withdraws to Chester. However, Brereton is
killed during the battle, leaving the parliament army without a
commander (all three subcommanders having the same rank, C), and Rupert,
getting these news (and also having MP's left) decides to strike again.
This time he whips the poor parliamentarians 4-0 incl. pursuit losses,
not too difficult since he has strategy rt. 3 versus 0 for the parl.
army (+3 dice roll modifier before odds modifiers). The rest of the
parl. stack spreads to three different boxes east of the battle area to
avoid illegal stacking. The news of the victory increases royal support
in the area, and festivities are held at Nantwich in Rupert's honor.
Hip, hip. Hooray! Up north the Fairfax (5-7 rgt's p) brothers are
disturbed by the news of a royal victory at Shrewsbury, and decides to
move south from Hull. Charles tries to intercept them, but they make it
safely to Peak.

Now Charles (10+ rgt's r) sees his chance. He moves to Hull where he
succeeds with an ambuscade, then moves back to Beverly. Essex (10+ rgt's
p) at Selby also decides to go south, ending up in Derby. At Pembroke,
royalist desertions again force the ending of the siege. Some major bad
planning there! Rupert (r) starts laying siege to Shrewsbury with better
luck though. The garrison almost runs out of food after but one month.
desert: p1, r1
recruit: p5, r6

June '43:
Rupert (r) is reinforced with 3 newly recruited rgt's coming from
Chester and Clungunford. Fairfax (10+ rgt's p) moves west from Peak to
Preston, to start a siege on the Earl of Derby. Prince Maurice (3rgt's
r) leaves the king at Beverly, moves to Bridlington putting it under
royalist control, then on to Scarborough, the last (minor) parl.
fortress in the area. The King himself (10+ rgt's r!:-)) moves south to
Boston, overrunning the local garrison there. Essex (10+ rgt's p) sends
his engineer, Dalbier, to the Fairfax brothers at Preston to assist with
the siege. The King's engineer, de Gomme (r), also wants some action
after getting boored at Pembroke, and moves to Harlech (engineers alone
only move 5 MP's) to close in on Shrewsbury, where Rupert is besieging
Shrewsbury. Now Essex (10+ rgt's p) decides to put some pressure on
Rupert. He moves from Derby to Nantwich, where he is intercepted by
Rupert, who want's to negate Staffordshire as a recruiting base for
Essex. Rupert leaves the Earl of Forth behind with 1 rgt. to continue
the siege of Shrewsbury.

In the battle Rupert (strat. 3) has 5i, 6c under Northampton (doubling
1i), Langdale (doubling 2 vet c), and Vasey (doubling 1i). Essex (strat.
2) has 9i, 5c under Cromwell (doubling 3c), Brooke (doubling 2i) and
Wark (doubling 1 vet. i). In the infantry battle, the parliamentarians
attack with 1,5-1 odds (+2), strat (2-3=-1), giving +1 on the die. Roll
(2d6): 5+1=6, result: 1-1 In the cavalry combat, the royalists attack
with 1-1 odds (+-0), strat 3-2 (+1), total +1.

Roll: 7+1=8. result: 1-1, total 2-2, a draw, forcing Essex back (an
intercepting stack enters the interception box before the moving stack,
therefore the moving stack withdraws) to Derby. At Shrewsbury, Forth (r)
invests the fortress, and Maurice (r) at Scarborough succeeds with an
assault. Thomas Fairfax does likewise at Preston, killing the Earl of
Derby in the bloody street combats raging in the unlucky city.
desert: r1, p1
recruit: r6, p5

July '43:
Essex (10+ p) again moves against Rupert, this time to try to rescue
poor Meldrum (3-4 rgt's p) at Stafford (left since the retreat from the
catastrophy after Brereton's untimely death at Shrewsbury). Rupert (9
rgt's r) outguesses Essex and moves (intercepts) to Stafford, wiping out
Meldrum's force first, then prepares for Essex coming in with the main
army. The battle is a sound (rather lucky, the parl. rolling 4 in the
inf combat with -1=3, and the roy. rolling 9+1=10 in the cav combat)
royalist victory (2-0), after which Lichfield changes control. Essex
retreats via Lichfield (picking up Foppington, another survivor of the
Brereton debacle) to Coventry, where Groby is waiting.

After this victory, Rupert (9 rgt's r) moves north to Manchester via
Derby (taking control here). T. Fairfax tries to intercept from Preston,
but to no avail. Rupert starts a siege. Down south in the London area,
Bedford (p) travels around picking up new recruits for the London
garrison.

In wales, Herbert (2 rgt's r) finally leaves Pembroke for Swansea, where
he picks up 2 rgt's and moves on east to Bridgend. Down in Devon, Waller
(10+ rgt's p) moves from Barnstaple via Lyme (+1 rgt) to Salisbury,
visiting Stonehenge, pondering the stones' alignments. Hopton (4 rgt's
r) now moves in to Barnstaple, taking control there. Massey (1-4 rgt's
p) moves from Cardiff to Bristol. de Gomme (r eng.) finally joins Rupert
at Manchester. Forth (2 rgt's r) also reinforces Rupert with recruits
from Shrewsbury. Up north, Maurice (3rgt's r) moves south to Boston,
joining the King there.
desert: p3, r1 (3-2 for two victories of at least 2-0)
recruit: p6, r4

Aug. '43:
Rupert (11 rgt's r) wants to attack T. Fairfax, so he lifts his siege of
manchester and maneuvers around Preston coming in from the north (to
avoid attacking across the river with -1), but Fairfax breaks off before
combat, withdrawing to Bradford. Rupert moves back to Manchester,
restarting the siege.

Down south Byron (3 rgt's r) moves northeast from Newbury to St. Albans
where he is intercepted by Bedford from London, but Byron succeeds to
break off, ending up in Chelmsford. Bedford (p) collects more recruits
to London. In the southwest, Waller (10+ rgt's p) moves from Salisbury
to Gloucester.
desert: r1, p4
recruit: r6, p3

Sept. '43:
Essex (10+ rgt's p) moves east from Coventry to Ile of Ely, covering the
east from Charles. Now the King (10+rgt's) moves to the rescue of Byron,
leaving Newcastle with 3i, 1c in Boston. He tries to go directly from
Boston to the Fens, but is intercepted by Essex. Charles manages to
break off, moving Grantham-Peterborough-Cambridge, now giving protection
to Byron in Chelmsford. Waller (11 rgt's p) gets desperate and moves
north from Gloucester to Manchester where he attacks Rupert (10 rgt's r)
across the Mersey. The battle is a royalist victory 2-1, and Waller
retreats to Sheffield.

Now Byron (r) joins Charles at Cambridge, finally at home with daddy!
Newcastle (4rgt's r) moves north from Boston to Louth, taking control
there. Vasey (4rgt's r) moves from Shrewsbury to Rupert's siege at
Manchester with reinforcements. In Wales, Herbert (3rgt's r) moves to
Cardiff, installing a royalist mayor there.
desert: p3, r2
recruit: p6, r5. The first veteran regiment from Ireland joins Hopton (r) at
Barnstaple.

Oct. '43:
Charles (10+ rgt's r) moves northwest from Cambridge to Newark. T.
Fairfax (8-9 rgt's p) moves from Bradford to Ripon, taking control, then
to York, starting a siege there. (There is a royalist rgt. there
however, so fairfax doesn't assault.) Hopton (5-7 rgt's r) moves from
Barnstaple via Bridgewater to Sherborne, picking up 2 rgt's along the
way. Further east, Essex (10+rgt's p) moves northwest from The Fens to
Grantham, where he is intercepted by Charles. A battle!

Charles has 15 rgt's (6 doubled by Cavendish, Byron and Maurice), Essex
has 11 rgt's (6 doubled by Brooke, Manchester and Cromwell). In the
infantry combat, the royalists outnumber parl. by 1,5-1, so the drm is
+2. (Both Charles and Essex has strat. 2, both crossed rivers, so this
cancels out). Charles grabs the dice, smiles (sure of victory), and
rolls... 3!! 3+2=5; parl. 1-0 victory... In the cav. combat the odds are
1-1, the parl. having 28-24; Essex rolls a 6; 1-1. Total: 2-1 parl.
victory.

Charles, baffled, retreats to Lincoln (to be able to recruit). Essex
continues his move to Peterborough. Forth (3rgt's r) moves up
reinforcements to Rupert at Manchester from Shrewsbury. Newcastle (3-4
rgt's r) moves from Louth to Grimsby. Finally, Manchester surrenders to
Rupert (r).
desert (from now on +1): r3, p2
recruit (from now on -1): r6, p3

Nov. '43:
T. Fairfax (5-7 rgt's p) decides to join Essex' main army at
Petersborough. Rupert (16 rgt's r) now moves from Manchester via Peak to
attack Waller att Sheffield; Waller breaks off, withdrawing to Melton
Mowbray. Rupert presses on, despite the risk of Essex intercepting; he
manages to catch Waller off guard, and at peterborough Essex' staff is
still suffering from hangover from celebrating their victory over
Charles; failed interception... So, Rupert has 16 rgt's (4 doubled by
Northampton, Vasey and Langdale), Waller 9 (5 doubled by Hampden and
Skippon).

Infantry combat: royalist 56-48;1-1; +-0. Dice roll: 9; 1 parl. loss.
Cav combat: royalist 50-24; 2-1; +3. Dice roll: 4+3=7; 1-1 losses. Total:
2-1 royalist victory.

Waller retreats to Bedford. After being defeated, Waller (7 rgt's p)
moves west to Bristol. Hopton (9 rgt's r) moves from Sherborne to Oxford
putting pressure on London, picking up rgt's from basing, Reading and
Oxford (total 12 rgt's, his command limit, being a B* leader). Bedford
(parl. commander at London) leaves the London garrison and moves to take
command over 5 rgt's at Bishop's Stortford, then joins Essex at
Peterborough. That army has to be quite large by now... Newcastle
(3rgt's r) leaves Grimsby and moves north to York.
desert: p3, r5
recruit: p3, r4

Dec. '43:
Rupert (14 rgt's r) moves from Melton Mowbray to Lincoln, where he
leaves 10 rgt's with The King, then moves on to Peak. Down south Waller
(10+ rgt's p) moves to Reading, but fails with an ambuscade. He starts a
siege. Hopton's (11 rgt's r) Cornwall rgt's gets homesick (by now on a
roll of 5-6), so he moves west to Wells. Forth (4rgt's r) moves from
Shrewsbury to Liverpool, taking control there, then on to Manchester.
Now Essex (10+ rgt's p) moves out of his camp at Peterborough (leaving
Cromwell) to Melton Mowbray, swaying local support to parliament, then
on to Leicester taking control there too. Cromwell now moves via Bedford
(picking up 2 rgt's) to join Essex again at Leicester.
desert: r4, p3
recruit: r3, p3

Jan. '44 (bad weather):
Massey (1-4 rgt's p) leaves Waller's siege at Reading for a short raid,
taking control of Newbury, then going back to Waller. Up north, a large
Covenanter army (18 vet. i, 3c) under Leven joins the parliamentarian
side, starting to besiege Berwick, which surrenders (automatically,
special rule). This force is somewhat restricted in it's operations,
having to take control of every box it enters before moving on, until
both Newcastle and York, the two royalist strongholds in the north, are
under covenanter/parliament control. As far as fortresses goes, when
they have started a siege, they can leave enough forces to continue it,
and move on with the rest. Rupert (4 rgt's r), trying to muster an army
to counter the scots, leaves Peak, moves to Manchester picking up 4
rgt's then on to Preston where he succeeds with an ambuscade. Further
south, Cromwell (3-4 rgt's p) leaves Essex' main army at Leicester for
Worcester, starting to lay siege to this royalist fortress. Meanwhile,
Hopton (8-9 rgt's r) moves further west with his wailing Cornwall rgt's,
to Exmoor. At last Reading surrenders to Waller (p).
desert: p4, r2
recruit: p3, r3

Feb. '44 (bad weather):
T. Fairfax (8-9 rgt's p) leaves Essex' main army at Leicester joins
Cromwell at Worcester, taking command of the siege there. The King (21
rgt's r) now moves south from Lincoln to Nottingham, laying siege to the
fortress. de Gomme joins him from Preston. Up north, Leven (21 rgt's c
(=covenanter)) moves south to Alnwick, taking control. Hopton (8-9 rgt's
r) finally reaches Bodmin Launceston in Cornwall, satisfying his wining
homesick Cornwall rgt's. Parliament sends 2 rgt's by sea from Ipswich to
Bristol reinforcing the garrison there. Rupert (r) and Essex (p) train
their armies at Preston and Leicester, respectively. Worcester
surrenders to Fairfax (p).
desert: r2, p3
recruit: r5, p2, also two royalist Irish rgt's enters port at Liverpool.

March '44:
Bedford (p) leaves Essex, travelling alone to take command at London.
King Charles (20 rgt's r) now grows tired of the siege at Nottingham,
and moves via Derby to Lichfield, where he is (happily) intercepted by
Essex. Charles has 20(!) rgt's (6 doubled by Cavendish, Byron, Langdale)
versus Essex' 10 (4 doubled by Brooke, Meldrum, Manchester); quite a
shock for the parl. player... The infantry combat has a royalist 2-1
superiority (+3): dr 6; 3+6=9; 1 parl. loss. Cav combat: royalist 2-1
(+3): dr 5; 5+3=8; 1-1 losses. A royalist 2-1 victory, notwithstanding
the 2-1 total odds. He got away cheap again... Essex retreats to
Worcester where he takes command of Fairfax.

Charles continues to Coventry where he overruns a single rgt. Essex
(10+rgt's p) now moves from Worcester to Bristol, where he picks up 2
rgt's, then back to Gloucester. Royalist reinforcements from Durham (1i,
1c) reach the Marquis of Newcastle at York. Leven (21 rgt's c) now moves
to Newcastle, opening a siege. Newcastle is defended by Glemham (1 rgt
r) who functions like a very effective engineer, giving a -2 drm during
siege. The two Irish rgt's at Liverpool joins Rupert at Preston. In
Wales, Herbert (1-4 rgt's r) moves north from Cardiff to Clungunford.
Waller (8-9 rgt's p) moves from Reading to Bristol.
desert: p4, r5
recruit: p5, r3

April '44:
Gerard (r) replaces Herbert at Clungunford. Northampton (1rgt r) moves
to peak, taking control. Down south Waller (8-9 rgt's p) leaves Dalbier
in Bristol, moving to Ross-on-Wye (converting to parl. control) then
Cardiff, taking control there too. Up north, Leven leaves Leslie with 6
rgt's to continue the siege of Newcastle and moves south to Durham
taking control, then on to Northwallerton. Now Rupert ( 8-9 rgt's r)
hurriedly counters this by moving to York, taking command over the
Marquis of Newcastle and his forces there. Thomas Fairfax (8-9 rgt's p)
leaves Essex' army at Gloucester and moves north to Chester. King
Charles (19 rgt's r) moves after Fairfax via Clungunford (picking up
Gerard with 1 rgt there) to Shrewsbury. Dalbier (eng. p) moves alone
from Bristol to Essex at Gloucester. Up north, the covenanters have
forgot to leave supplies for the siege of Newcastle, and has to lift it
(no CP's left to pay for the siege). Fairfax tries to assault Chester,
but rolls 3 (needed 5 on 2d6) and fails...
desert (from now on at it's final modifier +2): r6, p6
recruit (also final modifier -1): r4, p5

May '44:
T. Fairfax (5-7 rgt's p) moves from Chester to Nantwich, where he is
intercepted by Charles. However, Fairfax manages to break off. Being
negated Derby, Stafford and Shrewsbury he goes back to Chester and then
on to Shrewsbury, where Charles fails to catch him, then continuing to
Worcester. In the north Prince Rupert (16 rgt's r) finally feels ready
to take up the fight with Leven's Covenanters. Knowing the Covenanters
are really weak in cavalry, Rupert feels he can take some infantry
losses as long as Covenanter cavalry is diminished, and no parliament
force is in the area to reinforce with parliamentarian cav. He moves to
Northallern, but Leven breaks off to Newcastle. Rupert continues to
Durham (taking control), then attacks Leven across the river at
Newcastle.

Rupert has 16 rgt's (4 doubled by Newcastle, Maurice and Forth),
total=64i, 36c. Leven has 21 rgt's (3 doubled by Leslie and Baillie),
total=114i, 20c. The infantry combat is a cov. 1,5-1 (giving +2 drm):
dr=9+2=11; 1 roy. loss. The cav combat is a roy. 1,5-1, +2 drm.
dr=11(!)+2=13; 2 cov. losses. This was a lucky roll on my part, but any
Covenanter cavalry losses would have suited me fine, since they are
irrepairable. A royalist victory 2-1 (3-1 incl. pursuit), but more
important, 2/3 of the covenanters' cavalry is eliminated, in effect
making this force almost useless on the battlefield (if one side has inf
and cav, and the other only one type, then the onesided combat is an
automatic 2-0.) To add to the injury, Baillie (Cov.) is captured, having
been cut off from the main force in the fray. Leven retreats his
battered force to Berwick. Rupert continues to Alnwick with a smile on
his face.

Further south, Essex (10+ rgt's p) joins Fairfax at Worcester. Charles
(10+ rgt's r) moves from Nantwich to Hereford. Waller (8 rgt's p) moves
from Cardiff to Pembroke, where he picks up a rgt, then moves on to
Carmarthen. Vasey (alone, r) moves to Lincoln to take command over 2
rgt's there. 2 rgt's (p) joins Essex from Ross-on-Wye.
desert: p4, r2 (3-1 for the 3-1 against Leven)
recruit: p3, r4

June '44:
Northampton (2 rgt's r) moves east from peak to take command over Vasey
at Lincoln. 2 cav rgt's (p) moves from Cambridge to London. 1 cav rgt
(r) moves from barnstaple to Bodmin joining Hopton's force. Essex (10+
rgt's p) now moves from Worcester via Warwick, picking up 1 rgt there,
to Market Harborough.

Up north, the still smiling Prince Rupert (13 rgt's r) attacks Leven (17
rgt's) at Berwick. Rupert has 66i, 28c, Leven 96i, 8c. Infantry combat:
cov. 1,25-1, +1 (Rupert crossed river, but has strat. 3 to Leven's 2).
dr=3(!)+1=4; 1 cov. loss. Cav. combat: roy. 3-1 +3: dr=8+4=12; 2 cov.
losses; total 3-0 roy. victory (4-0 incl. pursuit, but cov. only loses
2i, 1c since losses from one type (cav in this case) don't carry over to
the other type). Leven retires to Naworth, but to no avail, Rupert (with
4 MP's left, just enough to go to Naworth) attacks him again! Rupert has
13 rgt's (76i, 22c, all subcommanders start doubling inf. instead of
cav.), Leven 14 rgt's (90i, 0c). Inf combat: Cov. 1-1; -1 drm (for
leader's strat.); dr=6-1=5; 1 Cov. loss. Cav. combat is an automatic 2-0
royalist deemed victory; total 3-0 + 1 pursuit loss. Leven retreats to
Corbridge.

In Wales, Waller (5-7 rgt's p) moves to Pembroke. 3 rgt's (p) moves from
different places in the area to London.
desert: r1 (3-2 for Rupert's victories), p4
recruit: r5, p3

The Parliament player has had some bad luck and I've been fortunate
concerning desertion/recruiting the latest turns, actually decreasing
his army strength overall. This has been augmented by Rupert's victories
in the north, decreasing royalist desertion (so far by 3 rgt's, not much
in itself, but combined with the differences in recruitment/desertion
luck-of-the-draw, this is really starting to take it's toll on the
Parliament forces).

July '44:
Hopton (r) moves with one rgt (leaving Astley in charge of the force at
Bodmin) to Exmoor taking control there, then back to Barnstaple.
Northampton (4 rgt's r) moves from Lincoln to Selby, changing control.
Bedford (p) at London trains his army. Astley (6 rgt's r) moves from
Bodmin to Dartmoor, taking control. Brooke (1-4 rgt's p) moves from
Essex' main army at Market Harborough to Newark, laying siege. Cavendish
(4 rgt's r) leaves Charles (at Hereford) for Ross-on-Wye (taking
control), moving on to Cardiff (also converted). 1 rgt (p) from Bristol
to Gloucester. Essex (p) trains his army. 4 rgt's (p) moves from London
to Bedford, where Meldrum receives them. Brooke's siege of Newark ends
because of desertion.
desert: p4, r6
recruit: p3, r3

August '44:
Cavendish (3 rgt's r) moves back to the King's army at Hereford. Essex
(10+ rgt's p) joins Brooke at Newark to renew the siege. In the north
Rupert (13 rgt's r) attacks Leven (12 rgt's c) at Corbridge. The inf.
combat is 1-1, cav. combat deemed roy. 2-0; -1 inf. loss for Rupert, +1
for Leven (pursuit). Total: 2 cov. losses. Leven retires to berwick,
Rupert follows. Leven enters the fortress. Meldrum (1-4 rgt's p) joins
Essex at Newark. Northampton (1-4 rgt's r) moves north from Selby to
Corbridge. Waller (1-2 rgt's p) moves by sea from Pembroke to London,
leaving Hampden in command at Pembroke. Hopton (1-4 rgt's r) moves to
Dartmouth (converting), then to Exeter. Rupert's siege at Berwick is
going well (BN=6), the Covenanters lose 1 rgt (line losses). Essex gets
BN 3 at Newark, losing 1 rgt in the process.
desert: r5 (6-1 Rupert vict.), p4
recruit: r2, p2

Sept. '44:

Hampden (1-2 rgt's p) moves by sea from Pembroke (leaves 2 rgt's) to
London, joining Waller there. Vasey (2 rgt's r) leaves Northampton at
Corbridge, joining Rupert at Berwick. T. Fairfax (5-7 rgt's) leaves
Essex at Newark and moves northwest to bradford in the Pennines. Charles
(21 rgt's r) moves from hereford to Worcester. Here he leaves Gerard
with 5 rgts, then he moves on to Warwick (converting) and Gloucester.
Essex (p) at Newark trains. Astley (4 rgt's r) moves from Dartmoor to
Bridgewater, where 1 rgt is located. Essex' (p) siege of newark gets
BN+3=6. Rupert (r) gets BN+3=9, Berwick surrenders. Leven+Leslie
captured. Gerard (r) at Worcester: BN=5 Charles at Gloucester: BN=7;
surrender.
desert: p5, r4
recruit: p2, r2

Oct. '44:
Rupert (12 rgt's (leaves one in Berwick) r) moves south to Ripon via
York (+1 rgt). Hopton (2 rgt's r) moves from Exeter to Bridgewater
(picking up Astley+4 rgt's) to Wells (taking control) to Bristol, laying
siege. Waller (5-7 rgt's p) makes a quick raid from London to Guilford
(taking ctrl) and back. de Gomme (r), the King's engineer, leaves his
master and joins Hopton at Bristol. T. Fairfax (8-9 rgt's p), having
recruited at Bradford, joins Essex at Newark. Gerrard (r) trains his
army laying siege to Worcester. 1 rgt (p) moves by sea from Pembroke to
London. Gerrard's (r) siege at Worcester is successful (BN+5=10),
investing the fortress. Hopton (r) at Bristol: BN=2 Essex (p) at Newark:
BN+5=11, 1 rgt (p) lost.
desert: r3, p3
recruit: r2, p3

Nov. '44:
Fairfax (p) raids from Newark, taking ctrl of Gainsborough and
Sheffield, then returns to newark. Glemham (r), the royalist garrison
expert, moves south to York from Newcastle. 2 rgt's (p) joins Essex from
The Fens. Maurice (r) leaves Rupert, moving to take command at Worcester
(Gerrard, 4 rgt's). Waller (p) moves from London to pick up recruits,
ending up at King's Lynn. Rupert (12 rgt's r) moves from Ripon to
Bradford taking ctrl. He then continues to Leeds. 1 rgt (r) moves from
Wells to join Hopton at Bristol. Essex' (p) siege at Newark: BN+3=15;
surrender. Hopton (r) at Bristol: BN+-0=2
desert: p6, r4
recruit: p2, r5

(Even though it didn't matter since all Covenanters were
eliminated/captured, we rolled for Montrose's progress in Scotland;
after 2 months he had only reached 3 on the track, and on the 3rd month
he was defeated.)

Dec. '44:
Rupert (11 rgt's r), fresh from victory in the north, and previously
undefeated, moves from Leeds (after taking ctrl) via York (+2 rgt's) and
Selby (+1 rgt) to Gainsborough; here he is intercepted by Essex from
Newark. In the battle the confident Rupert has 14 rgt's (4 doubled by
Byron, Newcastle and Forth) against Essex' 15 (7 doubled by T. Fairfax,
Cromwell and Manchester). Infantry combat: 72p against 62r=1-1 (+-0).
River=-1, Rupert against Essex=+1, total:+-0. dr:10; 1 royalist loss.
Cavalry combat: 52p against 40r=1,25-1 (+1). River=-1, Rupert v.
Essex=+1, tot:+1. dr:9+1=10; 1 royalist loss. Result: a 2-0 parl.
victory, which converts Selby. 1 roy. inf rgt deserts to Essex. Rupert
retreats to Grimsby, slightly shaken after his first defeat (a
substantial one too)... Waller (1-3 rgt's p) moves from King's Lynn via
Chelmsford (+1 rgt) to London. Hopton (r) moves alone from Bristol to
Bodmin in Cornwall. Maurice (2 rgt's r) moves from Worcester via
Gloucester (+1 rgt) to Bristol, where he takes command of Wilmot and 5
rgt's, continuing the siege. Maurice's siege at Bristol: BN+4=6; he
tries to assault, but rolls snake-eyes and fails (needed 5+) losing 2
rgt's.
desert: r4, p5 (6-1 Essex' vict.)
recruit: r5, p5

Goring (r) is finally exchanged for Leven (c) during prisoner exchange.
he joins Rupert at Grimsby.

Jan. '45 (bad weather):
Essex (10+ rgt's p) moves from Gainsborough via Sheffield (+2 rgt's) to
Nottingham. Vasey (2 rgt's r) leaves Shrewsbury (with 1 rgt garrison)
for Worcester, picking up 1 rgt there. Charles (12 rgt's r) leaves
Gloucester (with 1 rgt garr.) and moves to Banbury. Waller (p) leaves
London to pick up recruits, ending up in St. Albans. Maurice's (r) siege
at Bristol is lifted because of desertions.
desert: p5, r6
recruit: p2, r3

Feb. '45 (bad weather):
Rupert (12 rgt's r) leaves Grimsby for York.
Essex (10+ rgt's p) moves from Nottingham to Coventry.
Maurice (2 rgt's r) moves from Bristol to Worcester.
desert: r6, p3
recruit: r2, p2

March '45:
Waller (1-4 rgt's p) moves from St. Albans via London (picking up some
rgt's there) to Dover. Rupert (11 rgt's (leaves Newcastle+3 rgt's in
York) r) moves south to Selby (ctrl), Gainsborough (ctrl), and Sheffield
(ctrl). 1 rgt (p) leaves Bristol by sea for Dover (Waller). Newcastle (2
rgt's r) moves from York to Beverley (ctrl) and back. Essex (10+ rgt's
p) moves from Coventry via Birmingham (ctrl) to Worcester; Maurice
manages to break off, joining Charles at Banbury. Northampton (1 rgt r)
moves from Preston via Blackburn (ctrl) to Chester. Essex'  (p) siege at
Worcester: BN+5=5.
desert: p3, r3
recruit: p4, r5

April '45:
Rupert (12 rgt's r) moves from Sheffield to attack Essex at Worcester,
picking up 2 rgt's on the way. Rupert has 12 rgt's (6 doubled by Byron,
Langdale, Goring), total: 60i, 54c. Essex has 11 rgt's (6 doubled by
Fairfax, Cromwell and manchester (would have been 7 doubled but Fairfax
only has 2 northern rgt's)), total: 60i, 42c. Inf. combat: roy 1-1, +1
for Rupert: dr=7+1=8; 1-1 losses. Cav. combat: roy 1,25-1 (+1), +1
Rupert, tot drm:+2. dr=9+2=11; 1 parl. loss. Result: 2-1 roy. victory,
Essex retreats to Stow on the Wold. Essex (9 rgt's p) from Stow to
Reading. Newcastle (1 rgt r) moves from York to Ripon (ctrl) and back.
Waller (5-6 rgt's p) moves from Dover via Hastings (+1 rgt) and
Chichester (ctrl) to Portsmouth. Hopton (2 rgt's r) leaves Bodmin in
Cornwall, moving via Barnstaple (+1 rgt) to Bridgewater. de Gomme (r)
leaves Charles joining Rupert. Cavendish (r) leaves Charles for York.
Maurice (r) does likewise, moving to Shrewsbury.
desert: r6 (5+1 because of anti-Irish feelings), p5
recruit: r3, p4
Clubmen (local citizen's forces) show up in Exeter and Chichester.

May '45:
Waller (5-6 rgt's p) moves from Portsmouth via Salisbury (+1 rgt) to
join Essex at Reading. They are immediately attacked by Rupert with 14
rgt's moving from Worcester. Rupert: 58i, 60c. Essex: 58i, 46c Inf: 1-1
(dr6+1=7) Cav: 2-0 roy (dr10+2=12) total 4-1 incl. pursuit losses. 1 inf
rgt deserts to Rupert. Essex to London. Newbury converted. Hopton (3
rgt's r) takes ctrl of Dorchester and Cristchurch. Northampton (1 rgt r)
moves from Chester to Nottingham. Siege: BN=1 Rupert siege at Reading
BN=2; successful assault, losing 1 rgt.
desert: r2 (4-2), p4
recruit r3, p3
Previous Clubmen removed, new at Rochester.

June '45:
Newcastle (5 rgt's r) from York to Newark. Charles (5-7 rgt's r) from
Banbury (ctrl) to Northampton (ctrl). Essex (p) at London trains.
Maurice (1-4 rgt's r) from Shrewsbury via Leicester (ctrl) to Coventry.
Hopton (2 rgt's r) from Cristchurch via New Forest (ctrl) and Salisbury
(ctrl) to Winchester. 1 Cornwall inf rgt (Home rule) from Cristchurch to
Exeter. Northampton's (1 rgt r) single rgt is lost during siege at
Nottingham. Newcastle (r) at Newark: BN=5
desert: r5, p6
recruit: r2, p3

July '45:
Essex (p) trains at London. Rupert (12 rgt's r) moves from Reading via
Wycombe (ctrl) and Brentford (ctrl) to London, attacking Essex there.
Rupert (12 rgt's) has 52i, 54c. Essex (9 rgt's) has 64i, 12c. result:
inf:1-1, cav:1 parl. loss, total: royalist 2-1 victory. Essex enters
London fortress.

Here the parliament player surrendered, with only 60 VP's (automatic
victory when the opponent has les than 50 VP's).

The remaining forces:
Parliament: 7 infantry rgt's.
Royalist: 21 infantry and 10 cavalry rgt's.

END OF GAME

Please e-mail me with comments or questions on anything regarding this
replay or the game itself. I will put together a few lines with some
strategy tips and our house rules, if anyone is interested.

Fredrik Arsaeus-Nauckhoff, Stockholm, Sweden
(fredrik.arsaeus@mailbox.swipnet.se)
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