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Platform : Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7
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  • Play for Free - Stronghold Kingdoms is free to play, no subscription is required.
  • Build Your Online Stronghold - Crush the invading hordes with impenetrable castle defences and counterattack!
  • Plan the Ultimate Strategy - Build efficient villages, tax, research and plot your way to the top.
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Stronghold Kingdoms is the online castle game. Join hundreds of thousands of players in a rich world of Lords, Ladies, Bumpkins and Barons as you build your village, research new technology and strive to be the greatest in the land.

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Live the life of a medieval lord in Stronghold Kingdoms, the world’s favorite castle MMO. A unique PC strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms features an interactive, online medieval world and a community filled with hundreds of thousands of real world players.

Play the role of a peaceful lord… Or talk with your sword! Anything is possible in this simulation of medieval life. Besiege the castle that’s never been taken, overthrow ruthless tyrants, bankroll your faction’s war effort, pillage your neighbour’s resources, peacefully raise cattle or do it all! A wide range of stats, ranks, leaderboards and achievements gives every player something to aim for, from ‘Banquet King’ and ‘Peacebringer’ to 'Besieger of the Month' and ‘Lionheart'!

Be part of an authentic feudal community of kings, houses, factions, elections, liege lords and vassals, with different ways to communicate with other players, discuss strategies and form allegiances. While an impregnable castle should be at the heart of any lord or lady's domain, you can also specialize with a vast research tree. Starting as a humble peasant, each promotion brings with it valuable research points to spend on trading, diplomacy, warfare, farming, religion and more. Be aware though, as your power grows so does your renown, as you engage in the fight for the crown itself!

  • Play for Free - Stronghold Kingdoms is free to play, no subscription or payment is required. Just download and dominate, don’t stop until you’re crowned King!
  • Build a Mighty Fortress - Crush the invading hordes with impenetrable castle defenses, then launch a powerful counterattack!
  • Join a Medieval Social Network - An amazing interactive map lets you trade, scout and explore a buzzing medieval world. Unite a faction, attack its enemies and return triumphant with their captured banners!
  • Explore a Vast Research Tree - Are you a farmer, trader, diplomat or warlord? Research new technology to specialize and give you the edge.
  • Unleash Your Inner Castle Sim! - Arrange village buildings for maximum productivity and watch your settlement come to life.

System Requirements
Minimum Specifications: OS: Win 7, Vista and XP Processor: 1 GHz or faster RAM: 512 MB Hard Drive: 215 MB Video Card: 1024 x 768 + Screen Resolution Additional Info: None

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MJ
5.0 out of 5 stars It's premium game currency.
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2023
Subscription Term Name: 120 CrownsVerified Purchase
Yeah, it's the premium currency for Stronghold Kingdoms. This product works.

Slightly off-topic, but I mentioning this because it's still important if this product is relevant to you:
If you made your account directly though Firefly's website (not connected to Steam), do NOT buy the Starter Pack on Steam. It doesn't give you a code; it ties it to your Steam account like DLC, and you can't refund it. If you're using a Firefly account, you can't use it at all, so you're out twenty bucks.
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David Chase
5.0 out of 5 stars As Free MMO, this is one of the best
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2012
Subscription Term Name: Base GameVerified Purchase
Stronghold Kingdoms is a free MMO strategy game based on the award winning computer game, Stronghold. It allows you to build castles and defend them, create, plan and control villages along with dealing with bandits, AI castles and wolves.

Plus, you now have a level of politics that no AI can even come close to simulation. You have players fighting for, working with each other to control parishes, counties, countries and finally tring to be the king of it all. In this game you can not hope to keep control of more than just your local village with out getting help from other players around you, your alliance, your house and balancing act of trust to truce with other alliances and houses.

If you are looking for a strategy game that does not cost to play and a new level of politics that will keep you on your toes, then try Stronghold Kingdoms.

Note: things do not happen very fast in this game as compared to other games. It is a RTS game but the speed (and working with other players) makes it so you do not have to be on 24/7 or every day to survive.
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eboyce
4.0 out of 5 stars fun strategic social game with castle building and resource management
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2013
Subscription Term Name: Base GameVerified Purchase
In a nutshell, Stronghold Kingdoms is in the micro-transaction genre, with effective measures at limiting advantages afforded by players who dump tens or hundreds of dollars into the game, while still providing value (namely, time-saving tools).

Castle-building, defeating AI threats, throwing banquets for your peasants, making alliances, expanding your empire, claiming territory for your faction or house, managing parishes--all really fun things to do. It's an especially fun game over the long haul if you understand you shouldn't be staring at your screen waiting for your buildings to complete.

Stronghold Kingdoms has a lot of both tactical and strategic value. It's a social game, so there are politics and vendettas and whatever else you feel like getting into. There are many research and building paths that allow you to customize your experience. I started playing maybe 6 months ago and have about a dozen friends playing together in a faction, and it's a great way to socialize and play without dedicating huge blocks of time. As others have said, it's addicting to start, but it's the social stuff that makes it interesting later on.

Regarding Pay-to-Win: I put $15 bucks in at the start. What 'premium tokens' get you is largely further automation abilities. The ONLY premium token effect that has a major impact when you're starting off and you don't quite know what you're supposed to do is the ability to move your buildings around in your villages once you've built them. I've been lucky that I've been living off my 100%-matched referral bonuses, but I probably would have thrown more money in anyway, because of the enjoyment I get from playing with friends--both casual and hardcore gamers.

An explanation of 'Premium':
Premium is nice because it means I don't have to constantly manage my village in order to stay efficient. It provides QUEUES, which are especially useful when starting out because building things takes anywhere between a few seconds to a day and a half depending on how many structures you've already built. The same goes for research--the times increase the further you get along, meaning you don't have to check in as often to choose the next line of research.

Off-line automation allows you to:
1. Send your scouts around in your little parish, gathering resources once every couple hours.
2. Basically kill off your troops by automatically attacking AI threats in your parish, for the honour of slaying (or attempting to slay) those enemies.
3. Help rebuild your armies in your villages automatically when your peasants are idle (assuming you have the necessary equipment and funds)
4. Trade a single resource type every couple hours to your parish (this is why you see certain resources selling for 1 gold at the markets).

The trading and army-building is the most useful, because your armies are set when you decide to hop on the next day.

If you care enough to spend every second researching or building in your village from the time you start playing, then you'll see premium as a necessity. If you see the game as a social one, or even a casual strategic game, then you won't need it. Make strong alliances, find good people and you'll be set. You get cards for free regularly, and there are random prizes that get you premium tokens every once in a while from performing tasks in game. You can certainly dump a lot of money into buying random card packs, but as the commentor on one of the 1-star reviews mentioned, you would have to dump a truckload of money in for it to mean a lot.
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terry shinaberry
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice game only if you like to suffer harassment and ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2014
Subscription Term Name: Base GameVerified Purchase
Nice game only if you like to suffer harassment and to be bullied about as well as put down, cussed at all day from the players in the game. It's not what I call any thing close to fun at all. Should be taken off the internet, or a disclaimer posted concerning the behavior you will receive from the players there. The monitors do a very bad job of enforcing any rules and cheating using many different accounts is normal for those that are token players. The rules are not enforced. I played SHK 4 years and watched it go from a game of honor to one of insult to all mankind. So I quit the game after investing a lot of money buying tokens. I would not recommend it to any one.
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noblephoenix
3.0 out of 5 stars Frustration with Signup Bonus
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2012
Subscription Term Name: Base GameVerified Purchase
While I've enjoyed the game, I'm really frustrated about Amazon's bonus offer, which was increased from 5 card packs and a 7 day token to 15 packs and 4 seven day tokens. It makes me feel angry for having signed up a few days too early (just over a week ago). It doesn't look like there's anything you can do about it.

As people have already reviewed, to do well in this game you need to use cards, and the extra 10 packs would make a huge difference.

The gameplay is addictive but that's not necessarily a good thing if it glues you to the screen. They've geared the game so you 'need' to load it up every 12 hours to get your 'free' card. The strategy is oversimplified but the core of this game is the teamwork. There are a lot of good playable hours in this game, and the Firefly team keeps adding new cards and new functionality to the game.
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Fumar
5.0 out of 5 stars Best MMORTS ever.
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2012
Subscription Term Name: Base GameVerified Purchase
Stronghold Kingdoms is everything you could want from a Free-to-Play game. With the right balance of free to play vs pay features the game is playable and you don't feel completely disabled with out paying, yet the rewards are great enough to justify paying now and then.

A classic base building strategy game with a dynamic multilayer element that keeps the game fresh. The tech tree is comprehensive and powerful making skill point decision crucial and rewarding. The graphics are simple, but the game play and strategy can be very complex. A good game for the working folk, and people with lots of time to burn alike.
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