Kingmakers - Locations
The settings of Kingmakers: the campaign board of 1403 Britain where the player chooses missions, and the on-ground locations drawn from the real theatre of the Glyndwr rising, from the Welsh heartland manors where the rebellion began to the English and royal castles it besieged. Each mission plays...
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| Name | Type | Description | Region | Points Of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Campaign Map | Strategy Map | The campaign screen showing a map of Britain during the Welsh uprising, where the player chooses the next mission. | Britain, 1403 | Mission selection board War effort overview |
| Rebellion Encampment | Base Location | The campaign's built settlement and staging ground for the rebellion, where the player constructs farms, lumber mills, and houses to run an economy and barracks to recruit and train units. | Wales | Farms and lumber mills Housing and economy Barracks for troop recruitment |
| English Holdfast | Fortress | A fortified English castle and garrison that stands as a key objective for the rebellion. | England-Wales frontier | Castle walls and towers Garrisoned English defenders Siege objective |
| Open Battlefield | Battle Arena | The wide, destructible field battlegrounds where medieval armies clash. | Wales / England frontier | Mass unit engagements Destructible terrain Combined modern-arms battles |
| Glyndyfrdwy | Rebellion Heartland | The manor in the Dee valley where Owain Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales in September 1400, the act that opened the rising. | Edeirnion, north-east Wales | Glyndwr's manor and estate Site of the 1400 proclamation Initial muster point for the rebellion |
| Sycharth | Rebellion Heartland | Glyndwr's principal residence, a moated manor in the Cynllaith valley described in contemporary verse as a place of plenty. | Cynllaith, Powys | Moated manor and estate buildings Cynllaith valley farmland Burned in the 1403 royal campaign |
| Ruthin | Flashpoint Town | The town of Lord Reginald Grey de Ruthyn, whose seizure of common land from Glyndwr provided the spark for the revolt. | Denbighshire, north-east Wales | Ruthin Castle and its garrison Lord Grey de Ruthyn's holdings Attacked in the opening days of the rising |
| Hyddgen | Battlefield | The upland battle of 1401 in which a small Welsh force routed a larger English column sent to break the rebellion. | Pumlumon, mid Wales | First major Welsh victory of the rising Rough upland ambush terrain Small force against a larger column |
| Bryn Glas (Pilleth) | Battlefield | The battlefield of June 1402, where Glyndwr's army destroyed a force under Edmund Mortimer and took Mortimer prisoner. | Maelienydd, mid Wales | Welsh victory of June 1402 Capture of Edmund Mortimer Slope and ridge archery position |
| Harlech Castle | Fortress | The great royal castle on the Merioneth coast that Glyndwr took in 1404 and made his seat of power, holding a council there as Prince of Wales. | Gwynedd, north-west Wales | Glyndwr's court and council seat from 1404 Concentric fortress with a sea gate Held against royal siege until 1409 |
| Aberystwyth Castle | Fortress | A royal castle on the Cardigan Bay coast captured by the rebellion in 1404 and garrisoned with French troops during the alliance of 1405. | Ceredigion, mid Wales | Taken by the rebellion in 1404 French garrison from 1405 Coastal siege and supply objective |
| Caernarfon Castle | Royal Stronghold | The most heavily fortified of Edwardian Wales' royal castles and the administrative centre of English rule in Gwynedd. | Gwynedd, north-west Wales | Administrative centre of English rule in Gwynedd Repeatedly attacked during the rising Relieved by sea, hardest siege target |
| Conwy | Royal Garrison Town | The walled town and castle built as part of Edward I's ring of fortresses. | Gwynedd, north-west Wales | Walled town with a separate castle Sacked during the rising Harbour and street fighting objective |
| Shrewsbury | Battlefield / Border Town | The border town beside the battlefield of July 1403, where Henry IV defeated the Percy rebellion of Hotspur. | Shropshire, England | Battle of Shrewsbury, July 1403 Defeat of the Percy rebellion Set-piece battle beside a fortified town |
| Milford Haven | Landing Site | The deep-water haven on the Pembrokeshire coast where a French force landed in 1405 to support the rebellion, marching inland and pushing as far as Worcester before turning back. | Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales | French landing of 1405 Deep-water anchorage Beachhead and inland march objective |
| Cardiff | Raid Objective | The major south Wales town destroyed by Glyndwr's forces in 1404 as the rebellion pushed into the southern lordships. | South Wales | Burned by the rebellion in 1404 South Wales lordships Raid-and-plunder objective rather than a siege |
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