Hammer in the North 1634

Hammer in the North 1634
 
The narrative structure of my En Garde campaign is based on the Bishop's War as interpreted through the medium of Hammer horror films.  A movie represents an extended mini campaign within the war, as a sequence of three games with a linked plot.

The game titles and plots have to be vaguely linked to Hammer movies, and I`m starting with "The Witchfinder General" as a pretty straightforward plot.  

I`m anticipating two movies per campaign year, and as in pulp gaming I will adopt some movie terms for the framework.  Different terrain sets will be used for each action scene in the movie.

Durham and the Bishop's War

Captains Cushing and Lee, 1634

It is 1634.  Thomas Moreton, Bishop of Durham, employs two Captains to keep the peace in the Prince Bishopric and along the border.  They are tasked to defend against robbers, Scotchmen, fanatic Puritan Preachers and treasonous Catholic Aristocrats.

Rumours of witchcraft still abound in Durham and the King`s Witchfinder is somewhere in the North, helpfully burning people...

The Games

Action Scene 1
Will be a scenario game from the En Garde rules.  The movie's Stars will be pitted against a villain.  The game, Win or Lose, must have an effect on Scenario 2, and a plot point will be generated at the end of the game. 

Action Scene 2. More is revealed.  The movie's Stars will be pitted against another villain linked to the first, (or a surviving villain).  The game, Win or Lose, must have an effect on Scenario 3, and a plot point will be generated at the end of the game. 

Action Scene 3.  The final showdown.  The movie's Stars will be pitted against the boss villain, (with any surviving villains). The plot points that are won may lead into a sequel movie.  Experience is generated, Wealth is added, additional En Garde attributes may be awarded.

Sample Plot points

1. The purloined letter
2. The Lady's ring
3. A well known dagger
4. The curse of a dying man
5. A purse full of silver
6. A Catholic crucifix
7. A riddling poem by John Milton
8. The token of a lover
9. But I know this man!
10. My brothers will avenge me
11. "This is Treason!"
12. The monologue of a villain

Loot
Purses of the wounded and slain
Loot from the surroundings in this scenario

Characters
Captains Lee and Cushing of the Bishop's guard
The Yorkes, Young and Old
Young Errol
Puritan Solomon Whitemoore

Minor Characters
Mistress Quickly of the Garter Inn
Justice Shallow
Justice Silence
Fang and Snare Justice Officers
Davy, Shallow's servant
Dogberry and Verges 
Doctor Caius (a French Physician)
Rugby the Doctoor's servant
Abraham Slender (The Justice's Cousin)
Simple, Feeble
Fenton a young Gentleman runaway
Mistress Alice Ford
Feste, a Fool and Dwarf
Michal Gough
Patrick Troughton
Lawrence Chaney
Peter Lorre
Burr and Caradine
Tony Perkins
Von Helsing, Doctor of Divinity


Villains
Captain Quilp the Highwayman, a robbing git
Ingrid, Countess of Alnwick, a lesbian vampire
Captain Rathbone the duellist
Vincent Price, the Witchfinder
Miss Helen of Mirren, the witch
Sir Huge Farthingdale, the fat knight, and failed robber