Duke, Elector, King (DEK) is a set of silly campaign rules designed for use with Volley and Bayonet and covering warfare between the tiny principalities of Central Europe during the Age of Reason.

Game Scale: The game uses Volley and Bayonet units from the Ancient Regime period, but one scale lower than normally used. Infantry regimental stands are referred to as battalions. Cavalry brigade stands are referred to as regiments. Artillery battalion stands are referred to as batteries. Instead of division, corps, and army commanders, there are brigade, wing, and army commanders.

• Each strength point represents 200 men or 3 guns.
• Each inch on the playing surface represents 50 yards of ground.
• Each game turn represents the passage of 30 minutes of time.

Map: We will be using the map from TSR's Birthright game, because it's a reasonably good map, it's done, and we have a bunch of them. The map is divided into named provinces (they call them domains), each of which is further divided into several unnamed movement areas. There are also cities and what-not. The map key also lists temples and ruins; we will treat these simply as other cities.

Realms: Each player has a realm, consisting of several provinces. Each player gets to chose how many provinces will make up his or her realm, depending on how large a country they want to control. Not all of the provinces have to be contiguous, but the majority should be. The number of provinces also determines what the province is called.

• 1 province: Electorate, Bishopric, or Duchy
• 2 provinces: Electorate, Arch Bishopric or Grand Duchy
• 3 provinces: Electorate or Principality
• 4 or more provinces: Kingdom

Look at a copy of the rules

The current game map is shown above with the various taken countries named. Battles for the campaign are resolved in Illinois by the SCHNOBS (its an abbreviation for something but no two members agree what that is). The campaign publishes a newspaper called the Purient Filibuster and all three issues can be seen here issue1, issue2, and issue3.

LINKS:

• Here is a page showing one of the actual DEK battles. This is was the Battle of Tonica and was the last battle we have fought.
• Here is a site showing the Prissian Army battling the Zapodslavan hoardes. The Prissians on this site are masquerading as the Prussians and the Zapodslavans as Austrians to refight the battle of Lobositz. The site includes a picture of the leaders of Djafra, Zapodslava, Monrovia, Holzheim and Prissia. This picture page is part of a larger Volley and Bayonet site.
• Here is a site showing the Djafrans (masquerading as English) battling peasant revolutionaries at (someplace near where the Czar of Zapadslava has been exiled) called Guilford Courthouse. This picture page is part of a larger Volley and Bayonet site.
• If you are looking for the links to my non Duke Elector King items they have moved here to my new page