Crusade

Everything In Crusade

A deep strategy game with the polish of a modern mobile title

🎭 Strategy & Auctions

A reimagining of the auction classic, built around tense bidding and hard choices across three Ages.

The Crest Exchange

Win an auction and you pay your high Crest but receive the board's Crest in return — a constant rotation of bidding power where even "winning" can cost you the lead.

Poison-Pill Conflicts

Conflict tiles force the winner to destroy their own Knights or Fortresses. Sometimes the smartest move is letting a rival take the prize.

Three Ages of Scoring

Score Charters, Coins, and Harvests each Age, then Fortress sets and variety bonuses at the end. Every tile type plays into a different path to victory.

The Satchel Expansion

Optional consumables — Favor, Rogue, and Trebuchet — let you snatch tiles, destroy a Knight, or topple a Fortress. Hosts choose which appear in each game.

Projected Score Calculator

An optional, toggleable assistant shows your projected points in real time, so new players learn the math while veterans plan their next gambit.

Five Noble Houses

Each House brings its own identity, lore, and rivalries — a meaningful choice, not just a color.

🌐 Online Multiplayer & Async Play

Play with friends across the room or across the world, on your own schedule.

Private & Public Lobbies

Spin up a private game with a shareable invite code, or browse public lobbies to find worthy opponents instantly.

True Asynchronous Play

Take your turn whenever you like. Crusade keeps every game in sync so a match can span minutes or days.

Juggle Many Games

Run multiple matches at once. The home screen shows each game's status and whose turn it is at a glance.

Spectator Mode

Watch live public games unfold in read-only mode with real-time updates — great for learning and for the community.

In-Game Chat

Banter, negotiate, and taunt your rivals with built-in messaging in every online match.

Local Pass-and-Play

No internet, no problem. Gather around a single device for a full game with friends.

🏆 Progression, Ranks & Achievements

Long-term goals that reward mastery and keep players coming back.

Nine Ranks to Climb

Rise from Unranked to Grand Champion as you rack up victories, with a title and shield that show your standing.

15 Earnable Crest Overlays

Unlock decorative shields for House mastery and feats like a five-win streak or 50 career wins, then equip your favorite.

Custom Crest Colors

Personalize your heraldry with custom colors earned through play.

Deep Player Stats

Win streaks, average turn time, highest score, favorite House, total tiles collected — a full record of your campaign.

Game History

Review every finished match with date, player count, score, placement, and winner.

In-App Rulebook

A complete, searchable rulebook is built right in, so new players can learn without leaving the game.

📜 Social & Leaderboards

Competition and community at the heart of the realm.

Global Leaderboard

Rank against everyone by all-time, monthly, or yearly performance — and filter by player count to find the best 2-player or 5-player tacticians.

Tap-to-View Profiles

Tap any player's name in a game or on the leaderboard to see their rank, crest, and full statistics.

Player Accounts

Secure email-based accounts with unique display names, editable profiles, and stats that follow you everywhere.

✨ Craft & Polish

The details that make Crusade feel like a premium, living game.

Animated, Tactile Play

Tiles fly in with spring physics, haptic impacts, and sound effects that give every draw and bid real weight.

Face ID & Touch ID

Opt in to biometric sign-in for instant, secure access on your iPhone or iPad.

Smart Notifications

Get notified the moment it's your turn — with gentle automatic reminders and a friendly manual "nudge" to keep async games moving.

App Badge Turn Count

The home-screen badge always shows how many games are waiting on your move.

Auction History Log

Every bid, win, and special action is recorded in a timestamped log you can review any time.

Turn Enforcement

Server-verified turns keep online play fair — only the active player or bidder can act.

How to Play

Master the art of conquest in minutes

🎯 Objective

Score the most points across three Ages by collecting tiles through auctions. Points come from Charters, Coins, Harvests, and Fortresses.

🔄 Game Flow

On your turn, draw a tile from the bag and add it to the auction track. When the track fills or a Herald appears, an auction begins.

💰 Auctions

Bid Crests to win all tiles on the track. The highest bidder wins but trades their Crest for the board's. Pass strategically to save resources.

⚔️ Conflicts

Conflict tiles carry a penalty: the winner must destroy their own matching tiles. Weigh the prize against the price.

📊 Age Scoring

Charters: bonus points for sets of three or more
Coins: points each Age
Harvests: points for matched land
Satchel: unused items score at Age end

🏆 Final Scoring

After Age 3, Fortresses score on multiplicity (same type) and diversity (different types). The House with the most total points claims victory!

See It In Play