VBCW at Partizan September 1st and Hands Off Our Richard

Yes its that time on year again and the second Partizan is shortly upon us and the Very British Civil Forum is putting on another Very British Civil War again. Here is the premise for the game.

Hands Off Our Richard

In the sleepy village of Wymonham some visits stop for refreshments at the Red Lion public house before going on their way. While enjoying the local Everard Ale a local has a look in their unguarded trucks and see tea chests and packages and wonders what they are. Over the local public radio a news report states:

“During the middle of the night some vandals and thieves have stolen the statue of Richard III for the Castle Park in Leicester just leaving a small note stating “He is OUR!!!”. Can the general public be on the lookout for a large man shaped object that is perceived to be covered and wrapped. The statue was ……………………..”

So the chap had another look and found that they were the missing statue and went back to tell his wife. Then he went to the phone box and called the Leicester City Council on the number that was given in the news report and they asked him to stall the visitors and they will send some people to collect it from there. So the bloke went back the Red Loin and let the air out of the tyres to stall the visitors from leaving.

However the telephone operator who put the call through listened to the call and then called The Duke of Rutland about this and the Dukes raised some of his forces to collect the statue.

In the meantime the wife of the local contracted the Local Defence Force Commander and he busied himself collecting together the volunteers together to collect the statue for themselves.

All this time the visitors, who had “northern” accents carried on their refreshments and readied themselves to leave just as the LDV and the others arrived on the scene.

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Now as some of you might know I live in the city of Leicester, actually on the outside of it in an urban village, and the latest ruling about where Richard III should be buried as gone to the High Court and the hearing is to be opened again and left to a panel of experts and privy councillors to decide. Now under Church of England law it should be the nearest consecrated land which happens to be Leicester Cathedral but the Richard of Third Society, who part funded the dig and the relatives of Richard III, who has been dead since 1485 and had no issue, want him to be buried at York. Now as someone who was not born in Leicester, I was actually born in Bedford, you would think what the heck, but this was discussed in Parliament before the bones were confirmed as Richard III and it is only since they have been confirmed that this stupid argument has happened. So this game is my little dig at the Richard III Society and the relatives with the statue being taken and the various sides fighting over him. Personally I think that Richard III should be buried in Leicester as that is where he has laid for over 500 years.    

Also this is the game but a little smaller that I am hoping to take to Blog Con in November

The Perry Twins and Richard III

Check this out, well it might be of interest to you Sons of York away, here is a wonderful idea from the Perry Twins, Richard III. Th quote them

To celebrate the authentication of Richard III's remains in Leicester we present 'Richard III....the return of the King', a fairly impromptu model of himself bursting through the tarmac of a car pack. It isn't quite finished and we will probably put in the range if there is enough interest.........

I hope that there is enough interest  as I for one would buy one and Mrs PK says I have to have it. Here is the picture of it.

News on Richard III and VBCW Facebook

I cant wait as tomorrow, Monday 4th February 2013, there will be an announcement about whether or not the body found in the Greyfriars Car Park is King Richard III or not and I have to say I am more that a little excited about this. Normally Kings are found in high places like Cathedrals and Castles but a car park well that has to be a first, lol.

Actually the car park is where a Franciscan Abbey was in the centre of Leicester and the car park was where the choir of that abbey was and this was meant to be the finally resting place of the late King Richard at the request of Henry Tudor, who defeated him at Bosworth, gosh I am talking history. So when they found a body with a deformation of the spine, and pre mortem wounds to the skull and bones and a arrow in its back in the very spot where it is said that he was meant to be, gosh that was jolly exciting, well for me anyway. Now tomorrow is the day when they going to tell the world whether or not its him.  My money is on the fact it is him as all the evidence points that way. There is also a program on Channel 4 at 9 on Monday evening all about this too.

Also I have started a facebook page for A Very British Civil War the link is here and if you are interested you could pop over and like the page, cheers.

King Richard III and some Interesting News

As some of you might know I live in the city of Leicester and for the last couple of days the local council has been getting rather excited, well by the council's standards, about a King of England. They is a link between the city and King Richard III in that he left the city to go to Bosworth and ended back there after the battle a bit dead. Anyway enough of the history lesson and what has this got to do with VBCW, well my friends I will tell you, the link is the Ian McKellan film and the inspiration behind this great period. So back to King Richard and Leicester, well as I said the local council is rather excited as they have a team of archaeologists digging around a council owned car park as there is evidence that this is where he is buried, which would be amazing if it was. Now I just have to think of a way to get involved and spread the word of VBCW to the general public. 

Here is a link from the BBC website, Local BBC News