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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 even became some of the most popular on the site. 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

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 05/03/2006

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.



Troy

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/23/2007

This map was largely based on the 2004 Troy movie.



Andora Chapter 1 The Prologue

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 08/08/2006

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.



Andora Chapter 2 The Fortress of Nador

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 08/12/2006



Andora Chapter 3 The Pass of Cauros

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 08/18/2006



Andora Chapter 4 The City of Stars

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 08/23/2006



Andora Chapter 5 The Battle of Udwatha

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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

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 11/07/2005



Duomo

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 01/16/2007



Garathir and Cargaras

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/20/2005



Ghost

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 09/12/2007

Ghost won a Fantasy competition held by Stronghold Heaven, it got a 5/5 rating. I used a hex editor on this map to change the appearance of the enemy soldiers, making them look ghostly. This effect doesn't seem to work on modern versions of Stronghold.



Gworth - The City of Gold

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 10/16/2007



Happytown

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 05/14/2006



Mountain's Fist

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 11/28/2007

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



Mountain's Fist - The Healing

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 01/10/2008

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.



Pigs' attack

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/05/2005



Rionadon

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/01/2005

Rionadon was a fortress in a fantasy novel that I was writing at the time. This was my first custom Stronghold map.



Rionadon - Remade

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 01/26/2006

This was a remake of Rionadon I made a year later.



Stonefoot

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/20/2005



The City of Columbar

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 12/12/2007

The City of Columbar was the seventh part of the Saviour of Léugìm campaign, a community-driven campaign on Stronghold Heaven with many contributors.



The Escape

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/01/2005



The Fortress of Glinhold

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/05/2005



Valley of Valhorn

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 12/03/2006

This map was the second chapter in the Reign Of Fire campaign, a Stronghold Heaven community campaign.

The map seemed to work at release, but you can't place a granary, making it unplayable. Below is a modern, fixed version of the map.



Wolves' Big Strike

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Uploaded to Stronghold Heaven 02/01/2005




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