The New Model Army at last achieved decisive victory at Naseby, leaving Charles without a field army. It was also a political victory, as they captured (and published) letters in which the King plotted with foreign troops against his subjects.
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Langdale
4
5 / 6
Attack
Cromwell
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Screen
Pair
Cromwell, Fairfax
PURSUIT
178B
♦
Lisle
4
( 1 / 2 )
Attack
Fairfax, Montagu
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Pair
Fairfax
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.
179B
♥
Bard
6
( 3 / 4 )
Attack
Pickering
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Pair
Pickering
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.
180B
♥
Astley
4
( 5 / 6 )
Attack
Skippon, Waller
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Pair
Skippon
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.
Never gonna let you down.
181B
♥
Rupert of the Rhine
6
1 / 2 / 3
Attack
Ireton
1 hit per die. 1 self. Take dice from Astley.
Screen
Pair
Ireton, Skippon
PURSUIT
182B
♦
Bluecoats
4
★
5 / 6
Absorb
Any Pink formation
Suffers 1 less hit per die.
Counterattack
Pair
Any enemy attacking it
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit and never more than 1.
Yeah, I know the card is red.
183B
♦
Ireton
5
5 / 6
Attack
Rupert of the Rhine, Astley
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Screen
Pair
Rupert of the Rhine, Astley
Cromwell's son-in-law and a regicide. He died in 1651, and would be executed ten years later.
184B
♠
Skippon
5
( 5 / 6 )
Attack
Astley
1 hit per die. 1 self. Take dice from Waller.
Counterattack
Pair
Astley
1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.
185B
♠
Waller
5
( 5 / 6 )
Absorb
Skippon or Pickering
Suffers 1 less hit.
This is Hardresse Waller, cousin to the more famous Sir William. A regicide, he was condemned to death once Charles II was restored, but his life was spared due to the intervention of well-connected friends.
186B
♣
Pickering
5
( 3 / 4 )
Attack
Bard
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Pair
Bard
1 hit.
187B
♣
Montagu
5
( 1 / 2 )
Absorb
Fairfax or Pickering
Suffers 1 less hit.
Montagu was reliably Cromwell's man up until the future Lord Protector's death. Seeing the restoration as inevitable, he was instrumental in bringing Charles II to the throne, not only saving his own neck, but being created the first Earl of Sandwich. Decades later, his great-grandson decided to put stuff between two slices of bread.