Last Update: 04-Jun-05
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Revision: 0.0 (Playtest release)
| Period: | Medieval (11th - 13th Century) |
| Level: | Skirmish (1:1) |
| Scale: | 28mm (but may be used with other scales) |
| Basing: | Any (individually based figures) |
| Dice: | d6, d10 |
Crusader is designed to represent small-scale actions during the 11th to 13th Century. It is intended to be simple and fun - any relationship to historical reality is purely co-incidental. These rules are a development of PAX ROMANA which was itself inspired by Chosen Men from which many of the mechanisms are derived.
Figures are individually based; each represents about 1 to 10 men. Better quality units should normally be smaller than the rest. Veteran units can be very powerful under these rules, especially if heavily armoured or bow-armed.
Apart from the figures, players will need an ordinary pack of playing cards, and some method of indicating wounded figures.
A typical game, involving about 50 - 60 figures on each side, will last about two to three hours. A pre-planned scenario, with unequal sides and specific victory conditions will usually give a better game than a straight stand-up fight.
The key features of the system are:
The rules are available as a native Adobe pdf file (99kb).
Please note the rules are published in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf). If you do not have a copy of the reader software you will not be able to view the document. To get a free copy please select the link at the bottom of this page.
| Revision | Comments |
|---|---|
| v0.0 | Playtest release |
