South Hesse, March 1278. De Puce has been severely impacted by the recent battles. He has now understood the seriousness of the situation, which is why he will mobilise all forces. In order to seek direct confrontation, you will now move into his core territory with the weapons you manufactured. To this end, you travel north, cross the Rhine river and identify a small estate held by the enemy. The compound is surrounded by a swampy abandoned meander of the Rhine river. The meander is colloquially called "Kühkopf". This river meadow is well suitable due to its natural design to create a base here. Conquer the enemy's post and extend the waterway into a large ditch to defend yourself against the armies of De Puce. Time will likely be short before the next skirmish breaks out. Equip your men with your weapons as quickly as possible. Should you succeed in wearing down De Puce's armies here, nothing will hinder you from marching against De Puce's main castle.
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.
Update: Map in the German language added to the download file (for those that prefer to play in German).
JRodo
Posted on 11/29/22 @ 03:06 PM
Better start by digging moats and hire loggers. Given the resources, market and lull between attacks, I was able to beat the ferocious enemy hands down. I lost two archers. My brave fallen, were posthumously decorated by the ‘Order of Johann von GuterJunge’ and their families well cared for.
PrinceofHesse File Author
Posted on 11/29/22 @ 10:14 PM
Haha nice. Well, this mission is beatable if the player starts digging moats early. Otherwise, it would turn into a disaster.
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