<s>
Castles	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Siege	I-Application
and	I-Application
Conquest	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1992	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Quicksilver	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castles	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
1991	O
game	O
Castles	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
,	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
,	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
were	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DOS	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
port	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
's	O
MacPlay	O
brand	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GOG.com	O
released	O
an	O
emulated	B-Application
version	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
five	O
different	O
nobles	O
(	O
Albion	B-Application
,	O
Duke	O
of	O
Valois	O
,	O
Anjou	O
,	O
Aragon	O
,	O
or	O
Burgundy	O
)	O
,	O
fighting	O
for	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
King	O
of	O
Bretagne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
includes	O
scouting	O
out	O
unknown	O
territories	O
,	O
conquering	O
them	O
,	O
building	O
castles	B-Application
to	O
prevent	O
revolts	O
and	O
line	O
defenses	O
,	O
raising	O
an	O
army	O
,	O
feeding	O
and	O
paying	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
making	O
a	O
claim	O
for	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
King	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
how	O
strong	O
the	O
human	O
player	O
or	O
the	O
other	O
four	O
AI-engined	O
nobles	O
are	O
,	O
the	O
Pope	O
will	O
decide	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
to	O
endorse	O
the	O
claim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
perform	O
one	O
task	O
each	O
of	O
three	O
types	O
at	O
once	O
:	O
administrative	O
(	O
gathering	O
resources	O
and	O
building	O
castles	B-Application
,	O
represented	O
by	O
a	O
green	O
bar	O
)	O
,	O
military	O
(	O
recruiting	O
an	O
army	O
,	O
building	O
optional	O
weapons	O
like	O
a	O
catapult	O
,	O
and	O
policing	O
the	O
realm	O
,	O
represented	O
in	O
red	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
political	O
(	O
sending	O
scouts	O
,	O
diplomats	O
,	O
and	O
spies	O
,	O
represented	O
in	O
blue	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
remarkable	O
feature	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
for	O
Castles	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
design	O
and	O
save	O
different	O
castles	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
walls	O
and	O
turrets	O
,	O
the	O
castles	B-Application
were	O
assigned	O
point	O
values	O
that	O
determined	O
how	O
long	O
it	O
takes	O
to	O
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Larger	O
castles	B-Application
are	O
harder	O
to	O
destroy	O
or	O
capture	O
,	O
which	O
serves	O
to	O
keep	O
enemies	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
controlled	O
lands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
castles	B-Application
are	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
prevent	O
revolts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Armies	O
include	O
infantry	B-Protocol
,	O
archers	O
,	O
and	O
knights	O
,	O
each	O
costing	O
a	O
different	O
resource	O
to	O
recruit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
army	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
raised	O
is	O
dependent	O
upon	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
territories	O
and	O
castles	B-Application
the	O
player	O
possess	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
an	O
extensive	O
amount	O
of	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
about	O
the	O
history	O
and	O
purpose	O
of	O
different	O
castles	B-Application
around	O
Europe	O
,	O
presented	O
by	O
a	O
historian	O
as	O
short	O
informative	O
clips	O
that	O
were	O
separate	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
answer	O
to	O
this	O
question	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
manual	O
,	O
done	O
as	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
not	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1993	O
called	O
Castles	B-Application
II	I-Application
"	O
a	O
first-rate	O
strategy	O
game	O
...	O
a	O
joy	O
to	O
play	O
"	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
variety	O
of	O
play	O
options	O
,	O
and	O
strong	O
computer	O
AI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
