Stronghold

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Description

Mixing the gameplay of Civilization and similar games into real-time and with a 3D view, players must build up a small village in the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy universe into a Stronghold. How much micro-management you wish to do is up to you; the computer can take care of much of it.

You recruit and train Fighters, Thieves, Clerics and Magic Users to venture out and claim more land and resources, which include removing hostile forces. Take control of food supply and the production and management of buildings including castles, markets and magic schools.

Your victory condition is based on your alignment: Lawful players must advance to the rank of Emperor, Chaotic players must destroy all enemy strongholds, and Neutral players must do both!

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Alternate Titles

• "Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator" -- Tag-lined title
• "D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator" -- GOG.com re-release title

Part of the Following Groups

• Dungeons & Dragons (D&D / AD&D) licensees
• Games with manual lookup copy protection

User Reviews

A truly revolutionary game that is head and shoulder above the competiton.	DOS	Eric Post (2)
A classic strategy, a prelude for the genre	DOS	John Woolly (2)
Excellent combination of several gaming elements.	DOS	gametrader (233)
Awful, simply awful	DOS	Kate Jones (480)
If I could only have one game this would be it!!!!!......!!!!!!	DOS	Jerry Mills (1)

Critic Reviews

Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	DOS	1993	87 out of 100	87
PC Joker	DOS	Sep, 1993	87 out of 100	87
Power Play	DOS	Sep, 1993	85 out of 100	85
Play Time	DOS	1993	85 out of 100	85
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Sep, 1993	83 out of 100	83
Play Time	DOS	Oct, 1993	82 out of 100	82
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	DOS	Oct, 1993	9 out of 12	75
Score	DOS	Jan, 1994	72 out of 100	72
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Sep, 1993	69 out of 100	69
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Nov, 1993	Unscored	Unscored

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Wrong GOG link	1	Simon Dor (19) Feb 22, 2014

Trivia

Although some may consider them overly simplistic compared to Advanced Dungeons&Dragons rules, Stronghold performs well with the bare bones Dungeons&Dragons rules. That's the reason why there's only three alignments and demi-humans' sole 'jobs' are their 'race'.