Beastfolk will be a map game set in the British Isles of the High Middle Ages (starting in 1182, to be exact) that will work in a similar fashion to CK2 (you play as a character, who is either an independent ruler or a vassal). However, many aspects of the game are expanded (e.g. lowest landed character rank is Lord/Lady of the Manor, highest rank is that of Potentate, one rank above an Emperor).
In this map game, a strange darkness that eclipsed the British Isles causes a single rabbit from Leicester to become humanoid and gain human-level intelligence.
Of course, what's a map game without a map? Here it is (March 1182):
Light Yellow: Irish Tribes
Brown: Genwyedd
Red: England
Blue: Scotland (called Alba at the time)
Yellow: Kingdom of the Isles (Norse Kingdom)
Pink: Deheubarth
Signup Template:
Name:
Age:
Background:
Title (highest can be baron/steward of an Earl/baliiff of an Earl) (I recommend to start in Leicester, that's where all the action will be at the start):
Amount of Land (if any) (range from 1 knight's fee (2,500 acres) to 100 knights' fees (250,000 acres):
I, personally, shall be playing as:
Name: Robert de Beaumont
Age: 42
Background: He was the son of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, a staunch supporter of Henry II, and he inherited from his father large estates in England and Normandy.
When the revolt of the younger Henry broke out in April 1173, Robert went to his castle at Breteuil in Normandy. The rebels' aim was to take control of the duchy, but Henry II himself led an army to besiege the castle; Robert fled, and the Breteuil was taken on September 25 or 26.
Robert apparently went to Flanders, where he raised a large force of mercenaries, and landed at Walton, Suffolk, on 29 September 1173. He joined forces with Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, and the two marched west, aiming to cut England in two across the Midlands and to relieve the king's siege of Robert's castle at Leicester. However, they were intercepted by the king's supporters and defeated at the Battle of Fornham near Fornham, near Bury St Edmunds, on 17 October. Robert, along with his wife and many others, was taken prisoner. Henry II took away the earl's lands and titles as well.
He remained in captivity until January 1177, well after most of the other prisoners had been released. The king was in a strong position and could afford to be merciful; not long after his release Robert's lands and titles were restored, but not his castles. All but two of his castles had been destroyed, and those two (Montsorrel in Leicestershire and Pacy in Normandy) remained in the king's hands.
Title: 3rd Earl of Leicester
Amount of Land: 212 knights' fees (530,000 acres)
I've setup a Discord Server for discussion of this:
https://discord.gg/4Y66UeN
In this map game, a strange darkness that eclipsed the British Isles causes a single rabbit from Leicester to become humanoid and gain human-level intelligence.
Of course, what's a map game without a map? Here it is (March 1182):
Light Yellow: Irish Tribes
Brown: Genwyedd
Red: England
Blue: Scotland (called Alba at the time)
Yellow: Kingdom of the Isles (Norse Kingdom)
Pink: Deheubarth
Signup Template:
Name:
Age:
Background:
Title (highest can be baron/steward of an Earl/baliiff of an Earl) (I recommend to start in Leicester, that's where all the action will be at the start):
Amount of Land (if any) (range from 1 knight's fee (2,500 acres) to 100 knights' fees (250,000 acres):
I, personally, shall be playing as:
Name: Robert de Beaumont
Age: 42
Background: He was the son of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, a staunch supporter of Henry II, and he inherited from his father large estates in England and Normandy.
When the revolt of the younger Henry broke out in April 1173, Robert went to his castle at Breteuil in Normandy. The rebels' aim was to take control of the duchy, but Henry II himself led an army to besiege the castle; Robert fled, and the Breteuil was taken on September 25 or 26.
Robert apparently went to Flanders, where he raised a large force of mercenaries, and landed at Walton, Suffolk, on 29 September 1173. He joined forces with Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, and the two marched west, aiming to cut England in two across the Midlands and to relieve the king's siege of Robert's castle at Leicester. However, they were intercepted by the king's supporters and defeated at the Battle of Fornham near Fornham, near Bury St Edmunds, on 17 October. Robert, along with his wife and many others, was taken prisoner. Henry II took away the earl's lands and titles as well.
He remained in captivity until January 1177, well after most of the other prisoners had been released. The king was in a strong position and could afford to be merciful; not long after his release Robert's lands and titles were restored, but not his castles. All but two of his castles had been destroyed, and those two (Montsorrel in Leicestershire and Pacy in Normandy) remained in the king's hands.
Title: 3rd Earl of Leicester
Amount of Land: 212 knights' fees (530,000 acres)
I've setup a Discord Server for discussion of this:
https://discord.gg/4Y66UeN
