can we build castles ?

[upuaut2]

i recall that in the demo there was no castle building. i wonder if this is possible already

[Breepzz]

Not yet

[Merih]

I got Stronghold impressions from the trailer, but no castles? Uh-uh

[Woldren]

Originally posted by Merih:

I got Stronghold impressions from the trailer, but no castles? Uh-uh

Did you read the dev’s post before buying 😂 this game is a “village” builder with some battles and it’s great, even without castles

[monsterfurby]

I guess being able to go to more of a medieval city and castle community would be cool, and who knows, perhaps something like that will be in the books down the line.

But I think for the scope of the game right now, building a castle as the lord of a small manor would be a bit like buying an aircraft carrier as a mayor in Cities: Skylines.

[Tantalus]

Yes, there's a castle building system in the game. It's tied to your manor. Like many systems in the game, it is incomplete and missing lots of features.

At present, you can:
1. Free-build a defensive log wall of any shape you wish (so long as you stay within your manor bounds) around your manor. Gates will automatically be placed anywhere your wall crosses a road.
2. Place a garrison tower on your manor grounds. This gives you access to your retinue.
3. Place outer garrison towers along your defensive wall. This supposedly gives your garrisoned men places to shoot from, but I have yet to see that in action.
4. Place a tax collector building (it is currently cosmetic).

[Merih]

Originally posted by Woldren:

Originally posted by Merih:

I got Stronghold impressions from the trailer, but no castles? Uh-uh

Did you read the dev’s post before buying 😂 this game is a “village” builder with some battles and it’s great, even without castles

It's ok, but in the history, as cities grew and expanded (this game is about city building), security concerns arose, so they were surrounded by high walls against raids and threats from outside (for example; from Tallinn, Toledo, Istanbul or Carcassonne to Great Wall of China).

And the castles were built together with high walls for defense purposes in strategically important cities and gateways.

[Lord von Games]

Speaking as a historian and one with family-castle lineage...

Historically, castles were a defensive fortification for the noble family, usually a VERY high ranking noble or King to protect his family or as forts for occupation and subjugation, and in cases of emergency to protect some of the subjects in his domain. You had to be of very high rank to build a castle outright as the expense would be epic.

That is NOT the same thing as the ancient empire-built city with walls to protect the provincial or even kingdom/empire capitol which was that one city, which is why it got walls. Similiarly to the Medieval period, many British Castles were built in Wales by King Edward (legendary castle builder) to once again, secure provincial administration.

However, in line with the content of this game, the average noble family had a mansion, or manor house where they would administer their simple, often Baronial lands. The Manor house was for the comfort and safety of the Lord and his family and those who directly worked for him (accounting, servants, etc). The landed lord would typically expand their manor house to include various defensive measures as the need arose. If the noble family remained in power long enough, the manor would get a series of expansions and extensions over generations that improved the efficiency of the administration of their lands and or the defensiveness of them - and usually show off the long-lasting-proud-dynasty, and eventually these manor house would become what we think of as a castle.