One consideration is that if you have farms (etc.) outside your walls they interfere with items like rolling logs and of course with the fields of fire of mangonels (which happily do your enemies' work for them). I sometimes do *not* enclose my storehouse because it cannot be destroyed or pillaged, however that will be inefficient since most of my industries will be inside the wall. I enclose *some* food production within my inner wall, and I always enclose my granary within that wall because losing it can be catastrophic. With some opponents you can delay and build a larger initial castle (though I tend to proceed as if Olaf may show up anyway). That means a relatively small initial castle which can then form the inner wall of a later, larger castle. For example, if you're playing Kingmaker and one of the opponents is Olaf then you want to create a closed wall to protect archers ASAP. One factor (naturally) is the opposition. To do that they need to smash a hole in your first wall, then dig like hell under heavy arrow fire to get to your second wall. This means that troops cannot kill troops on your heavily guarded second wall without digging out the moat. I quite like building towers at the very edge of my land and bricking troops inside to protect neighbouring estates.Īnother quite useful trick is to build an outer wall, with a few troops on, place 1 or 2 squares of moat, then build another wall. Most the time, its not worth the enemy targeting this location, and if it falls, its never too hard to recapture it. When gathering far away resources I usually build a mini fortress with a tower and wall with a small gatehouse to protect miners or woodcutters. I personally prefer building a large outer wall to give me lots of building room, but to also build a really strong inner wall which protects my lord and is heavily defended. Your style of play does influence how your castle looks. There are tips and tricks that you can implement into your design that makes it much stronger. Theres no one way about making a good castle.
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