Set in a fantasy world and taking place completely underground, Stonekeep is a literal dungeon crawler, like Eye of the Beholder or Dungeon Master. Though taking a record amount of time to develop, it was well worth the wait. The designer Peter Oliphant planned to complete the game in just nine months, but he ended up spending almost 7 years in development (counting platform shifts and delays).

Structured study guide and challenging questions.Stonekeep is a role-playing dungeon crawler developed and published by Interplay for the PC in 1995.

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Aimed at Students studying at UK GCSE or equivalent.

Other, more isolated Stone Keeps were much more likely to succumb to an attack.

London for example had a large network of defensive structures and the walls close to the tower ensured that it was a formidable defensive structure. Likewise the defenders would need to have a large supply of food: there was nothing to stop a besieging force simply surrounding the Castle and waiting for them to starve! The Stone Keep was best used in towns that had other defensives. Stone keeps are square and an attacker could, if they were fortunate enough to get close enough, mine underneath a corner and wait for the weight of the castle to bring the walls caving in. However there still remained a number of weaknesses within the design of these castles. The Stone keep was also much taller than a Motte and Bailey Castle and so the defenders could enjoy a view for miles around, ensuring that surprise attacks were not an option for a would be attacker. Therefore it would be more intimidating to an attacker. The Stone keep had a number of advantages over the mote and bailey Castle.

A famous example of a Stone keep is the White Tower in London (Tower of London). The Stone Keep Castle is one of the most commonly recognised forms of Castle. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of this type of castle.Give reasons for the construction of this type of Castle.After completing these activities your students should be able to:

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