
These chaps pull out their various mythologies to power a rather more esoteric version of Stronghold, with even more focus on the campaign story than last time around. And finally there's the man who might have been Dracula (but was really just some grouchy dude) Count Vlad Dracul - he does all things Transylvanian. The Germanic mythology of the Rhine campaign with, the super-saxon, Dietrich. Marching down the catwalk of boiling oil comes England's most popular made-up sovereign, King Arthur, for the fantasy Britain campaign. Stronghold has gone a bit Age Of Mythology.
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These boys sure knew how to run a fantasy citadel (or would have done, had they existed). It's the same old Sim Castle, only this time it's populated with the fictional castle-owners of yore. All of which introductory contrivance leads us to the premise of Stronghold: Legends.


They always look better on paper, or at Disneyland. In fact the Medieval military base was really best left to complete fiction, since castles were always a bit of troublesome affair, even for blokes who knew what they were doing.

Yes, proverbs, like castles, are best left to the experts - epigrammaticians and stonemasons respectively. You want to try fighting fire with fire too, you'll regret that one, I can tell you. Turns out that terraced houses aren't castles at all. As soon as you start mouthing off saying 'a Englishman's home is his castle' someone ends up having a backyard ballistae and bang goes the kitchen.
