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[davywavy]

What with the birth of yet another heir to the throne, there's been a lot of potted history popping up in the press to summarise Britain's rich and interested royal heritage. Some of it has been quite interesting, such as discovering that the Wars of the Roses were largely the fault of Edward III having loads of kids who then did the unexpected and didn't die like flies as was usual at the time leaving a whole stack of claimants for the throne behind him. However, what really stands out is how royal history is full of people doing each other in. Bumping off rival claimants or folk who were just a bit inconvenient, and it struck me that there's a game to be made from this. It's an opportunity to be both historical and educational. but which game should it be based on?

Monopoly, for example, has a whole shedload of variants. You can get Monopoly editions for pretty much every conurbation you can name, right down to Wigan, and believe me when I say that if I were Rich Uncle Pennybags becoming a property tycoon in the WN postcode area wouldn't be top of my to-do list. However, one classic boardgame which doesn't have too many variants is Cluedo. You can get Harry Potter Cluedo and Sherlock Cluedo, but compared to the tidal wave of Monopoly editions there's little enough choice. So it struck me, given the amount of murder in the Royal Family's history, they should launch their own edition. I reckon it'd sell. You could have:
Murderer                   In                              With the
Roger Mortimer           Berkeley Castle           Red Hot Poker
James II                       Sterling Castle             Window
Richard III                 The White Tower           Pillow
Edward IV                   The White Tower         Butt of Malmsey wine
Henry VIII                 Tower Green                 Sword
Queen Victoria           The Island of St Helena   Wallpaper
Duke of Edinburgh     The Parisien Underpass   White Fiat Punto


Any other suggestions?

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[(Anonymous)]

How far back do you care to go? And does the unchallenged veracity of an account matter (from the list, I suppose not)

Bowman, in the New Forrest/Rufus Stone with an Arrow to the lung

Aethelread the Unready's Stable Staff, Corfe Castle, by the Richard III abdication package-- 1 kingdom for 1 horse exchange.

[will-sample.livejournal.com]

So many are historically contested, but here are the other two that jumped to mind...

Walter Tirel, in the New Forest/Rufus Stone, with an arrow to the Lung
Aeythlred the Unready's Stable staff, in Corfe Castle, with the Richard III retirement package- one kingdom for one horse

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Of course, I forgot Prince Albert Victor in the East End with the Surgeon's knife.