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2001 Ranked #11,251

Im Zeichen Des Kreuzes

This crusade strategy game has players move armies across Europe, plunder cities for gold, and recruit troops. A combat tower decides which forces survive each battle, while conquering Jerusalem wins.

Wargames Medieval Travel Area Movement Cube Tower

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.24/5

Rating

5.94

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Game about the Crusades. Player move their armies through Europe towards Jerusalem.

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Game about the Crusades. Player move their armies through Europe towards Jerusalem. Play cards to move through specific terrain. Plunder cities to gain gold which can be used at other cities to purchase more troops. The player that conquers Jerusalem is the winner. A nice new mechanism is the Combat Tower: a cardboard and plastic tower containing horizontal levels with holes. Drop all battling armies in the top: everything that comes out at the bottom fights. Armies that do not fall through stay in the tower until dislodged by armies from a following battle.

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2–5
Play time
90 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.2/5
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Credits

Designers

2
Ronald Hofstätter Philipp Hugelmann

Artists

1
Elena Obermüller

Publishers

1
Queen Games

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