2C02 2nd Dorylaeum (Final Day) (25 October 1147 )
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The second Battle of Dorylaeum took place near Dorylaeum in October 1147, during the Second Crusade. It was not a single clash but consisted of a series of encounters over a number of days. As the crusaders crossed into the Anatolian plateau they entered an area of debatable frontier districts between the Byzantines and Seljuk Turks. Once beyond effective Byzantine control, the German army came under constant harassing attacks from the Turks, who excelled at such tactics. The poorer, and less well-supplied, infantry of the crusader army were the most vulnerable to hit-and-run horse archer attack and began to take casualties and lose men to capture. The area through which the crusaders were marching was largely barren and parched; therefore the army could not augment its supplies and was troubled by thirst. When the Germans were about three days march beyond Dorylaeum, the nobility requested that the army turn back and regroup. As the crusaders began their retreat, on 25 October, the Turkish attacks intensified and order broke down, the retreat then becoming a rout with the Crusaders taking heavy casualties. Conrad, himself, was wounded by arrows during the rout.
War Council
Seljuq Turks Army
• Leader: Mesud I
• 5 Command Cards
• 4 Inspired Actions tokens
• Move First 
Move First
Crusaders Army
• Leader: Conrad III
• 5 Command Cards
• 1 Inspired Actions tokens
Victory
7 Banners
Special Rules
• Crusaders are subject to Retreat & Panic
• Crusader player can count any units in the Centre section within 1 hex of the Left section as part of Left Section cards, and any units in the Centre section within 1 hex of the Right section as part of Right Section cards.