By order of the Pope, the players’ Templars journey throughout Europe to recruit knights to be sent on ships to Crusade in Jerusalem once the Pope’s edict is called.

The players try to place their own knights in the cities, and prevent other players from doing so, in order to have the most knights in the cities when the knights are shipped and victory points earned.

In the end, the player with the most victory points is the winner of Templars’ Journey.