Stronghold Crusader HD - Crusader First Edition Trail - Mission 17:Realm of the Camelas [1080p60FPS]

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Published on February 10, 2023 12:03:55 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOSXmCCPbMU

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Mausser Gameplay
Stronghold Crusader HD
Crusader 'First Edition' Trail
Mission 17: Realm of the Camelas(1222 A.D.)
17.Realm of the Camelas
Lord Mausser
vs
Sultan Abdul
Sultan Ahmed
Sultan Mustapha

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Walkthrough:17. Realm of the Camels

This one is a pain in the ass, as you are but a lone figure on top of a lonely hill about to be screwed up the butt by three Sultans. Not only this, but you are trapped within a claustrophobic nightmare that is terrible for a big economy strategist. Oh, and, did I mention, they each have 8000gp while you have 2000? Yeah, this is gonna be rough ride, but with some ingenuity and no small amount of luck this map can be conquered.

This setup is going to require some VERY fast maneuvering to keep you alive so for a while you want to go into Options and set game speed to 20.

The trick here is that since the map is small enough, a strategically placed tower-mounted mangonel can actually shell an opposing lord, as well as a few goodies. Unfortunately, we'll need enough archers to fight off any bowmen that try to kill your mangonels, AND enough crossbowmen to repel arabian swordmen attacks...TIMES THREE. Obviously on 2000gp this is impossible so we're gonna need to make due and do a lot of praying.

Start up the map and you'll hear that your keep is enclosed. Neat! You are protected by two concentric rings of natural rock with two openings apiece, which is already defended by a gatehouse and a (dangerously thin) layer of wall each. Unfortunately there is nothing stopping these guys from sending a few waves of arabian swordsmen to break your puny walls and murder you horribly. That is until you use some cheap tricks.

Build up your Trading Post, Stockpile (don't build it out all the way as this map is VERY claustrophobic and you need every inch!), and Granary set to half rations.

Quickly place an Engineer's Guild and recruit two engineers. If you're fast enough that the game hasn't given you your allotment of stone yet, place an Apple Farm and Dairy Farm on your nearby grassland. Once you have 40 stone build a stone tower WITHIN your innermost circle as far out as you can facing the southwest Sultan. Build the single brick of wall needed to build stairs and race all your archers up there. Build 2-3 braziers and a mangonel and race your engineers up there to man it. Once it's manned, target the southwest lord himself (if you can't pick him out like I couldn't, aim at something juicy like his granary). This constant barrage of destruction will piss that Sultan off, every so often kill some random troops or (occasionally) buildings, while your archers slay any civilians, slingers, or bowmen and provide a (meager) defense against swordsmen waves.

This defense will serve against all but swordsmen waves from the southwestern Sultan, and will also partially defend against the southeastern Sultan (since he will attack you from your southwestern gatehouse). This build will likely not kill many swordsmen, and you have no answer to the northeastern Sultan, but it's better than nothing.

Now we need to get your keep going. Place one Dairy Farm and Apple Farm if you haven't yet, and squeeze in two Wheat Farms as well. Our goal, since we cannot feed our people much, is to feed them a variety to slow popularity loss. Place no more than ten woodcutters around your forested farmland so you can utilize that land as soon as possible. Place three or four hovels within your outer ring, just within protection of your southwest gatehouse (I did this hoping that if swordsmen broke in if they attacked the hovels it would buy me time. Alas they never targeted them, which good news make them safe there). Build a pair of Quarries, one ox tether each, as well as a couple of iron mines within your inner circle.

At this point you'll have a very small amount of gold left, as well as little stone or wood. Don't sell off either unless an emergency appears. If you can, buy 5-10 meat for food variety and once your wheat farms return with wheat build one mill and a pair of bakeries.

Sell iron as soon as you get it; use wood to build hovels, iron mines, and bakeries as needed. Stone you want to hoard for the moment, as you will need it soon.

Now you face a dilemma. If you don't get some crossbowmen facing southwest soon, you will be steamrolled by an inevitable wave of swordsmen. If you don't get another archer/crossbow filled tower facing northeast, the same thing is going to happen WITH IMPUNITY. Your thin walls will make that happen so much easier. Which Sultan makes a first move will help you decide, but either way it won't be pretty.

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