2.Historical
Background
CROSS&CRESCENT
(German: KREUZ&HALBMOND) is basically a scenario dealing with the
development of the Dark Ages to the Middle Ages. The conflicts between
Christians and Muslims, which found their climax in the Crusades and
the Reconquista (liberation of Spain by Christian armies), play a significant
role in this scenario.
Although there are, of course, many historically accurate elements,
CROSS&CRESCENT is no precise Crusade-scenario.
While designing
the scenario, I permitted myself a couple of things to increase the
playability. So, I chose the involved civs and their rulers from their
importance for the ENTIRE time period the game takes place in. Any other
substantial deviations from the historical conditions are described
within this text.
Length: 955
AD (Otto I. defeats the Magyars on the Lechfeld) to 1291
AD (Christians lose Acco)
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Europe, Anno
Domini 955.
The powerful empire of Charlemange has split long ago, and its
successors are only weak, threatened structures. While the Franconian
empire as well as England suffers heavily from Viking raids, Germany
trembles from continuing Hungarian invasions.
In the east Byzantium, successor of Rome, is at the zenith of its power.
But, bitter wars and long battles loom behind the horizon, especially
with the Islamic Arabs, which, since the death of Mohammed in 632, have
subdued almost the entire Middle East in an unbelievable trail of conquest
including North-Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
The European kings must now secure their own power and get ready for
the struggle between Christianity and Islam...
RECOMMENDED:
Germans, Franks or English
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2.1
Victory Conditions
CROSS&CRESCENT
is objective based, every objective city counts as one point, and you
can reach max. 20 points
| Decisive
Victory: |
18
points
|
| Marginal
Victory: |
16
points
|
| Marginal
Defeat: |
12
points
|
| Decisive
Defeat: |
10 points
|
Objectives:
Rome, Constantinople, Antiochia, Jerusalem, Damascus, Tripolis, Edessa,
Cairo, Acco, Ascalon,
Damietta, Tunis, Granada, Cordoba, Lisbon, Palermo, Alexandria, Algiers,
Aleppo, Baghdad