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 MISSION NUMBER 40 – THE DUNES
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This mission has you and Richard The Lionheart allied against 4 Pigs. You have 4000 gold, limited stocks and an immediate lion threat.
Extend stockpile (4 squares) in the direction of the campfire and place a granary, armoury, market, mercenary tent, hovel, barracks and engineers' guild between the keep and the left-hand edge of the map. Manually target the lions with your archers from the safety of the keep.
Recruit 5 horse archers to take out lions to your left. Purchase 10 maces and 10 leather and recruit macemen. Recruit 6 engineers and get them to construct three fire ballistae at the northern stone deposits. Put your horse archers and macemen at these deposits.
Place a quarry and 4 oxen at the northern deposits and 4 woodcutters in the wood near the Lionheart's granary. Purchase 10 hops, 10 ale and 30 wood and place a brewery and an inn adjacent to the stockpile. Put taxes to -8 (adjust when food runs out). Purchase 45 stone and erect two round towers adjoining the rear of your keep. Add manned ballistae and your archers.
Purchase 5 crossbows and 5 leather and recruit these bowmen for the towers as finance permits. Iron mines and further quarries can be added in the north as wood stocks allow. Move your troops and fire ballistae along to protect the iron mines area.
Always build on the left-hand edge of the map wherever possible, ie as far away from trouble as you can. In the absence of food, you will have to exist on bought-in hops and ale. Popularity comes from religion and ‘good things’. Sell surplus resources. Towers with mangonels will cause havoc at enemy positions in due course. Ignore your ally's bleatings for assistance, but be prepared to help out by sending archers, crossbowmen and shield support to his towers and swordsmen or pikemen to his keep. You can also site your own towers in Richard's stronghold. Fire ballistae are always good value against the Pig.
(There is lot's of "foreigners" in Lionel Richies castle).
If required, a file save of the early part of this mission is available for download (look under Crusader Saved Games). It was played with the 1.1 patch installed and in accordance with this walkthrough. |
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