In the ninth and tenth centuries, castles were often built of wood and easily burned down by enemies. As unrest spread across Europe and warfare began to change, castle designs had to adapt.

Developer Firaxis Games is fundamentally changing the turn-based strategy series it's created over the past 30 years.

Early trebuchets were built on site. As they grew increasingly large and powerful, wagons carrying sections of prefabricated ...

Skipton, a friendly and historic market town on the River Aire, on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, is ...

On Christmas morning, I knew my prayers had been answered even before I ripped the paper off; I’d memorized the exact weight ...

These games allow players to flex their creative muscles when it comes to building grand and imposing castles.

While the princess was often powerless, the snippets of evidence that we have about her present the life of a young woman ...

The nostalgia cycle rarely rewinds this far, but some things are just timeless, like maximalist detail, slow craftsmanship and weird little guys.

What are the best medieval games ... arrows from the relative safety of the castle walls, or knock down enemy fortifications with catapults and other siege technology. There is a wide range ...

Throughout her life, the "Damsel of Cyprus" (born circa 1177) was used as a political and diplomatic tool in the conflicts of ...