

The Sheriff and Pig are of medium difficulty and of hard difficulty are the Lionheart, the Wolf, and Emperor Frederick. There are five relatively weak European lords, the Rat, the Snake, King Phillip, the Marshal and the Abbot. These vary in terms of difficulty and tactics. These videos were absent for Stronghold 2 but returned, in a new form for Stronghold Crusader II. One unique aspect of the game is that the characters have individual binks (small short videos) by which they communicate with the player, asking for goods or help if allied with them or, if they are the players' enemy, taunting them when attacking or expressing worry when under siege. The opponents from the original game make a return, as well as new Arabian lords and crusaders being available. The game contains several different characters, available to be selected as allies and enemies. The design of these mirrors the original 50 levels with the difficulty raising as the player progresses through the levels.

There are 30 additional levels added by the developers in the form of an additional Crusade Trail. There is an option of 3 chickens at the start of the game which the player can use to skip a particular level. Each level has one or more Kings who the player has to defeat and defend his/her kingdom from. Along with that there are 50 levels designed with increasing difficulty. There are historical chapters (mostly fictionalized) which are to be completed using the resources given to the player at the start of the missions. There are two ways to build an army either make the weapons and then spend a little gold to turn peasants into soldiers, or turn them directly into soldiers using more gold via the mercenary post. These resources are deposited on the stockpile and the player can choose to either sell or use them for defense purposes.

Other than farms there are other resources such as iron ore, quarry (for stone), and marshes (for oil). The colour of the player's units have also been changed from blue to red in order to match the colours of the Knights Templar. The game adds new AI opponents (the number depending on the version of the game) and several new Arabian units purchasable from a mercenary post. As a consequence, farms can only be built on oasis grass, which leads to rivalry among players for limited farmland and resources. The gameplay is similar to the original Stronghold, the major difference being that the game is set in the Middle East. Stronghold Warchest adds one more Crusader Trail, consisting of 30 linked missions.
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The game also features the Crusader Trail, a series of 50 linked missions against various opponents. Each campaign comprises several battles, such as Nicaea, Heraclea, siege of Antioch, Krak des Chevaliers and the Siege of Jerusalem. These document the First, Second and Third Crusade, as well as conflicts within the individual Crusader states. Stronghold Crusader features several real-time strategy campaign strings. This changed when an updated version of Stronghold Crusader, Stronghold: Crusader Extreme was released in early 2008. USA or Poland), meaning players in the rest of the world have never encountered the second Crusader Trail, or second set of characters. Stronghold Warchest was only released in a limited number of countries (i. This version was a compendium of Stronghold and an enhanced version of Stronghold: Crusader, containing additional characters and an additional Crusader Trail. The game was also released as Stronghold Warchest. Though the Arabian troops do not require any weapons to produce, they are rather expensive. The game features a multitude of new Arabian units that can be purchased in a new building, the mercenary post. Crusader has much in common with the original Stronghold, but differs from its predecessor in the fact that the game is no longer set in England, instead being set in the Middle East during the Crusades. Stronghold: Crusader is the successor to Firefly Studios's 2001 real-time strategy video game Stronghold.
