Jalis |
Posted on 02/02/03 @ 12:00 AM
File Details |
Map Size: |
300x300 (Medium) |
Difficulty: |
Hard |
Damned nephew
Action take place in 1040. Your young nephew, Guillaume de Jumièges is your Duke since a few years. Many lords,because of the new duke’s young age, plot against him.
As you are is dear uncle he give you a fief. In a order to thanks him, you decide a treason to take the duchy for yourself.
There is a castle in your new land, but it’s badly damaged and was never repaired mostly because normand’s invasions are now not to be feared (of course, sic) and because of lack of founds. In order to achieve your plan, you have to rebuild the castle, store bows and swords to raise an army, fill your granary in case of siege and to support a campaign, find money to bribe others lords and have their support, and ale both for your army than to offer an extra gift to your futures allies.
Diplomatic contact with the king ensure you his support. However don’t expect important help. The king is rather weak, but worst he probably dont play a fair game. The better you can hope from him is a little help. The king certainly want use you to weaken the duchy of a too powerful vassal, and send you just enough to maintain balance between the duke, and the rebels lords to maintain a calamitous civil war in the duchy. Trust only your strengh, even care about underground action from supposed allies !
Because you are impatient to rule the duchy, and over all because you are not immortal, you don’t have unlimited time to achieve your life’s goal : being the duke.
Last, be careful. After all your nephew is your own family. Possibly, even considering his young age, could he be worst
than you. Anyway he will not be a teenager forever.
Both story and castle are not completely fictional.
Technical info :
Game : Stronghold.
Map size : medium
Map style : ecovasion
Recommended difficulty setting : normal, possibly easy (not tested), hard setting is probably extremly challenging.
Ecogoal : 400 breads, 22 ale’s barrels, 22 swords, 64 bows, castle completed, defeated your enemies (no more invasions),
secure your land (no enemies in the map).
Starting game : February 1040
End game by time out : February 1062. If you cant achieve goals before this date you automatically loose.
Restrictions according historical context : early middle age.
Fortification : great square tower, round tower, large stone gate : not available.
Army : engineers, crossbowmen, pikemen : not available.
Other restrictions : knights not available because of technical problem (keep’s configuration)
War dogs not available : could be restored in definitive version, depend of testers opinion if any.
Pitch : anachronicous, so not available.
Cathedral not available.
Marketplace limited to : wood, cheese, fruits, wheat and floor.
The map is designed to be play at normal setting and is enough challenging. Playing at easy is easy, probably extremly challenging at hard and impossible at very hard. |