Name:  Rich Briddick

Name of Event:  The Springs of Cresson

Scale:  25 mm

Rules System:  Home Grown

Number of Players:  8

Event Description:  May 1st, 1187.  The run-up to the battle of Hattin.  Saladin's re-conquest of the kingdom of Jerusalem begins with a reconnaissance through Galilee in the northern part of King Guy's realm.  At the Springs or Cresson, Saladin's trusted commander Gokbori is surprised by a Christian force led from Nazareth by Gerard de Ridefort, Master of the Templar Knights.