The Black Knight's Castle, released in 1992, is my favorite among the old Lego castle theme sets. To be honest, many of the castles from the 1980s and early 1990s do not appeal to me as much as the newer Kingdoms sets (the old Pirate stuff on the other hand...)
Anyway, this castle alone I deemed worth getting. That raised base plate got a lot of use in many other Lego sets from that era, and it works quite well with this design. I always felt that the Black Knights had a "cozy" home compared to the other factions. It has a great imposing entrance tower at the bottom of the path, and the rest of the walls connect from there to wrap around the whole base plate. There are a couple nice towers, a prison/storage area in the base plate's central hole, and a neat side building with space for eating and drinking.The color scheme is great too, having a mix of black, gray, and red, as well as a Tudor-style wall on the aforementioned side building.
The set comes with a decent number of minifigs, including the ghost. It is worth noting that none of these older sets had an actual "king". They were always just factions of knights and not "kingdoms" per se.
This particular set was missing a couple pieces, most notably: the ramp behind the gate and the table for the interior room. I just improvised. Looks good enough to me :P
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