Each campaign comprises several battles, such as Nicaea, Heraclea, the 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 (e.g. 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. Another prominent addition not found in its predecessor is a skirmish mode in single-player, allowing customized battles with AI opponents instead of the linear campaign. 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. Single player, multiplayer ( IPX, TCP/IP or Modem)
