Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done

Product Type: Standalone strategy board game.

Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done is a strategy game where players lead rival knightly orders, moving knights, building structures, and spreading their influence across Europe and the Near East.

Each player uses a personal action wheel that combines rondel and mancala-style mechanisms. On your turn, you choose an action space, use the action’s power, then redistribute action tokens around your wheel. Over the game, you can upgrade your rondel, improve your buildings, and make your order more efficient.

Players can move knights, muster troops, build, influence regions, and go crusading to gain victory points. The game ends when the knightly orders become powerful enough that King Philip moves to disband them, and the most influential order wins.

Crusaders is a good fit for players who enjoy elegant Euro-style strategy games with action planning, engine improvement, and indirect competition.