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Category: 6g. Castle Defences
The news items published under this category are as follows.



6g. Castle Defences: Killing Pits (also known as "Traps")
Friday, February 11, 2005 - 07:53 PM (5560 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

Compatible with Stronghold Crusader

In this tutorial we will explore the sometimes under-used "killing pit" traps that are available in all versions of the game. We'll find out how and where to place them, how to hide them, how to use them for eye candy and, of course, how to destroy them!

Submitted by Earl_Listibald, Jalis, Brave_Sir_Robin, Talos_911, Hagfad, Vonner, Dragonheart_Killer, KoenFrancois, Bill_the_Brave, Lord_Michael, LordRayquaza and Aubergine




6g. Castle Defences: Moat Digging, Filling and Drowning
Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 02:22 PM (6119 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

Compatible with Stronghold Crusader

In this tutorial we investigate which units can dig and fill moats, how fast they are and which units tend to drown most often. We will also examine some tactics that might help you to deal with enemy moats more quickly and with fewer casualties and we learn how to get allies to help us dig our moats...

Submitted by Lord_Michael, LordBritian, Lord_Nick, Bill_the_Brave, Ratty, and Aubergine




6g. Castle Defences: Killer Pyro-Shrubs
Friday, August 20, 2004 - 03:43 PM (3889 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

Compatible with Stronghold Crusader

In this tutorial we show how to create pyrotechnic shrubs - that is to say, shrubs that contain targetable pitch ditches. This simple technique can be used to catch out unsuspecting players and can also be used to give players "hidden pitch" that they will o­nly see if they look carefully...

Submitted by Smeagol with a little added by Aubergine




6g. Castle Defences: Arrow Slits
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 09:46 AM (7336 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

Compatible with Stronghold Crusader

Have you ever wanted to get fully functional arrow slits in your walls? Almost every stone castle built had arrow slits and they provided excellent protection for archers and crossbowmen - now your castles can have them too...

Submitted by Aubergine and Merrill the Just




6g. Castle Defences: Stone Machicolations
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 01:20 AM (4307 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

 

Although not perfect, we can make a rough visual approximation of stone machicolations o­n diagonal castle walls. These structures were used to drop stones, burning oil and other nasty stuff o­n the enemy at the base of the wall...

Submitted by Aubergine



Note: Added some additional hyperlinks. More will follow when we publish some additional tutorials.

6g. Castle Defences: Strange Places for Catapults
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 03:47 AM (5859 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

 

Have you ever wished that you could use catapults in the same way that you use ballista and mangonells? Well, look no further as we've got a great trick that allows you to put them in towers and even the Keep!

Submitted by Lord Arthus, Jalis, Aubergine




6g. Castle Defences: Trebuchet Bunkers
Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 10:44 PM (5301 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

Compatible with Stronghold Crusader

You await some bandits to arrive around tea time? Why not surprise them with some real heavy arguments from your Treb-Bunkers?

Submitted by Takamada and Earl Listibald




6g. Castle Defences: Hidden Pitch Ditches
Friday, January 30, 2004 - 07:45 PM (4018 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

Compatible with Stronghold Crusader

In this tutorial, UnikUnok shows us some neat tricks for hiding pitch o­n your maps. Use this to snare unsuspecting gamers as they attack your castle and roast them alive! Here we will learn about hidden marshland defences, perma-moats and completely invisible pitch ditches...

Submitted by UnikUnok



Note: Updated to include picture of invisible pitch ditches in action!

6g. Castle Defences: Partially Fillable Moats
Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 01:52 PM (2633 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

In our article o­n "digging for oil" we showed how moat could be used to lower oil and at the same time give it the same properties of moat allowing it to be "dug up" by spearmen, etc. Read o­n to find out how cool the same effect is when applied to marshland to create partially fillable moats.

Note that this can o­nly be edited in the version 1.1 map editor of the orignal Stronghold, but maps using it can be played in any version of the original Stronghold.

Submitted by Aubergine



Note: Sample maps will be added in a week or two...

6g. Castle Defences: Moats - Digging, Filling and Speech
Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 10:52 AM (6598 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

Compatible with Stronghold Crusader

Moats are often overlooked while playing the game in preference of towers full of archers and ballista. In this article we show how to create and destroy moats and templates, how to use them as a potent form of castle defence, the things units will say when asked to dig moats and much more...

Submitted by UnikUnok, Earl Listibald, Aubergine, Lord Mohraj the Mairmon



Note: Various updates: Easier to read, better layout, errors and omissions resolved, arabian unit speech added...

6g. Castle Defences: Desert Outpost
Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 05:11 PM (3513 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold Crusader

Desert warfare is difficult at the best of times. You've got to make sure your troops don't get sun stroke, protect them from the enemy and provide a place for them to eat, drink and sleep. Luckily, there's a simple way to deal with all these issues in the form of a desert outpost...

Submitted by Aubergine, Talos_911




6g. Castle Defences: Wooden Barricades
Monday, November 17, 2003 - 04:09 PM (5970 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

Most of you will have played RTS games where barricades could be created o­n the battlefield and such like then wondered why Stronghold doesn't offer such a feature... Well, it does now and you can create them both in the map editor and also while playing the game...

Submitted by Aubergine




6g. Castle Defences: Heavy Machinery on Walls
Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 07:32 PM (4469 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

Compatible with Stronghold Crusader

What about adding some useful stuff to your defences o­n top of your castle walls?

Submitted by Earl Listibald



Note: Some additional findings by Merrill have been added!

6g. Castle Defences: Battlefield Defence Systems
Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 09:51 AM (4407 Reads)

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6. Castle
English Language

Compatible with Stronghold 1

 

In this article, we use the "Hairy Walls" trick to create some amazing new tactical eye candy - battlefield defences. Read o­n to find out how to create vantage points for your archers, place braziers in the field for remote firery warfare and even make ranged attackers invisible!

Submitted by Aubergine




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