Sword & Siege Thread

[rahamy]

And now for something completely different from us... we bring you a preview of not only a new game, but a new series - Sword & Siege: Crusades: Book I. Check out todays blog post for the details.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/crusades-book-i-preview

[JasonPratt]

To most medieval Christians, there was very little understanding of Islam. They believed that those that followed Islam were Anti-Christian and were therefore members of a faith led by false prophets.

To be fair, they got that anti-Christian notion from those who followed Islam, starting with Mohammad and his successors overrunning Christian lands and enslaving Christian inhabitants for being Christian and refusing to convert to Islam. ("Under threat of Islamic conversion" etc.) That would tend to count toward Mohammad & Co. being "false prophets" by comparison.

Still, it's true medieval Christians didn't know much about the details and imagined a lot of fancy extras, the Song of Roland being an epic example of something like the modern 300 story.

Anyway, looking forward to your series! Maybe the battles of the Roland Geste among them? (Both historical, such as they were, and fabulous!)

[rahamy]

Saddle up your horses and sharpen your swords, its time to hit the battlefield! Today we bring you Crusades: Book I - Medieval warfare in WDS style.

Crusades: Book I focuses on the period from 1096 - 1148 A.D. encompassing the 1st & 2nd Crusades and the period of time in between them. You will command various allied forces in the Crusader cause to include forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Or you can command Seljuk Turks and various other allied Muslim forces in their quest to repel the invaders.

The fate of Christendom is in your hands. What are your orders?

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/crusades-book-i-released

[rahamy]

We're bringing you a few things today...

* The first update for Crusades: Book I
* A new Demo for the Sword & Siege series
* A new version of the Menu Program
* Social Media expansion

Check out the details in todays post:

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/sword-and-siege-news

[rahamy]

Today we are pleased to bring you a preview of another upcoming game. This will be the second entry in our new Sword & Siege series - Age of Longbow Volume I: Hundred Years War. After the great reception that Crusades: Book I has had, we're moving forward with new content for this series. Read more about it in todays blog post:

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/age-of-longbow-preview

[rahamy]

While we remember D-Day today, our news for this Friday is focused more than 800 years earlier with the release of a free expansion package for Crusades: Book I. Additionally, we're releasing another video today on Crusades which will begin a series on a siege play through. Check out the blog post for more details:

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/crusades-book-i-expansion-package

[rahamy]

Starting your week off with more video content supporting our new title, Crusades: Book I. See todays blog post for more details.

Also, reminder, the Summer Sale is entering its final week. Discount pricing will be in effect until 10 PM EDT on Sunday, July 6th!

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/crusades-videos

[parmenio]

In the first half of the 14th century lack of an heir to the French throne and continued territorial disputes launched a series of conflicts that would become known to history as the Hundred Years War. Today we bring you our next title in the Sword & Siege series of games - Age of Longbow Volume I: Hundred Years War! This title is packed full of content and is a must-have for any medieval period enthusiast. Read more about it in our release post:

Age of Longbow Volume I released

[Llaird]

Centuries before the disciplined lines of the Musket & Pike era, war in the Levant followed a different rhythm - one of sand, stone, and sudden violence. Between the famous Crusades that history remembers - from the call to arms at Clermont to the disaster at Hattin - lay almost a century of relentless border conflict.

This is the world brought to life in Sword & Siege: Crusades, Book I, where the struggle for Outremer unfolds not only in grand campaigns but through the harsh cadence of raids, sieges, and uneasy truces - the true heartbeat of the age between Cross and Crescent.

Explore the history behind the game, from the fall of Edessa to the rise of Saladin, in our latest feature article.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/between-cross-and-crescent

[Llaird]

The complete Sword & Siege series has been updated to Version 4.04.1.
This new release brings a mix of quality-of-life improvements, scenario editor enhancements, content updates, and bug fixes across Age of Longbow Volume I, Crusades: Book I, Crusades: Book II, and the demo.
Highlights include the new Shift + L ladder deployment hotkey, Open PBEM Folder access from the File Selection Dialog, and new Objective Hex and Isolation checks in the Scenario Editor. Alongside earlier 4.04.x additions like Column of March, drag-path movement, night shading, and 3D slopes, the series continues to grow in depth and usability.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/sword-siege-4-04-1-updates

[Llaird]

Today, we release new updates: v4.06.1 for the Thirty Years' War and the American Revolutionary War, and v4.04.2 for the full Sword & Siege series. These patches address a reported CTD in ARW, fix leader mounted state and melee issues, update Abatis fire modifiers, and include documentation and OOB adjustments. No new full install is required, provided you already have the latest clean full version installed.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/m-p-and-s-s-updates

[Llaird]

The longbow was never just a weapon. It was a complete military system, built on training, physical conditioning, law, logistics, and tactics. Our latest essay explores how English archers were made, why they proved so formidable in the Hundred Years' War, and why they were so hard to replace once lost. From the rise of mass archery to Crécy, Agincourt, and the longbow's gradual decline, this is a look at what made the weapon effective, and what it took for a kingdom to sustain it.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/the-rise-and-decline-of-the-longbow

[Llaird]

Fresh on the heels of the recent updates, we have another round for the Sword & Siege series and the two updated Musket & Pike titles. These fixes should be safe for ongoing games and are available now via the Support Hubs or full installers in your Store Account.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/musket-pike-sword-siege-updates-take-two

[Llaird]

Historical reconstruction is rarely as simple as copying "what happened" from a textbook.

Our latest article uses the Battles of Thannuris and Mindouos on Rome's sixth-century Sasanian frontier as a case study in how historians work when the sources do not line up. Was there one battle, two battles, or a confused memory of overlapping frontier operations?

By comparing primary sources like Procopius, Pseudo-Zachariah, Malalas, archaeology, and modern interpretations, we look at how uncertainty becomes part of the historical process.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/when-sources-do-not-line-up

[Llaird]

The first free expansion pack for Sword & Siege: Crusades, Book II is available now.
This pack adds a new campaign, The Third Crusade: King Richard's Vision, plus 10 standalone scenarios covering Acre, Damietta, Bilbeis, Giza, and Jerusalem. Built around a plausible alternate course for Richard the Lionheart's crusade, the expansion explores what might have happened had the campaign pushed into Egypt before turning back toward the Holy City.
It is free for owners of Crusades, Book II, available as a separate download now, and will be included in the next major update.
As a reminder, our Summer Sale is also underway, with 25% off eligible catalog titles through July 5 — a good opportunity to round out your library.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/a-free-expansion-for-sword-siege-crusades-book-ii