Clash of Crests Demo

Five Battles. One Truth. No Mercy.

The old king is dead three weeks and already the ravens circle. Baron Mortain has seized the duchy of Ashford, claiming regency in a dead man's name. Lady Vael, the true heir, holds the citadel with a handful of loyal men. You are Sir Roland — knight, soldier, friend to no faction. She sent word. You came. That is all the story there is, until now.

This is the free demo for Clash of Crests, a turn-based medieval tactical game. It carries The Raven's War in full — five chapters and an interlude, with authored prose before and after every battle, where winning and losing both push the story forward.

A Battle System Built for Depth

Every turn runs through a 7-phase sequence — Bow Fire, Crossbow Fire, Siege Weapons, Movement, a second Bow volley, Melee Combat, and Recovery. Units that moved can't fire. Mounted cavalry dismounts to pass rubble. Where a unit stands, and which way it faces, decides the battle.

What's in the Demo

• The Raven's War — from the ambush at the crossroads to the last reckoning
• Three nations — Saxon, Norman and Saracen, each with its own roster and crest
• Skirmish against the AI on the full map set, plus hot-seat at one keyboard
• The story system — prologues, epilogues and interludes that narrate your war

What the Full Game Adds

• Siege in your own hands — towers, rams and trebuchets you recruit and command
• Every nation — Cornish, Nordic, French, Teutonic, Flemish, Venetian, Pict and more
• Five campaigns across 17+ hand-crafted battlefields
• Up to 8 players — hot-seat or LAN
• Dragons, wonders and legendary heroes, for commanders who want the map to fight back

The war does not end at Ashford.