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Trench Crusade

Alternate-history 1914 where eight centuries of crusade against Hell has scarred the Levant with trenches, mud, and infernal war.

1 main game (2 including editions and expansions) · 6 factions · 21 warbands

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Factions

  • Heretic Legions

    Satanist WW1 heretics, trench ghosts, and Mammon's knights in service of the Inferno.

  • The Court of the Seven-Headed Serpent

    Archdevils of the Infernal War Council; each Head embodies one of the seven deadly sins.

  • The Cult of the Black Grail

    Beelzebub's plague cult; gluttony, disease, and the Order of the Fly.

  • The Principality of New Antioch

    Crusader states and national contingents holding the Faithful line at the Gate of Hell.

  • The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

    Islamic caliphate allied against Hell; Iron Sultanate alchemy, assassins, and siege craft.

  • Trench Pilgrims

    Popular crusades of zealots, penitents, and pilgrims marching into No Man's Land.

Warbands

  • Cavalcade of the Tenth Plague

    Trench Pilgrims

    Ritual slaughter and animal sacrifice; plague-blessed pilgrims waging holy terror in close combat.

  • Defenders of the Iron Wall

    The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

    Siege specialists with forward sappers, grand cannon, and fortified Iron Wall doctrine.

  • Dirge of the Great Hegemon

    The Cult of the Black Grail

    Plague knights mourning the Hegemon; executors lead corpse guards in a dirge of decay.

  • Éire Rangers

    The Principality of New Antioch

    Irish skirmishers and Fianna; hit-and-run specialists with fear-causing instruments and berserkers.

  • Expeditionary Forces of Abyssinia

    The Principality of New Antioch

    Abyssinian expeditionary warband bringing desert wind, jezzails, and Sultanate allies to the front.

  • Fida'i of Alamut – The Cabal of Assassins

    The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

    Hashashin master assassins and temporal killers serving the Sultanate from Alamut.

  • Heretic Legions

    Heretic Legions

    Default heretic roster: priests, troopers, choristers, and war wolves of the Infernal legions.

  • Heretic Naval Raiders

    Heretic Legions

    Heretic marine raiders; fast light troops with infiltrating drowned choristers and blasphemous firepower.

    Introduced in Trench Crusade: Carcass Front

  • Kingdom of Alba Assault Detachment

    The Principality of New Antioch

    Highland close-assault detachment favouring melee, rampant charges, and lightly armoured troops.

  • Knights of Avarice

    Heretic Legions

    Mammon's greed cult; corrupt merchants, anointed elites, and loot-hungry heretic nobility.

  • Papal States Intervention Force

    The Principality of New Antioch

    Swiss Guard and papal troops; trench clerics lead specialist forces with extra Glory.

  • Procession of the Sacred Affliction

    Trench Pilgrims

    Leper-pilgrims and lazarist prophets; resilient zealots who shrug off wounds through sacred affliction.

    Introduced in Trench Crusade: Carcass Front

  • Stoßtruppen of the Free State of Prussia

    The Principality of New Antioch

    Prussian shock troops with stormtrooper tactics and heavy support under New Antioch.

  • The Court of the Seven-Headed Serpent

    The Court of the Seven-Headed Serpent

    Infernal Court warband: praetors, sorcerers, hell knights, and goetic powers of the seven sins.

  • The Cult of the Black Grail

    The Cult of the Black Grail

    Default Black Grail roster: lords of tumours, plague knights, grail thralls, and fly heralds.

  • The House of Wisdom

    The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

    Jabirean alchemists and homunculi; elemental obstacles and alchemical formulae on the battlefield.

  • The Principality of New Antioch

    The Principality of New Antioch

    Default New Antioch roster: crusader soldiery, officers, and support weapons from the bulwark of the Faithful.

  • The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

    The Sultanate of the Iron Wall

    Default Iron Sultanate roster: azebs, janissaries, sappers, and alchemists of the caliphate.

  • Trench Ghosts

    Heretic Legions

    Undead shades of No Man's Land; ghost kings on tank palanquins hunting the living with envy.

  • Trench Pilgrims

    Trench Pilgrims

    Default pilgrim roster: castigators, stigmatic nuns, anchorite shrines, and zealous faithful.

  • War Pilgrimage of Saint Methodius

    Trench Pilgrims

    Anchorites and power-armoured pilgrims on a holy march through the trenches.