Current status: UNAVAILABLE  (v1.02 access on Steam, 1.6 GB size) --- Greetings Lords and Ladies, Firefly Studios has revealed their plans to release Stronghold Crusader as a definitive edition on July 15th, 2025. Much like Stronghold 1, this "re-release" aims to provide an experience close to that of the original game, with redone graphics and added content on top. SHC:DE promises to add the following: 4 new AI characters, 8 new Bedouin mercenary units,

I recently got a new computer, and I decided to give Stronghold 2 another go. I didn't play it a lot originally because I played the original and Crusader first, and I didn't really like the added complexity of Stronghold 2 at the time. Once you get into it though, it's fun in its own right. I've been playing through the war campaign, and I've gotten pretty far. Today I finished Chapter 11 (Treachery).   This level is really difficult at the beginning. I tried keeping the original layout at firs

Hello all, Stronghold 2 is definitely an aged game, but has a flare to it I haven't been able to shake since I first played it around 2005-2006. However, after starting it back up again recently in the past month I thought it was time to dig deeper into what makes this game work and how we can get more out of it. First, my background is a back-end low-level (closer to machine language than languages like Python - I work with C++ and such) programmer. I love binary data (especially binary files)

Alright, another attempt to revitalize the Stronghold 1/Crusader Community   [em]Note: If you vote in the poll, please share why you voted for what you did. This is a discussion thread, and troops are definitely great discussin topics.[/em]   Stuff in this format are the newest added questions. Note - While I posted this for Stronghold 1, you can discuss your strategy in Stronghold Crusader/Crusader Extreme here too.   What approach do you take when building a castle (in-game or in-editor)? Do

Another Gaming Event will take place on 18 of April 2014. Post here if you intend to join please.   This event will take place at 6 PM GMT   EDIT: Added Link and time.