A Short History Lesson
In 1642, I was called upon to defend our great nation's nascent democracy from a group of elite aristocrats convinced in their King's divine right to absolute rule. It is sometimes forgotten however, that the Parliamentarians did not initially intend on overthrowing the monarchy - although that was the eventual outcome - rather we wished to ensure that the executive power of the King was held accountable to the nation's representative bodies: the Scottish and English Parliaments. In other words, my intent was not to become the Lord Protector but rather to ensure that the interests of the state were aligned with the interest of its people (albeit during my time, "people" meant rich landowners... again not too dissimilar to the majority of the wargaming community!). Similarly to the purpose of the Roundheads, the aim of this present intervention is not one of revolution (that most distasteful of foreign institutions and one alien to all true English-persons...), bu...