Author |
File Description |
PrinceofHesse |
Posted on 04/15/22 @ 03:16 AM (updated 11/21/23)
File Details |
Map Size: |
400x400 (Large) |
Difficulty: |
Hard |
Made with version: |
1.2 |
Minimap:
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1st Campaign - Mission 08 - Bavarian apples
Mission briefing:
Lake Chiemsee, June 1275. You require more resources and food supplies. Therefore, you have decided to move into the Bavarian flatlands. The word of your revolt has spread. Some apple farmers support your resistance. They have offered you to stock up your supplies through their apple orchards which are situated behind some marshlands. As you currently have no better option, you accept their offer and march through the night through the Snake's territory to Lake Chiemsee. Entrench yourselves there and clear the thicket to obtain further grasslands. Close by, there is a small village of farmers of the Snake. Therefore, to go unrecognised, you have clothed yourselves in the colours of the Snake - will it help? Certainly, the small group of riders will be of help who have been sent by a good old friend. They should arrive shortly.
Comments:
Stronghold is not just a game. It is one of the best and most popular strategy games of all time. I appreciate the depth of strategic thinking Stronghold requires from the player, and even more, the world editor, which allows you to design a map to the greatest level of detail and reflect nature's beauty in it.
Acknowledging the great work many authors have contributed to the Stronghold Community here, I created a set of 70 missions to conquer medieval Germany. My aim is to give you a Stronghold experience that reflects the beauty of my home country Germany and the diversity of its castles.
The complexity of this project increased with time. Initially wanting to build 20 missions, I continued to receive more ideas and felt the need to express them in the campaign. Work on this project took me a few years, with breaks included.
The missions have been grouped into five campaigns and feature dozens of real-life maps, including many original German castles that are based on their original footprint/construction plan. The missions also include fictional maps reflecting Germany's scenery.
At 'very hard' settings, most of my missions are tough but feasible. Like in the Middle Ages, you will need to build and defend your castle wisely.
I am using Stronghold 1.41. |
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blazinbullit |
Posted on 05/02/22 @ 05:59 AM
This one took a lot of tries, first I played it on very hard. I had to reduce difficulty to ''hard''
After so many tries I won, I paid a lot of attention to any spot and had to dug a lot to be able to win, but the inconsistency of the terrain made digging a difficult task, not a complain, just commenting.
It was fun after all, thanks for the map.
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PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 05/02/22 @ 07:23 AM
Thanks for commenting! The map has been designed in a way that makes it necessary to surround your castle with strong walls (as in real life). When I put difficulty as "hard", my maps will likely require the player to use every minute wisely to grow their economy, make more money, and acquire more troops.
About the digging, I acknowledge digging a ditch makes it easy to defend a castle, therefore, in many of my maps, I don't give the user the chance to simply dig a very wide ditch all around, otherwise, the maps could become boring :) |
PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 05/04/22 @ 01:53 AM
Made some tweaks to the map now about the ability to dig a ditch ;) |
PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 07/29/22 @ 09:42 PM
Update: Map in the German language added to the download file (for those that prefer to play in German). |
RomanVonKamenice |
Posted on 08/17/22 @ 08:42 PM
Wow, good job. This one was a nice challenge....around 70 archers + 60 spearmen are just enough to keep it going on hard :) |
PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 08/18/22 @ 04:37 AM
I'm glad you enjoyed it! |
shanedizagrotti |
Posted on 02/22/23 @ 02:05 PM
This was the hardest map I've played so far (I think).
I managed to do this on very hard and it was VERY HARD.
The key to victory is placing all archers in the castle until you are rid of all/most enemy archers. Once they are dealt with you place your archer on the walls to deal with the melee units. Your archers are safer in the castle. Probably how the game calculates height.
Also, I didn't build any gates. Wooden gates are a joke and should have more HP in my opinion. I always left a gap in the wall that I closed once the Snake's troops approached.
Interestingly, I played it too cool at first ending up with literally no trees near my base anymore which made it difficult to produce the weapons needed for the mission. I've had 0 weapons but 2000 fruits. Make many savegames, try different approaches and use the games tempo settings to your advantage. I literally played 70% of this map on 10-35 speed.
More like this please, thanks for creating this series and happy to see you back!
[Edited on 02/22/23 @ 02:07 PM]
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PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 02/23/23 @ 05:55 AM
Thank you for commenting! Much appreciated. I designed this map to be quite difficult unless the player builds at least two thick wooden walls around their keep (which I believe would have happened in real life, too, to be safe from the enemy).
Yeah I'm back! I had added the additional maps long ago but it took months until they were uploaded. I'll have the continuation of the series ready soon. |
PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 03/11/24 @ 07:18 PM
Hi all,
As believe that this forum is no longer monitored, I uplodaded all my maps of this campaign on Github. Please refer to Github and download the maps there. I also updated some of the existing maps on Github, addressing some errors. Github now has the most recent versions!
On Github, I am also releasing all the final missions of the campaign, currently up to mission 60.
To download the maps on Github,
1) click here: https://github.com/cseilerde
2) and then click on
[English version of the campaign:]
Prince-of-Hesse-Stronghold-1-Germany-Campaign-English
[German version of the campaign:]
Prince-of-Hesse-Stronghold-1-Germany-Campaign-Deutsch
3) Further navigate to 'Code' and click on 'Download ZIP'. Done!
For a playthrough of the campaign, see this youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1DHgjMBXixk1Ndj5qlHQQ/videos |