50 Castles

50 Castles is a shot of brain twister, a healthy dollop of pure arcade adrenaline rush, shaken not stirred. Multiple narrators will have you laughing while the pulsing soundtrack adds to the excitement. Three well-balanced difficulty settings with 50 game maps mean you won't run out of challenge any time soon. Marauders, snakes, and chickens will keep you hopping as you try "just one more game" to put the last tile in place before running out of time.

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Under its twofold aspect of a fortress and a residence, the medieval castle is inseparably connected with the subjects of fortification (see Fortification and siegecraft) and architecture.

As the size of local communities grew, it became necessary to provide both a larger and stronger fortification, which would provide for a very strong perimeter defense Castle walls together with lodgings (Keep) suitable for a Baron and lower grade housing within the walls to accommodate some of the key population of the local area.

Castles were also developed to defend key part of the countryside such as a mountain pass or river estuary and often exploited the natural geography to support the defensive walls through exploitation of cliffs, rivers, hills and the like.

By their very nature they were very permanent structures and many survive through to the modern day; they are now mostly considered monuments or however notable architectural examples. [Wikipedia]