LordPaultheDubious

I'm delighted to announce and inform members that after many years worth or work we now have detailed Walkthroughs, and corresponding saved games, for every single Stronghold Legends Campaign Mission and Skirmish Trail that was ever made, including the bonus content publicly released by Firefly in 2016 for the first time.
You can find all of these guides under the following page on the main site: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/games/stronghold-legends/walkthroughs
Or instead you can head over to our Stronghold Legends section -> Mission Walkthroughs via the main site.
Hopefully you find as much enjoyment out of reading them that we did in writing them! 🙂

Hey folks,
I've just completed the stand-alone economic mission, Calanais!
It's something of a grind - you cannot grow or buy food apart from hops and ale, and there are no trees. You are constantly assailed by bandits. Your only economic recourse is to sell stone, keep your peasants drunk and religious, and tax them. The aim is to gain (and maintain for a period) a large population (118 at normal difficulty).
The early stages of the game in particular are tricky. The bandits will make a bee-line for structures like the market, hop farms and quarries. I found I could eventually enclose the keep, and then it was a juggling match to balance the economy and happiness - real micromanagement. The breakthrough came when I had enough stone to wall in the quarries and farms, after which the bandits just tried to batter down the walls.
As the population increases, the bandit attacks intensify, so early investment in archers (and a few crossbowmen) paid off (though you do get a few outlaws from the woods returning to your cause early on)
The image is how I got my castle to look (through about 5 or 6 redesigns/extensions), allowing my hop farmers and stone masons to carry on safely 🙂
 
I also noticed something - when you build a chapel, eventually you are harrassed to build a church, and then to build a cathedral (with a negative popularity penalty). However, deleting the chapel after you build a church removes this problem!

These are REALLY good Paul! Very impressive. The details on them are so meticulous. They must take so much effort, but I bet it’s worth it when you see them in front of you at the end knowing what you’ve achieved.

Has this been a natural skill you’ve always had or have you built it up over time?

I had a couple of bike rides over the weekend and takeaway on Saturday, plus currently “binge” catching up on some of the older Line of Duty series’s. Can’t wait to get started on the new one!


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Yes, it's a nice job because it's my hobby too, so I have my personal projects as well as the commission work. The majority of what I paint for other people is Warhammer miniatures - the attached it the latest finished unit for an army I've been painting for a regular client. If you Google 'Pandaemonium Miniatures' then you should be able to see my stuff, I think it comes up at the top of searches 🙂
What's everyone got lined up for the weekend? We've ordered Caribbean takeaway for tonight, and then I think a relaxed Saturday, maybe go for a walk if the weather stays nice. I might have a Zoom chat with some friends to catch up, and then Sunday night I'm playing Monster of the Week again!

Yes, it's a nice job because it's my hobby too, so I have my personal projects as well as the commission work. The majority of what I paint for other people is Warhammer miniatures - the attached it the latest finished unit for an army I've been painting for a regular client. If you Google 'Pandaemonium Miniatures' then you should be able to see my stuff, I think it comes up at the top of searches 🙂
What's everyone got lined up for the weekend? We've ordered Caribbean takeaway for tonight, and then I think a relaxed Saturday, maybe go for a walk if the weather stays nice. I might have a Zoom chat with some friends to catch up, and then Sunday night I'm playing Monster of the Week again!

FAR too Cool, Paul....Way jealous  😂....
''Caribbean'' sounds good. Me, I work ''defending the right'' (as it were) this weekend. Then, a ''relaxing'' bout of writing Articles for The Nation. Hey, it's relaxing to me!.....

I used to do some model painting back in the days Paul. Some of it was done as a kid with my Granda before he died.

Mostly I’ve been focussed on work lately. I work in the charity/voluntary sector so there’s always plenty to do. Plus, my boss is a total workaholic (so naturally I get on really well with her ).

I’m quite impressed with what I’ve seen of Warlords so far. After Crusader 2 I was a bit wary but I really think Firefly have turned things around this time. Warlords is an excellent game from what I’ve played of it (which isn’t a great deal so far).

I also keep meaning to go over a few more campaigns from Legends again too. It was my first Stronghold game and to this day I can never understand why it was so underrated by people.

There’s just not enough hours in the day!


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Painting models seems fun to me. The only time I got hands on a model as a kid was when my father bought one. Only then he realized it needs to be assembled. It seemed cool to me too assemble it, but I was too young and father was too lazy, so he gave it to another dude who liked doing it. And then, after some time, we got the airplane all assembled and painted.

It just needs to have patience to finish it, I guess, and now when Paul mentioned it, maybe I could see around where I could buy a model, and try to do it myself.

And it's definitely not that simple either, do it would be a challenge!

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Had to jump in......
Painted ALOT ''back in the day''. From my earliest Aurora ''Movie Monsters'' (look that one up, 😁 )   to my share of Fighter Plane Models. I too ''graduated'' to Military Figures (the old Airfix Sets), really relaxing and fun ''raising a Regiment'' as it were. The Fighters of course, you ''hung'' from the ceiling with clear fishing line, remember? Sounds like you have fun, Paul!

Hey everyone 🙂
Hope you're all ok. Things are good here, still super busy with model painting work and English tutoring.
On the Stronghold side, I've not bought Warlords yet but planning to. I've actually been playing Stronghold Kingdoms again since January - but having reached my goal of getting to Crown Prince on both the worlds I was playing without engaging in any fighting with other players I decided to stop there and leave my villages open for other players to take.
One of the things I've been enjoying during lockdown is a roleplay campaign I'm playing with a few friends via Zoom, it's been excellent fun. We're using the Moster of the Week system, and it looks like we'll be doing a D & D campaign once this one's wound up 🙂
 

Hey everyone 🙂
Hope you're all ok. Things are good here, still super busy with model painting work and English tutoring.
On the Stronghold side, I've not bought Warlords yet but planning to. I've actually been playing Stronghold Kingdoms again since January - but having reached my goal of getting to Crown Prince on both the worlds I was playing without engaging in any fighting with other players I decided to stop there and leave my villages open for other players to take.
One of the things I've been enjoying during lockdown is a roleplay campaign I'm playing with a few friends via Zoom, it's been excellent fun. We're using the Moster of the Week system, and it looks like we'll be doing a D & D campaign once this one's wound up 🙂
 

I'm a bit later even than that, sorry guys...

Happy New Year to everyone!

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Never too late for Libations, My Liege........................

Well I'm a bit late now, but Happy New Year all the same! Let's sit down, have some good Ale and wait for Gandalf's arrival!

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year 🙂
 
I decided to play Stronghold Kingdoms again for the first time in years, I've managed to remember most things, but I must say levelling through the ranks seems a lot less of a grind in this version! I'm in World 10 and Europe 6 btw. It remembered my original account too, so I had a ready made crest 😃
 

You Have a Happy New Year as well, My Lord......No Doubt The Inn is busy due to The New Years Celebrations.......have a Pint on Me (and a Steak for The Dog as well!)

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year 🙂
 
I decided to play Stronghold Kingdoms again for the first time in years, I've managed to remember most things, but I must say levelling through the ranks seems a lot less of a grind in this version! I'm in World 10 and Europe 6 btw. It remembered my original account too, so I had a ready made crest 😃
 

Sorry for coming here late. But thank you, and I guess I will have to congratulate you New Year twice this year to try to make it up.

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Merry Christmas Ladies, Lords and Jellyspoons 🌲 🙂

And to you M'Lord - Gramercy!

First off, sincere apologies for not replying, had some serious private and personal life events that took focus.
That would be really helpful Paul, would be good to see some of the content make a return and hopefully one day a return of the rest of the content, I was able to access the old site through the wayback machine but couldn't go into any of the forum posts or log in which I doubt would have allowed me to do much of anything however.
Thank you, I will have a look, it'll be on one of the emails i use, won't take me long to find, but my memory is awful.
 

I've got a few of the maps and templates, either on this or my old laptop, I'll hunt around
 
Welcome 🙂 - What was your username on Stronghold Knights?

Merry Christmas Ladies, Lords and Jellyspoons 🌲 🙂

This looks nice. Also, I like the way you built your walls - in some natural way. Not simply to enclose your castle.

And interesting observations.

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Well done, M'Lord....Nice Map and good Storyline......