Game Info
Year
2018
Players
2-4
Age
14+
Playtime
60 min
Publisher
Osprey Games
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Description
Skirmish wargame rules set during the Crusades where warbands of knights and warriors fight for glory and gold in the Holy Land
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Zilla Blitz Analysis at 160:32:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Stunning artwork and production quality
- Strong thematic integration with the Crusades
- Extensive card play
Cons
- Gameplay mechanics are speculative at this point
Thematic elements
- The Crusades, focusing on the established Christian realms.
- The Holy Lands, starting in 1099
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- AI Opponent — Muslim factions are likely controlled by an AI or rules system, as players control Christian factions.
- Area Control — Players take control of one of four Christian realms (Antioch, Edessa, Tripoli, or Jerusalem).
- Card Play — Extensive use of cards, with 345 cards in the game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This game has a strong narrative element, with one player acting as a secret agent trying to achieve objectives while remaining hidden from the other players.
- It's a really great game, with a fantastic deck-building mechanic married to tactical combat.
- This is a massive game, simulating the Cold War on a global scale.
- This is a great addition to the Commands & Colors system, focusing on samurai battles.
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BoardGameGeek Rules Teach at 0:08 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Can be played as a standalone game or as various scenarios.
- Enhanced actions offer stronger bonuses but activate in the next round, creating strategic choices.
- Tactic cards add a layer of maneuver and surprise to battles.
- Building cards grant bonuses or actions, often with conditions.
- The sainthood track provides bonuses and influences turn order.
- Holy lands provide influence and encourage hidden bishop placement.
- Multiple end-game trigger conditions (supremacy, sanctity, player elimination, round limit).
Cons
- Enhanced actions mean less activity in the current round.
- Players must carefully manage hand limit for tactic cards.
- Battles can result in city downgrades and loss of goods.
- Ties in holy land claims are not resolved.
- Ties in final scoring can be complex to break (end game conditions, sainthood track).
Thematic elements
- Players pit their strategy against other crusading cities while watching out for invading Saracens to gain the most influence in Outremer.
- The year is 1099 and the first Crusade is in full swing.
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players battle to have the most influence in the land by taking control of cities, spreading bishops, constructing buildings, and conquering neighbors.
- Combat — Battles occur when units move into a city controlled by another player or Saracens, involving calculating power differences, maneuvering with tactic cards, and determining a winner.
- Hand Management — Players manage tactic cards in hand, playing them during battles and needing to discard cards when gaining new ones.
- influence tracking — Gaining influence is the primary goal, achieved through controlling cities, holy lands, and meeting end-game conditions.
- Set Collection — Players collect goods to pay for actions and buildings, and also collect rescript cards which can be used as goods or for special actions.
- track movement — The sainthood track is used for turn order and progression, with players moving their shields up the track to gain bonuses and potentially loop back around.
- Worker Placement — Players place order tokens on an order cross to choose actions like build, pray, muster, and march, with options for basic and enhanced actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The year is 1099 and the first Crusade is in full swing, but not all the cities involved are on the same side and working together.
- Players will be battling to have the most influence in the land.
- The art in this game is hand-drawn and the opposite side shows the original drawing that was scanned and then the color was added digitally.
- Outremer is played over a series of rounds until one of the end game triggers happens.
- When you move your units into a city controlled by another player or the Saracens, then a battle will commence.
- The game will end at the end of a round if a player has supremacy, which is control of four cities, if a player has sanctity, which is having five holy lands, if a player does not control a single city, i.e. all their units are off the board, or if it's at the end of the sixth round.
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