Excaliber — SoD

Excaliber is a medium 72x72 map with an underground level, built for Shadow of Death and set for Normal difficulty. Five colors are placed, with four players able to be human and the teal color reserved for the computer, which holds a Castle town. The other four colors begin with random factions, and no teams are set, so every player competes alone. Victory requires transporting one specific artifact, the Excaliber, while defeat comes from losing all towns and heroes. The story follows Avalon, whose castle has fallen to evil forces seeking the sword, and the map's terrain is largely rock, with sand, rough ground and about 11 percent water. Notable features include 20 towns, 27 mines, 18 monoliths and portals, four Faerie Dragon wandering stacks, and six placed artifacts, among them the four magic tomes.