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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