Outremer Faith and Blood- First Game.

I finally got the chance to play Outremer Faith and Blood, a campaign based skirmish game set during the Crusades.  Our game was a meeting engagement where each side simply attempted to cause the most casualties on their opponent.  On one side we had a band of Crusaders lead by a Knight and a Squire, versus Saracens led by and Arif and a Sub-Arif.  It was a bloody battle with both sides having several figures taken out.  The Crusaders lost both their Knight and Squire, and by the end of the game only had their Crossbowman, a Melee Militiaman and a Monk cowering together behind a fragment of wall.  The Saracens lost all but their Arif, who, after taking out the Crusader's Squire, elected to slip away rather than face the deadly crossbow.  Using the post battle campaign rules, neither side permanently lost a man, though some had injuries that will follow them to the next battle.  The Crusaders gained much more money and XP because of holding the field and winning the battle.  The Saracens lost a horse and currently cannot afford to replace it.  Here are some pictures of the battle.

The battlefield.  A ruins somewhere in the Holy Land. 

The Saracen Arif directs his men to enter the ruins and kill the Crusaders.

The Crusaders also advance into the ruins.

Both warbands begin to move closer towards engagement while archers and crossbowmen exchange fire.

A Saracen warrior kills a Crusader, but then finds himself facing multiple foes, including a well armored Squire.

The Crusader Knight leads his men into the ruins.  The Crossbowman sets up a firing position that will give him a great field of fire.  The Monk lags behind.

The Crusader Knight takes cover behind a low wall as he moves closer to his foe.

 The Saracen warrior learns the hard way not to charge a foe with a spear.  The Arif simply shoots his hunting bow and drives the Militiaman back.

The Crusader Spire closes in on a Saracen Askari archer.  The horse had already been killed by a well placed crossbow shot.

The Saracen Sub-Arif loses a melee to the Crusader Knight and attempts to flee.

While the Knight is distracted, another Saracen warrior charges in and defeats the already wounded Knight.  The Saracen yells in victory, just before taking a crossbow bolt that penetrated his armor and took him out too.