Kingdoms and Castles doesn't have appear to have a whole lot of depth, simulation-wise, but it's damn enjoyable, charming as heck, and priced at an extremely reasonable $10 on GoG and Steam. I'm finding the middle difficulty a nice fit, just enough to keep you on your toes without seeing your town razed every few minutes, and there are plenty of other problems to solve like food shortages and bouts of illness that can hew down your population. You can play Kingdoms and Castles without threats, if you'd prefer a completely peaceful experience, or with occasional threats (as I did), or with more frequent ones for a greater challenge. I clearly need to keep building up my defenses, especially if that dragon every returns. My heroes again prove a bit useless, but I've got a manned ballista which fires away at the invader, and as you can (sort of) see above, the Viking (carrying a red banner) keels over before he can do too much damage and escape. The next time the Vikings attack, I'm a bit better prepared. The title is developed by Lion Shield a studio set up. WRITTEN FOR THE ORIGINAL RETAIL VERSION OF THE GAME. Everything needs to be near a road, which also requires lumber, so the initial game can be a bit laborious: waiting for your tiny collection of peasants to slowly hack up enough logs so they can build their own homes, while you pretty much just sit around and wait, leaning on the fast-forward button. Published on PC, Kingdom and Castles is a real-time strategy focusing on aspects of economy and defence. Kingdoms and castles trainer 113r11s () Easy/Fast Construction, Unlimited Gold, Villagers Dont Need to Eat, Villagers Dont Age, No Dragons Spawn, No Plague Outbreaks, Villagers Dont Leave, Maximum Villager Happiness. This makes beginning the game a bit slow: you need citizens to chop lumber and work the farms, but without homes (built with lumber) and food (grown on farms) it's difficult to attract new peasants to join your community. Your most important resource is your population: the itty bitty peasants that will be doing all the work for you.
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You begin by plopping a small castle down, aiming for a nice spot close to the resources you're going to need: lots of trees for lumber, a good amount of fertile land for farming, plus stone and iron deposits for mining. I know there are lots and lots of Minecraft-lookin' games out there, and there's a fine line between the ones that look warm and charming and those that make you roll your eyes and say "Ugh, another one?" As you can see, Kingdoms and Castles is the former: the art and animation are perfectly pleasing and watching your town grow and your residents live their tiny, blocky little lives is fun.
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Kingdoms and Castles, which was successfully Figstarted back in January, is a medieval city building sim.