Author |
File Description |
PrinceofHesse |
Posted on 04/23/22 @ 04:07 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 13 - In the depths of the Black Forest
Mission briefing:
Lake Schluchsee, October 1276. After a major attack by the Rat, you seize the opportunity at night to flee unnoticed and march hastily into the depths of the Black Forest. After a day's march, your scouts discover an abandoned wooden fort on a mountain near one of the large lakes of the Black Forest. Here, far away from any trading posts, you will set up your camp and immediately begin the manufacturing of further heavy weapons. This should enable you to ensure your military superiority against the Rat. After all, it appears to be advisable to focus on the Rat at this time and avoid further confrontation with the Snake.
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. |
Author | Comments & Reviews ( All | Comments Only | Reviews Only ) |
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simock |
Posted on 07/26/22 @ 01:13 PM
I have to say, this was the best map of your campaign, yet!
In the beginning it was intimidating to have so little space for food. First I tried making fruit, but soon I realised it wont work, so I restarted. Now I concentrated on chopping all wood, to have space for farms. That worked way better.
I only used the stone for towers and all the walls were made of wood.
Excellent map design, again! |
PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 07/27/22 @ 03:08 AM
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! |
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). |
JRodo |
Posted on 11/18/22 @ 05:42 PM
Managed this one with 7% casualties and a restart from save. The fletchers hired apprentices to do the donkey work; clean the workshop and fetch wood. Armorers liked the idea.
I think that this is legit (lol, this is how I and my mentors started our career).
Good fight.
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PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 11/18/22 @ 05:59 PM
Nice - how do you make the fletchers hire apprentices? I've never seen them doing that! |
JRodo |
Posted on 11/19/22 @ 12:57 PM
That’s one way of saying that at some point there were two men using each fletcher workshop. I only use it when the map becomes too hard for my level. Many players consider this a cheat, so it is not proper to describe it on this site. But one can look it up on YouTube. Attention, some posts include other silly stuff which ruins the realism of the game. |
PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 11/19/22 @ 06:49 PM
I get it. I had never heard of this trick before. Haha |
PrinceofHesse
File Author |
Posted on 03/11/24 @ 07:19 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 |