2020Phil Eklund, Justin Grey, Jon Manker, Dom Rougier
- Videos
- 99
- Creators
- 37
Mainly how-to-play
1 - 5 players30 - 240 minVery heavy weight
Crusader Kings
2019Tomas Härenstam, Nils Karlén, Jon Manker, Martin Takaichi
- Videos
- 33
- Creators
- 26
Mainly reviews and unboxings. Crusader Kings is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 11 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 5 recorded sessions, 7 unboxings, and 7 other videos.
1 - 5 players
180 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
You are a crusader King, striving for wealth, political power, religious influence, and military might across the continent and across generations. Reshape the history of medieval Europe in your own image - if only that dimwitted son of yours set to inherit the throne doesn't spoil your grand plans... The board game "Crusader Kings" captures the essence of the Crusader Kings video game experience in a physical tabletop format. This is a strategy game at heart, but with a special focus on characters, intrigue, and drama. It's a big, beautiful game centered on a map of medieval Europe, using cards for actions, characters, and events and well-crafted plastic miniatures to represent knights, armies, castles, and more. In this game, your goal is to spread your influence over medieval Europe and lead your dynasty to triumph over its rivals. To do that, you need to groom your family over the generations, build and develop your dominion, be shrewd in the realm of diplomacy and intrigue, and use your vassals wisely to grow your wealth and military power, while at the same time fulfilling your duty to partake in the crusades to the Holy Land. To win, you need to survive invasions, plots, crusades, and even marriage! Or at least have children or siblings standing by to take over the throne if your regent dies. Failure to raise a suitable heir can mean the end of your dynasty. -description from the publisher
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Which Crusader Kings video should I watch?
Crusader Kings has 33 videos from 26 creators: 11 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 5 playthroughs, 7 unboxings and 7 other videos. They date from 2018 to March 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "Crusader Kings the Board Game - Showmatch at PDXCon" by Free League Publishing, which runs 1 h 10 min. For a quicker teach, "Crusader Kings - przebieg gry" by Młody Giercownik runs 15 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "TDG: Crusader Kings" by The Discriminating Gamer. 11 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Crusader Kings Board Game | Playthrough" by fenirob, one of 5 playthroughs.
If you like it, try High Frontier 4 All, Bios: Origins (Second Edition) and Dino Dynasty, also by Jon Manker, or Tales from the Loop: The Board Game, also by Martin Takaichi. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2019, Gen Con 2018 and Spiel Essen 2018.
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About Crusader Kings
From BoardGameGeek:
You are a crusader King, striving for wealth, political power, religious influence, and military might across the continent and across generations. Reshape the history of medieval Europe in your own image - if only that dimwitted son of yours set to inherit the throne doesn't spoil your grand plans... The board game "Crusader Kings" captures the essence of the Crusader Kings video game experience in a physical tabletop format. This is a strategy game at heart, but with a special focus on characters, intrigue, and drama. It's a big, beautiful game centered on a map of medieval Europe, using cards for actions, characters, and events and well-crafted plastic miniatures to represent knights, armies, castles, and more. In this game, your goal is to spread your influence over medieval Europe and lead your dynasty to triumph over its rivals. To do that, you need to groom your family over the generations, build and develop your dominion, be shrewd in the realm of diplomacy and intrigue, and use your vassals wisely to grow your wealth and military power, while at the same time fulfilling your duty to partake in the crusades to the Holy Land. To win, you need to survive invasions, plots, crusades, and even marriage! Or at least have children or siblings standing by to take over the throne if your regent dies. Failure to raise a suitable heir can mean the end of your dynasty. -description from the publisher
Designers
Tomas Härenstam, Nils Karlén, Jon Manker, Martin Takaichi
Artists
Ola Larsson, Johanna Pettersson
Publisher
Free League Publishing
Categories
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