AHC Wank the Third Crusade

Pretty much, figure out how the Crusaders could have gotten the most military gains. They don't have to be stable gains (some of it could be a 3 year occupation that ends in grab the loot and go back to the crusader states), but they should be as big as you can make them. Make sure Richard "the Lionhearted" of England, the Holy Roman Emperor (or whoever represents the HRE for the cursades if he dies like in OTL), and this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_III,_Count_of_Habsburg gets lots of glory. Yeah, problem with Albert is that even if he joins the crusade, he's only a count and not brining in much, so come up with a battle and figure out how he shines.

Don't use divine intervention or dumbing down Saladin. You can dumb down his subordinates as long as they don't bungle simple orders on the battlefield (so Saladin can act as a tactician without his own guys messing up his orders). Making the Crusaders not total idiots ("I see enemy. CHARGE!") is certainly acceptable and making them tactically competent is encouraged.

POD is 3 years before the Crusade starts or later.
 
Easy peasy, and early with begore: Have Barbarsossa survive. Chris adds ten thousand Germans and stops the French from leaving.

With the extra manpower the crusaders take back not only Jeursalem but Egypt as well. The rich lands of the Nile attract many more settlers, leading to a lasting re Chistianization (and IIRC at this time it was still majority coptic), it also secures Jeursalems southern flank.
 
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