How can we live in the same basket as the serpent?- Andalusian poet Ibn al-Gassal on the fall of Toledo

Al-Andalus, 1085.The western jewel of Islam had broken into pieces. The pettyTaifaemirs who inherited the once-mighty Caliphate squabbled and fought, then paid the Christian lordsPariasin gold to avoid fighting at all. Alfonso VI, Christian king of a unified Len and Castilla, could now put his extorted dinars to work. He would muster a great feudal hostnot merely for plunder but to rip out the heart of Muslim Spain. He would seize the ancient Visigothic capital of Toledo and with it the great central plain to declare himselfimperatorof all Iberia.Almoravid,Volume II in Volko Ruhnke'sLevy & Campaign Series,takes us fromNevskysfrozen northeast frontier to medieval Latindom's opposite corner. The same base rules show the muster of lords, their levy of forces and capabilities, and their command of armies on campaign across 11th-Century Spain. But al-Andalus was not Russia: your lords will enjoy good Roman roads and gentler seasons but must bypass or smash against Iberias profusion of tough Moorish fortifications.Taifapolitics andPariastribute will guide your military strategy. African troops, bloodthirsty crusaders, the avaricious Cideach may or may not make their appearance. And all will play out across a field half again as large as that of the first volume.COMPONENTS

• One 22x25 inch Mounted Map
• 177 Wooden pieces
• 112 Playing Cards
• Three full-color Countersheets
• 17 cardboard Lord and Battle mats
• One Lords sticker sheet
• Three Player Aid sheets
• Two Screens
• Rules Booklet
• Background Booklet
• Six 6-sided dice