Lion Rampant Crusader States Game One

 

Crusaders and Sudanese deployed

Opposite end

Crusaders advance higgledy-piggledy

Sudanese right flank with camel riders

Sudanese advance in the same way

Sudanese camels evade the Crusader medium cavalry

Crusader medium cavalry close for a charge

Sudanese right flank again

Last Monday afternoon I played a solo Lion Rampant:Crusader States game out in the shed. I used my Normans as Western Crusaders with a warband of 26 points and my Almoravid Moors as a Sudanese warband of 28 points under Fatimid Egyptian control. You get two extra points under the Fatimid Egypt list as you don't get the +1 leader within 12" bonus for courage tests. The scenario was the usual Bloodbath one, with the prize for the victor being supplies in the adjacent village. My game turned out to be very bloody indeed with the Sudanese narrowly winning.

There are a few changes to the terms used to describe troop types in the supplement. Mounted Men-at-Arms, Mounted Serjeants and Mounted Yeomen are now heavy cavalry, medium cavalry and light cavalry. Archers, Crossbowmen and Fierce Foot are still the same but Foot Men-at-Arms, Foot Serjeants and Foot Yeomen are heavy infantry, medium infantry and light infantry. Lion Rampant:Crusader States is beautifully illustrated and has chapters covering a brief history, new upgrades, twelve army lists, twelve detailed scenarios but the core rules are still the same. Highly recommended.

Crusader medium cavalry charge

Sudanese light infantry charge Crusader medium cavalry

Crusader medium cavalry retreat battered

Crusaders on the other flank also retreat battered 

Number of battered units increases

Crusaders counter attack

Crusader leader dies from javelin fire

Sudanese win the bloodbath