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1: Leaving
England
You have a cheap Sea sickness and an Poor winds make for Fog leaves you lost Strong southerly
and calm crossing expensive journey
a slow crossing of
in the Channel, and winds take you across
of the Channel
across the Channel the Channel
without strong winds The Channel in six
make a bad start to
your crossing takes hours landing at Calais
your Crusade
three long days
where the mayor
greets you as a hero
2: Arriving in
Europe
King Richard and King Richards comes
Phillip, King of
to a bridge over the
France agree to River Rhone. It
help each other in collapses and many
every way
men fall into the
following news of river
even more killings
of Christians in
the Holy Land
Traveling with King
Phillips Army, you
and many other
Crusaders suffer
from disease caused
by poor diet, lack of
fresh water and
poor planning by
your leaders. They
may be good
soldiers, but can
they organize a
Crusade?
Your journey to
Marseilles on the
Mediterranean is
interrupted by an
outbreak of Plague.
You are quarantined
until the outbreak
passes or detour
around the infected
areas
Your journey
An outbreak of plague
continues well. Many and bad weather leaves
locals join you on your you and other Crusaders
Crusade gaining you a camped outside the city
reputation as a leading of Monaco for four
Crusader
weeks, waiting for the
plague orders to be
lifted
3: Travelling
from Southern
Europe
Richard sails from In Sicily, Richards
Marseilles to
mean are badly
Messina in Sicily. treated and some
Fighting breaks are killed. As a
out in the city,
relation of William
fuelled by the
the Conqueror,
You travel through
Italy, stopping in
Rome to receive a
blessing from the
Pope in the Vatican.
The Pope orders all
Due to hunger some
Crusaders rob and
steal their way
across Italy earning
the hatred of locals
Your ship is blessed by Sailing eastwards your
the Cardinal of Nice vessels has to battle
before setting sail.
Muslim pirates from
Your journey is a
North Africa. Failure to
smooth and quick one defeat the pirates will
reassuring everyone leave you as a slave, if
Westerly winds cause
your boat to sail
towards Burgundy near
Germany. This makes
your journey to Europe
longer and your march
south further
locals dislike of
Northern
Europeans and
cheap alcohol
whose family also
invaded Sicily,
Richards Army is
not popular at all
Christians to
welcome you with
hospitality as you
travel through their
lands on the way to
Jerusalem
involved that God
you win however all
supports your mission their treasures will be
and is guiding you
yours to spend or
donate to the Crusade
4: Journey to
Some of
the Outremer or Richards’s ships
Holy Land
reach Cyprus, and
are wrecked on
poorly mapped
reefs around the
island. Locals kill
many exhausted
survivors to
plunder your
possessions
Richards main fleet Storms wreck many A poorly working
arrives in Cyprus and Crusading ships on compass slows your
the island is
their way to the
journey, making you
captured quickly
Holy Land. You
arrive late, well
with little loss of
barely make it alive, behind the main
life
landing on a desolate advance of the
strip of coast
Crusader army.
Rotten supplies and
stagnant drinking
water lead to scurvy
and disease amongst
crew and Crusaders on
your journey
5: The Battle of In the battle for
Acre
Acre the Turks
fought bravely to
defeat Richard,
but you and he
survive to win
when a second
attempt is made
The Turks
surrender to
Richard's army at
Acre. They have
poor supplies and
see that Richard is
well prepared to lay
siege to them
The siege is long and Siege Towers and Acre is captured after After securing the city
hard through the
Trebuchets are
a long and destructive of Acre following a long
incredibly heat of
constructed to
siege. No sooner have and bloody siege you
the summer. Little scare the Turks into you captured the city witness King Richard
shade makes the
surrendering. It only and prayed in the
ordering the slaughter
task of taking the
takes one firing to church then you start of prisoners captured in
city incredibly hard convince the Turks the reconstruction of the city
to give in.
the city
5: From Acre to On the march to
Jerusalem
Jerusalem many
men collapsed
with the heat and
tiredness. Water
The Turks continue
to make raids on
Richards’s army,
slowing down the
journey and leaving
Your journey to
Villages are a
Jerusalem is made mixture of those e
easier by gaining a who welcome you as
place on a warship as Christians, whilst
it sails down the
others are Muslims
Advance parties of
Crusaders succeed in
capturing a series of
oasis on the route to
Jerusalem. These
Landing in the Byzantine
Empire you are
welcomed into the City
of Constantinople. Here
thousands of Crusaders
go on a rampage burning
and looting the city of
its treasures. Crusaders
are paid a fortune to
leave
Storms on the journey
down the coast of the
Holy land send you as
far south as Egypt. You
land in the Sinai (in
is rationed due to you with wounded to coast of the Holy
who are wary of
limited
tend to.
Land. When you
helping you should
availability. A
arrive you will have a the Muslims defeat
desperte attack
much shorter march you
to capture a
than those who have
nearby oasis is
traveled all the way
just successful
from Acre
garrisons ensure that
not only are you well
fed and watered, but
that less food is
reaching the
Muslim garrison in
Jerusalem
6. The
approaches to
Jerusalem
The Turks start a Richard leads a
non-stop attack charge and the
on Richards army Turkish army is
and kill many. The beaten. Surely their
fighting continues can be little left in
all the way down the way of Turk
the coast, with
forces on the route
Richard and his
to Jerusalem.
army trapped
with the sea to
their right and
the Turk
dominated dunes
to their left
In a battle with the
Turks you see many
Crusaders die
horrible deaths at
the hands of the
Turks. You also know
that King Richard
King Richard is
reported missing
during a battle with
the Turks. Panic
breaks out amongst
the Crusaders. Only
the arrival of a
relief force allows
the battle to be won
Relations between the
various Kings leading
the Crusades lead to
mistrust and rivalry on
the final approaches
to the city. You begin
to wonder if personal
glory rather than
faith is motivating not
only your leaders but
many Crusaders as
well. More and more
people are talking
about the fabulous
riches that await the
conquerors of Gods
city
7. Arriving at
Jerusalem
The Crusaders
are pleased they
will soon reach
Jerusalem and
get ready to
attack it.
You succeed in
defeating a major
Muslim force on the
route to Jerusalem
attempting to
reinforce the
On the final stage
of your journey your
force intercepts a
column of slow
moving Malmuk
Muslim soldiers
On the final stage of
your journey your
force intercepts a
column of slow moving
Malmuk Muslim
soldiers heading from
Arguments between
the Crusaders lead
to Richard having to
use brutal force
against his own men
to restore order
modern Egypt), land of
the Malmuk Sultans.
Your journey across the
Sinai desert to the Holy
land will be a dangerous
and slow one
The Crusaders are
pleased they will soon
reach Jerusalem and
get ready to attack it.
However, the Turks now
approach you under the
soldiers in
Jerusalem. The
capture of several
Arabian stallions
ensures that the
remaining part of
the journey is
smooth
heading from
Jerusalem to the
Malmuk Sultan in
Cairo. It was carting
treasure from
Jerusalem to the
Sultan in return for
military assistance
in fighting the
Crusaders
Jerusalem to the
Malmuk Sultan in
Cairo. You are amazed
to see the looting of
the treasure train and
the murder of
surrendering soldiers.
You see many
Crusaders leaving for
the coast to journey
back to Europe with
their treasure
cover of a white flag
trying to find a
compromise over
Jerusalem