castle defense
Moat and ramparts
Castle defense is a strategy focused on protecting a fortified position rather than attacking.
In chess, it refers to defensive play after castling.
In video games, it's a genre where players build and maintain defenses against waves of enemies: I spent hours on that castle defense game.
The term extends to any situation prioritizing protection over expansion.
- moatDefensive water ditch
- drawbridgeHinged castle entrance span
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- arrowsShafted projectiles for bows
battlements · arrow slits · fortress · tower · archers · walls · knights · guards · invaders · portcullis · murder holes · barricade · stronghold · turret · garrison · medieval · stone · warfare
castle defensesiege warfare
Surrounding fortifications to force capitulation
castle siege · assault · attack · offensive operations · raiding
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Prolonged fortress attack
offensive strategy · frontal assault · cavalry charge · flanking maneuver · blitzkrieg
castle defensesiege engines
Weapons for attacking fortifications
siege tower · battering ram · trebuchet · catapult · siege equipment
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