Stronghold

Stronghold is a real-time strategy game from 2001.

As a teenager I was an active member of Stronghold Heaven where I shared custom maps for the game. A few of my maps became some of the most popular on the site with tens of thousands of downloads. Thanks to that community, my old maps from the mid-2000s are still preserved online today.

I shared these maps on the Stronghold subreddit in 2025, where it quickly became one of the most upvoted posts of all time on that subreddit.

You can download my maps and try them out yourself.

This page covers work from 2005 to 2008

Rome

Rome was a huge project I worked on when I was 16 years old, with some help from other Stronghold fans. It got a perfect 5/5 rating and is one of the most downloaded maps on Stronghold Heaven.

Years later after I made this map, someone said it looked like the city of Constantinople. I agree it looks like illustrations of Constantinople, though this was just a funny coincidence. What's even more funny is that Constantinople was at one point called New Rome.

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 05/03/2006

Troy

This map was largely based on the 2004 Troy movie.

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/23/2007

Andora Chapter 1 The Prologue

The Andora series was a five-chapter campaign I created, inspired by a fantasy world and novel I was developing at the time. The map scenario descriptions feature quotes in an original Elvish language I invented for the setting.

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 08/08/2006

Andora Chapter 2 The Fortress of Nador

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 08/12/2006

Andora Chapter 3 The Pass of Cauros

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 08/18/2006

Andora Chapter 4 The City of Stars

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 08/23/2006

Andora Chapter 5 The Battle of Udwatha

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 08/27/2006

Andora Chapter 6 The Surprise

The Surprise was an extra chapter I posted on Stronghold Heaven with a freebuild version of The City of Stars and some extra behind-the-scenes stuff.

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 09/02/2006

Brimmergate

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 11/07/2005

Duomo

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 01/16/2007

Garathir and Cargaras

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/20/2005

Ghost

Ghost won a user-submitted fantasy map competition hosted by Stronghold Heaven, earning a perfect 5/5 rating. To create its ghostly atmosphere, I used a hex editor to alter the appearance of enemy soldiers. This effect no longer seems to function in modern versions of the game.

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 09/12/2007

Gworth - The City of Gold

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 10/16/2007

Happytown

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 05/14/2006

Mountain's Fist

Mountain's Fist was the fifth part of the Saviour of Léugìm campaign, a community-driven campaign on Stronghold Heaven with many contributors.

Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 11/28/2007

Mountain's Fist - The Healing

Mountain's Fist - The Healing was the ninth part of the Saviour of Léugìm campaign, a community-driven campaign on Stronghold Heaven with many contributors.