This was especially important for me, as a Catholic. We wanted a strong Episcopalian church, permissions for recusants (Catholics) to practice their faith, and dissenters (Reformed) to be punished. (L-R) The Prince of Wales, James Hamilton, Henrietta Maria and the KingĪll of us firmly wanted Charles back on the throne as quickly as possible, but we all had differing priorities about what any potential settlement with Parliament would look like. Elsewhere, there were the Irish Church Party and the Irish Old English party. I actually forgot this detail for the entire game… probably a good thing, for our relationship!Īnother key Royalist team was the Scottish Royalists, led by James Hamilton (played by Mr Megagame). This team included my son, Prince Charles (later Charles II), and also Jane Whorwood, the King’s official mistress. One of the other Royalist factions was the Royalists in the Hague. Incidentally, King Charles I was played by Tim, my IRL husband, and let me start by saying that I am so glad I’m married to Tim and not Charles. Our allies and ambitionsīroadly, we were part of the Royalist team, and there were four other factions who started the game aligned with the King. We could also take minor actions using their player tokens. Instead, we were given their player cards and could choose to act as them for a turn. We were also supposed to have Prince Rupert, my nephew and our military commander, and Lucy Hay, an influential socialite and intriguer in London. Ian was there as Edward Knott, our spymaster in chief, who would spend most of his day on the political map stirring up unrest in our enemies’ armies. In the original design, my team had four players, but on the day it was just myself and a first time player called Ian.
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