Across the Bay — AB

Across the Bay is a medium 72x72 map for two players in Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade, with an underground level and a Hard difficulty rating. Both players are human-controlled, there are no teams, and each side starts with a random faction. The author describes two long-time rivals whose fishing boats collide and reignite an old feud, leading to open war across the water. The terrain is mostly rock and grass, with about a fifth of the surface given to water and a tenth to subterranean ground. Victory requires defeating every enemy, and a player loses by losing all towns and heroes. The map holds four towns, seventeen randomly placed artifacts, thirteen mines, seven creature banks, and seventy random monster stacks, along with two Storm Elemental wanderers and dwellings for Faerie Dragons, Halflings, Boars, Nomads, and Trolls.