Ideas for Castles

I didn't have time to enter the contest but here are some aditional ideas for settlments.

*Castles on high cliffs with only one available route (easy to defend but doesn't bring much resources)
*Castles in a caldera. With towers protecting the rim of the caldera.
*Fishing villages.
*Pirate settlments.

I like the 2nd suggestion.. Be a nice place to grow rice if it was a wet habitat.

Well, there's going to be rescueable docks. But I like the idea of Pirates ^^