Copyright 2007 Battle at the Cross Roads
Cross and Crescent: An Afternoon at the Crusades
15mm Themed DBA Beginner Campaign Start time: 1 pm
Players 8-24 Scale 15mm Format: Pyramid Variant Board: 24",48", and 72"
GMs: John Loy and Tom Graves Sponsor: GLADBAG
15mm Themed DBA Beginner Campaign Start time: 1 pm
Players 8-24 Scale 15mm Format: Pyramid Variant Board: 24",48", and 72"
GMs: John Loy and Tom Graves Sponsor: GLADBAG
This 3 round campaign is meant to convey the sweep and scale of the Christian Crusades in the Holy Land. We have chosen the pyramid format because many of the armies of the crusades are both allies and enemies of one another. In the Pyramid campaign format the first round is composed of one on one DBA battles, after which the two players join forces in a doubles format in the 2nd round with their remaining elements, and finally, a large 4 on 4 BBDBA format makes up the last round. The victor of each round serves as the C in C for each later round.
In this campaign the first round will represent a period of consolidation of forces shortly before and during the early crusades. The 2nd round will represent the early crusader period and the last round the later crusader periods. Don't get too excited about later period armies appearing in the early crusades, this is a fun event that doesn't take its history too seriously.
There are the Christian armies and the Islamic and other armies in this campaign. The eligible armies are listed below and what category in which they fall. In round 1: Christians will battle Christians and Muslims will battle Muslims and other armies in one on one battle. In round 2, the two (reduced) Christian vs. the two (reduced) Muslim armies will clash in the Early Crusades. Finally in round 3 the combined armies of both Christian and Muslim will battle their rivals for control of the Holy Lands.
Eligible Armies (Many loaner armies will be available if you do not have one of these armies):
Christian:
III/60 Dynastic KurdishIII/70(abc) GeorgianIII/75 Konstantinian ByzantineIV/1(ab) Komnenan ByzantineIV/2 Cilician Armenian
IV/7 Early Crusader (pre 1100 AD)IV/17 Later Crusader
IV/26 Lusignan CypriotIV/31 Nikaian ByzantineIV/32 Romanian FrankIV/34 Trapezuntine Byzantine
IV/50 Palaiologan Byzantine
IV/56(a) Order of St. John of Rhodes
Muslim and others:
III/53 Dynastic BedouinIII/57(c) Buyid Others
III/65 Fatamid Egyptian
III/73(ab) Seljuk TurkIV/6 SyrianIV/20 Ayyubid EgyptianIV/24 KhwarizmianIV/42 Islamic PersianIV/45 Mamluk EgyptianIV/46 IlkhanidIV/49 Anatolian TurkomanIV/55(a) Ottoman Turk
Beginners are welcome and we will make every effort to match experienced players with newbies for a training game in round one. New players will also be matched up with these experienced players throughout the campaign and so will have a mentor throughout to help them out with rules, tactics, and strategy.
Because of the nature of the event, we need multiples of 4 (even better 8) and equal numbers of Muslim and Christian armies to allow the event to flow smoothly. Many loaner armies will be available. We encourage you to email tleegraves@hotmail.com and confirm your participation in this event and what army you will be using (or if you need a loaner) so we can get an idea of how many players we will have (and what armies they will be bringing) prior to the start of the event.
First round uses standard 1 on 1 DBA rules, round 2 uses Mike Demana's Double DBA rules with all teams assumed to be a primary army and an ally. The final battle will use BBDBA rules including allowing commands to be formed from individual elements. If you have questions please feel free to email me at the email address listed above.
In this campaign the first round will represent a period of consolidation of forces shortly before and during the early crusades. The 2nd round will represent the early crusader period and the last round the later crusader periods. Don't get too excited about later period armies appearing in the early crusades, this is a fun event that doesn't take its history too seriously.
There are the Christian armies and the Islamic and other armies in this campaign. The eligible armies are listed below and what category in which they fall. In round 1: Christians will battle Christians and Muslims will battle Muslims and other armies in one on one battle. In round 2, the two (reduced) Christian vs. the two (reduced) Muslim armies will clash in the Early Crusades. Finally in round 3 the combined armies of both Christian and Muslim will battle their rivals for control of the Holy Lands.
Eligible Armies (Many loaner armies will be available if you do not have one of these armies):
Christian:
III/60 Dynastic KurdishIII/70(abc) GeorgianIII/75 Konstantinian ByzantineIV/1(ab) Komnenan ByzantineIV/2 Cilician Armenian
IV/7 Early Crusader (pre 1100 AD)IV/17 Later Crusader
IV/26 Lusignan CypriotIV/31 Nikaian ByzantineIV/32 Romanian FrankIV/34 Trapezuntine Byzantine
IV/50 Palaiologan Byzantine
IV/56(a) Order of St. John of Rhodes
Muslim and others:
III/53 Dynastic BedouinIII/57(c) Buyid Others
III/65 Fatamid Egyptian
III/73(ab) Seljuk TurkIV/6 SyrianIV/20 Ayyubid EgyptianIV/24 KhwarizmianIV/42 Islamic PersianIV/45 Mamluk EgyptianIV/46 IlkhanidIV/49 Anatolian TurkomanIV/55(a) Ottoman Turk
Beginners are welcome and we will make every effort to match experienced players with newbies for a training game in round one. New players will also be matched up with these experienced players throughout the campaign and so will have a mentor throughout to help them out with rules, tactics, and strategy.
Because of the nature of the event, we need multiples of 4 (even better 8) and equal numbers of Muslim and Christian armies to allow the event to flow smoothly. Many loaner armies will be available. We encourage you to email tleegraves@hotmail.com and confirm your participation in this event and what army you will be using (or if you need a loaner) so we can get an idea of how many players we will have (and what armies they will be bringing) prior to the start of the event.
First round uses standard 1 on 1 DBA rules, round 2 uses Mike Demana's Double DBA rules with all teams assumed to be a primary army and an ally. The final battle will use BBDBA rules including allowing commands to be formed from individual elements. If you have questions please feel free to email me at the email address listed above.