Nice and small, this castle is great for most maps.
A "castle and a half" castle 2 provides a great balance between costs and defensive stregnth.
Castle 3 seems to be a favorite for the AI on maps such as "Green Haven." It's not quite as pretty as the most of the other's, but it's well fortified.
This castle's large moat make map selection very important. The keep and two round towers beside it are designed to sit on islands. The economy in this castle is small scale, with a population potential of only 10 hovels. It's very nice looking though.
For some reason, I just love how this castle looks! It, along with castle 7, are probably my favorites of the bunch! The keep is placed very well, and the side sections are protected from immediate jeopardy.
Castle 6 is a huge square castle with three moats. It's too big and takes too long to complete for use in most casual games, but it's quite fun to siege!
Castle 7 is a fancy fortress shaped like a crown. The intricate walls and well-laid traps make it a real challenge in long drawn out games where The Wolf has time to stockpile gold!
Castle 8 is ridiculous in most regards, especially cost! It's also quite big, and houses a great many buildings. I suggest only using it on carefully constructed maps where The Wolf will have the time, resources, and, most importantly, the space to finish it!
Thanks for looking, this file will replace all of The Wolf's default castle AIV files with new ones. There are a wide variety of castles here to make sure that you can find one suited for just about any map, or, if you wish, you can just use them all and let the AI choose one on its own.
Generally speaking, the higher the AIV number, the larger and more complex the castle. For example; wolf1.aiv is much smaller and less elaborate than wolf7.aiv.
Not all of these castles include a mercenary post. For the designs that do, it is among they very last structures built. To be honest, it has been suggested that The Wolf does better without a mercenary post, as he tends to squander his funds on Arabian bowmen a little too often. The more I watch him play, the more I am inclined to agree!
Please see the enclosed "!!!READ ME!!!.TXT" for installation instructions as well as in-depth information on this package!
** NOTE **
There are 2 bonus castles included that are not pictured here. They didn't really live up to my standards for castle design, however I thought I'd include them for a little extra fun! :-) **