What kind of castles do you choose?

[Jasper]

Originally posted by apoger:
The only forts I use are Fortified City, Wizards Tower, and 40 Admin Castle.

Forts are cheap. Save your nation points elsewhere.

I agree, although I'm also considering the Hill Fort, as it's not too much of an economic hit for much stronger defense.

[LordArioch]

I'm more and more deciding the mausoleum is the way to go for almost all nations. You get 20 less admin than the castle, but save enough points for a order/growth/producivity scale which gives better benefits IMO, and you also save 150 gold every castle you build allowing the creation of 50% more castles and therefore potentially 25-50% more troop production. The wizard tower's nice too but the cost is pretty high and cuts into scales/pretender magic/bless effects deeper than I like. And I tend to not like to consider the consequences of being under siege in a mausoleum...they're useless in that respect.

[Pocus]

I only used the 40 admin caste (as in doms1), or wizard tower. Perhaps in a very small game I would go for fortified city if I dont intent to build an additional one, but aside that the other dont attract me. The mountain fortress is a joke for example. 750 gp and 10 admin... sure if you take these settings, you will surely have a use for his defence as you appeal your own demise.

I can't see the use of these 10 Admin Forts. Sloth 3 is more attractive than a 10 Admin Fort that will provide me, more or less, the same production value and gold loss AFAIK.

I remember playing my first few games of the Demo and attempting to field any sort of army with the default tower and feeling like a complete idiot later when I changed it up to a Castle or Wiz Tower.

[SurvivalistMerc]

I have been using the 40 admin castles that cost 80 development points.

But I'm actually considering moving up to higher defense after having some of my forts seiged by an AI supercombatant pretender...a wyrm.

Looks like 2 turns for any decent sized army to tear down my walls. Or is that just Ry'leh?

[Gandalf Parker]

Game size of course means something also. Well actually I guess any scale or setting might have some point in the decision.

But a small map pretty much orders me to invest in strong walls and high admin. A large map makes a strong argument for going with cheap fast builds

[Jasper]

I have to admit that in practice I typically use the 40 admin castle too, with only the wizard tower being seriously in contention. I _want_ to like the Hill fort, but in the end I never quite take it.