Creator: starhal || First Published: 01/30/2026 || Players: 9 || Size: 40x50
Categories: Historical/Geographical, Gimmick, Teleport Tile
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starhal (01/30/2026 12:59pm | Edited: 02/08/2026 12:38pm):
Era of the Crusader states. The dates given begin with the year of their greatest height, and the end date is death of
Saladin.

Rules:
- 1000 funds per property, clear weather, no fog of war
- Day limit of 60
- Unit limit of 40, to encourage more agressive play rather than building impenetrable walls of artillery and only advancing
slowly
- No tier 0, Kindle, Javier or global damage COs
- Only the following units recruitable: Infantry, mechs, recons, apc, artillery, tanks, landers. Medium tanks with labs only
- Teams recommended to be off. If on, divide them as following:
=Crusaders=
Orange Star, Blue Moon, Brown Desert, Jade Sun
=Muslims=
Green Earth, Yellow Comet, Grey Sky
=Byzantines=
Red Fire, Pink Cosmos

On the bottom-right of the map, the section with 2 comtowers represent great military leaders of this era. Yellow Comet unlock
the first comtower with the end of the Fatimids and ascension of Salah ad-din, Blue Moon unlock their second comtower with
the ascension of king Baldwin IV to the throne, and lose it to Yellow Comet with his death. Blue Moon also has another
comtower, representing knights Templar and Hospitalier
starhal (01/30/2026 01:18pm | Edited: 01/30/2026 01:25pm):
Factions:
1. OS: Principality of Antioch, the longest-surviving Crusader State beside Jerusalem itself, locked in combat with the
Seljucks over the city of Aleppo
2. BM: Kingdom of Jerusalem, the strongest of Crusader States. This player also controls Crusader knights constantly
trickling in from Europe
3. GE: Seljuck Empire, during time of it's downfall, nonetheless can mobilise great hosts against the crusader states
4. YC: Fatimid Caliphate at the time of it's last and greatest crisis.Soon enough, Shirkuh will take over as Vizier, and his
nephew Saladin will inherit the position from him
5. RF: The Byzantine Empire, including their foothold on Cyprus
6. GS: This player control both the Sultanate of Rum in Anatolia, and the Emirate of Damascus
7. JS: County of Tripoli. Their second base, Krak de Chevaliers, was an impressive fortress warranting additional protection in
form of pipelines
8. BD: County of Edessa, the shortest surviving of the crusader states
9. PC: Principality of Armenian Cilicia



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