Crusades Campaign

**misfitsfiend138** · September 04, 2007, 02:45 PM

for those who have played it or are playing it, i was just wondering how good the campaign is and what are the factions in it. also is the kingdom of Jerusalem playable and what are the units in the faction. ie. knights of Jerusalem
i haven't bought it yet but ive read the Teutonic campaign and the Britannia campaign are awesome. i just want to know if the crusades are just as good.

thanks in advanced

**Shaun** · September 04, 2007, 02:51 PM

I have not played the Crusades campaign yet, but I can say that the Kingdom of Jerusalem is playable, along with Antioch, the Turks, the Byzantines and the Egyptians.

**Tiberiu_R** · September 04, 2007, 03:12 PM

The crussades campaign is pretty good.
You can play with Antioch, Jerusalem, Turks, Egypt or Byzantium.
There are some cool units added for Byzantium. Now they make a strong faction to play with.
Antioch and Jersualem have strong knights and heavy infantry.
The turks and egypt have some units from med 2 (mostlly light units) and they now have some new heavy units. So they are worth playing.
Also later in the campaign Venice arrives and later on The Mongols arrive.
Some european factions(England, France, HRE) also should apper(although i didn't see that in my campaign. I got some event scrolls with the 3rd crussade and i was hopping to see England and France in the game. But it didn't heappend)
It's worth playing. There is no doubt about it!

**Zonoes** · September 04, 2007, 03:19 PM

only disappointment in crusades campaign for me is that there are no dismounted templar knights :\

**Tiberiu_R** · September 04, 2007, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by Zonoes

only disappointment in crusades campaign for me is that there are no dismounted templar knights :\

Yep here to

**The Mongol** · September 04, 2007, 03:27 PM

Heres the Kingdom of Jerusalem unit roster:

**misfitsfiend138** · September 04, 2007, 07:36 PM

dont forget antioch screen!

Originally Posted by Meat Popsicle

Heres the Kingdom of Jerusalem unit roster:

who are the guys in red?

**Swagger** · September 07, 2007, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Meat Popsicle

Heres the Kingdom of Jerusalem unit roster:

CRUSADER THE POWER I WAS TELLING IF YOU COULD SHOW ME THE ROSTER OF THESE FACTIONS: (HUGE PLEASE BECOUSE I WAS THINKING IN PLAY WITH THEM WHEN I GET THE GAME):

-mayans
-norway
-teutonic order
-antioch

**misfitsfiend138** · September 04, 2007, 03:16 PM

ok cool then i shall buy it!
@tiberiu do you think you can post a screen of the Jerusalem units in the unit construction scroll or in custom battle

**Tiberiu_R** · September 04, 2007, 03:28 PM

Well the units for Jerusalem are:
-Squires of Tripoli
-Dismounted knigths of Jerusalem
-Templar Sergeants
-Templar Crossbowmen
-Templar Gunners
-Knigths of Jerusalem
-Knigths Of Tripoli
-Knights Templar

-other cheap units(a couple of archers and some militia spearmen)
-SPECIAL UNITS for which i will post some relevant pics in a short moment

**Tiberiu_R** · September 04, 2007, 03:34 PM

Some unique units for Kingdom Of Jerusalem:

Templar Confrere Knights

Knights Templar

Constalbe of Jeruslame

Marshall Of the Templars

Here you go.

**hellheaven1987** · September 04, 2007, 03:37 PM

Squires of Tripoli actually is a pretty good unit, especially its cheap and good status as a level one unit.

**Tiberiu_R** · September 04, 2007, 03:59 PM

I like Antioch more than Jerusalem. They also have strong heavy cav and have more heavy infantry(they also have a axemen unit type)

**tehhaxxor23** · September 04, 2007, 05:59 PM

I really don't get why they took out dismounted knights hospitaller / templar for antioch and jerusalem respectively.

i mean, lol, iirc France even had dismounted knights hospitaller.

but neways, I kinda prefer antioch over jerusalem, as well, tbh. they have superior infantry imho thanks to their powerful double handed elite unit (canon something).

i like the flags & colors of antioch better too :p

**misfitsfiend138** · September 04, 2007, 06:25 PM

thanx for the pics guys
what do the generals look like? i saw the teutonic marshall and he looks badass.

also, what are the units for antioch?

i also notice there are no jeruslaem knights like in the movie, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

**The Mongol** · September 04, 2007, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by misfitsfiend138

thanx for the pics guys
what do the generals look like? i saw the teutonic marshall and he looks badass.

also, what are the units for antioch?

i also notice there are no jeruslaem knights like in the movie, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

The captains and generals in the Crusades campaign are superb IMO. (I'll get you some shots in a bit)

And huh? There is mounted and dismounted Knights of Jerusalem. They remind me of KoH quite a bit and they definitely differ from vanilla Chivalric/Feudal ones.

**numio** · September 04, 2007, 06:39 PM

I'm playing as Antioch at the moment and enjoying it! They've got nice heavy units like Canons of the Holy Sepulchar (Heavily armoured, 2-handed sword wielding, 2 hit points behemoths.) Definately worth a go! Check out my AAR link below if you want any more details.

Some european factions(England, France, HRE) also should apper(although i didn't see that in my campaign. I got some event scrolls with the 3rd crussade and i was hopping to see England and France in the game. But it didn't heappend)

A few turns after the 3rd crusade starts you get a Hero character - King Philip of France for Antioch and King Richard of England for the Kingdom of Jerusalem. These represent England and France arriving in the Holy Land. Both are generals with excellent stats and special abilities that can be used in battle: Richard can rally an entire fleeing army and Philip can make you men fight harder.

**Player44** · September 04, 2007, 08:26 PM

why so many templar units? templars should make a very small portion of the unit roster... anyways... broken crescent > kingdoms crusade campaign...

**The Mongol** · September 04, 2007, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Player44

why so many templar units? templars should make a very small portion of the unit roster... anyways... broken crescent > kingdoms crusade campaign...

Theres only 3, and one of them is unique (you can only have 1).

Of course Broken Crescent will be better, way more fleshed out and top notch work, you know I'm as excited as you are. But that doesn't mean the Crusades campaign sucks, I'm actually having quite a fun time playing as Antioch.