To Topple a King: Parliament responds again

 

Royalist pamphlets in Oxford somewhat exaggerate the arrival
of Parliamentary forces in East Anglia

1642: August/September

Still somewhat on the backfoot, playing catch-up with the Royalists, Parliament is keen to gain the initiative and with a unanimous vote, they quickly authorises Sir Philip Johnson to oppose the enemy's strategic moves by marching his force into East Anglia.

Sir Philip Johnson, under Phil's diligent command, has moved his forces to the edge of the map to secure the towns, cities and countryside of the Eastern agricultural areas for the People. In doing so he also takes control of the strongly pro Parliament towns & cities of Norwich, Great Yarmouth & Ipswich, see  the blue dots on the map below. 

Map by Peter Davies

Whilst Royalist leaders in Oxford are congratulating themselves on completing the first two phases of their master plan, they become aware of Johnson's movement - but as ever, they have no indication of his relative strength or if he has garrisoned any location, as far as they are concerned at present the  entire enemy force remains in the field.

Then whilst the drunken revelry continued in Oxford, Parliament steals a march on them and the movement baton is passed over to Sir Matthew Bacon, another Parliamentary Commander...

Strategic initiative now passes to the Royalist Team, where Marquis Ambrose Burnside must deliberate on his and the Royalist's next move.

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Campaign Materials sourced from Steven Bagalan / Map by Peter Davies

To Topple a King: Royalist Second Strategic Move

A true and accurate image of the Marquis Ambrose Burnside marching
his troops into the East Midlands Region 

1642: August/September

In response to yesterday's opening moves by each side attention now switches back to the royalist cause and the opening gambit to be played by the Marquis Ambrose Burnside, who is being steered by Dave through out the campaign.

Burnside opts to move his forces out of Oxford and occupies the East Midlands region with his entire force, thus securing the neutral region and its equally neutral locations of note - namely Bedford & Cambridge.

As previously noted, enemy leaders in London soon become aware of Burnside's movement - they have no indication of his relative strength or if he has garrisoned either location, as far as they are concerned at present the Royalist entire force remains in the field.

Strategic initiative now passes to the Parliamentary Team, where Sir Sir Philip Johnson s cogitating on his first move.

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Campaign Materials sourced from Steven Bagalan / Map by Peter Davies

To Topple a King: First Parliamentary Strategic Move

 

1642: August

Following on from the recently shared overview, the forces of Parliament  in London / Lower Thames Valley have quickly responded to eth opening Royalist gambit f occupying the South West Region

Sir William Worthyman, under Nigel's thoughtful direction, has moved his forces to the South Coast region to secure the towns, cities and countryside for the People.

The South Coast region includes three key pro-Royalist Towns/Cities of note - namely Portsmouth, Soutampton & Winchester indicate by the blue & red dots on the map below. 

Whilst enemy leaders in Oxford become aware of Worthyman's movement - they have no indication of his relative strength or if he has garrisoned any location, as far as they are concerned at present the  entire enemy force remains in the field.

Strategic initiative now passes to the Royalist Team, where Marquis Ambrose Burnside must deliberate on his and the Royalist's next move.

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Campaign Materials sourced from Steven Bagalan / Map by Peter Davies

To Topple a King: Opening Royalist Strategic Move

1642: August

As per the recently shared overview, the Royalist forces in Oxford / Upper Thames Valley managed to get the strategic initiative in for the year 1642, enabling them to move first.

As such Prince Wilhelm of the Rine, under Steve's able direction, has moved his forces to the South West region to secure the towns, cities and countryside for the King.

The South West region includes two key pro-Royalist Towns/Cities of note - namely Exeter and Salisbury indicate by the red dots on the map above. Whilst enemy leaders in London soon become aware of Prince William's movement - they have no indication of his relative strength or if he has garrisoned either location, as far as they are concerned at present the Prince's entire force remains in the field.

Strategic initiative now passes to the Parliamentary Team, where Sir Magnus Worthyman must deliberate on his first move.

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Campaign Materials sourced from Steven Bagalan / Map by Peter Davies

To Topple a King: And it Begins

Committee of Safety working to ensure Father
Christmas will not visit the King in 1642

After much delay and procrastination both Royalist and Parliamentary Forces are ready to embark on their respective campaigns to Save or topple the King. 

As a precursor the Parliamentary team have established 'The Committee of Safety'  to oversee the War against King Charles I. The initial committee of safety consists of…

Five members of the House of Lords:

Earl of Essex

Earl of Holland

Earl of Northumberland

Earl of Pembroke

Viscount Saye-and-Sele

Ten members of the House of Commons: 

Nathaniel Fiennes

John Glynn

John Hampden 

Denzil Holles

Henry Marten

Sir John Merrick

William Pierrepoint

John Pym,

Sir Philip Stapleton

Sir William Waller

 

The Committee has overseen the raising of five Armies under the command of…

Sir Osborne Black-De’Ath

Sir Matthew Bacon

Sir Bevill Dedge

Sir Magnus Worthyman

Sir Philip Johnson

Whilst these actions were being taken the sneaky Royalists stole a march on their more democratic adversaries and grabbed the initiative (only just) which allows them to make the first strategic move.

For reference to all players the move sequence for 1642 will be in the following order:

ROYALIST            PARLIAMENT

Player One                -

-                                Player One

Player Two                -

-                                Player Two  

-                                Player Three

Player Three             -                   

Player Four               -

-                                Player Four

Player Five                -

-                                Player Five

To Topple a King; Sir Magnis Worthyman

Sir Magnus Worthyman

Huzza!

Yesterday evening Sir Magnus Worthyman marched his forces of freedom and liberty in to London, under his personal Purple banner, to support the Parliamentary cause. Excited reporters noted the force to be in the order of some 8000 strong, Worthyman's arrival competes all of the expected mustering by the Parliamentarians, who can now move on to developing a Strategic plan to wrestle power from the Royalist tyrants.

Capt. Matthew Black

Worthyman is accompanied by his trusted Captains - Thomas Bignell, Sir George Wyndam & Matthew
Black - some may remember Captain Back who made his name in the wars north of the border in his extremely zealous pursuit of the enemy.