Playable Maps

There are currently two playable maps:

Normandy
This is the default map, free with the game. Normandy is played on a 5 x 5 grid with 4 factions.

The map is empty, except for a corner starting location for each faction. Each faction starts close to a $$$$ region and the final $$$$ is in the map center.

All factions play by European piety rules and have access to the European Baron events and European weapons.

Jerusalem
This is a premium map. Jerusalem is played on a 3 x 8 grid with 2 major and 2 minor factions.

Purchasing Jerusalem also unlocks: The map is already populated, to match the political situation at the onset of the first crusade. The crusaders start with a large army but no territory and must choose where to launch their attack. The Seljuk Turks are at war with the Egyptian Fatimids as well as the Byzantine Greeks.
 * Fortifications and Infiltrators rules
 * Playable Saracen army (playable as the defenders in Jerusalem as well as an alternate faction in Normandy)
 * Playable crusaders (playable as the attackers in Jerusalem as well as an alternate European army recolor in Normandy)

The Seljuk and Fatimid factions play by Saracen piety rules and have access to Saracen Baron events (including assassinations) and Saracen weapons (addition of Bows, but no access to heavy arms).