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Grandmaster — AB

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

The Grandmaster is a large underground map of 108 by 108 tiles for Armageddon's Blade, rated hard, and set in a ravaged realm where a hero must work through the Seven Guilds to find a way to save the city of Akkad. It supports eight players, with only one human seat, and the other seven are computer-controlled. Three teams are arranged among the players, and factions range from Inferno and Stronghold to Rampart, Conflux, Tower, Necropolis, Dungeon, and Castle, while one player's hero is random. Victory requires defeating a specific hero, and a player loses if a specific town falls. Rock covers much of the terrain, with water, snow and dirt making up most of the rest, and the map holds wandering monsters such as Ancient Behemoths, Red Dragons and Power Liches, along with many mines, seer huts and monoliths.

Author's description

Akkad lies ravaged by marauding Red Reavers, Demoniac servants of the tyrant Uxnator. Akkad's Seers send you on a desperate quest: to penetrate the Seven Guilds -- to untangle the intrigues of their secret Masters -- and to discover a way to save Akkad with the Might & Magic of the GRANDMASTER.

Version:AB
Size:L (108×108 tiles)
Difficulty:Hard
Players:1 human / 8 total
Alliances:Yes (3 teams)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:19.74%
Victory condition:Defeat a specific hero — at (79, 79, underground)
Loss condition:Lose a specific town — at (72, 82, surface)

Terrain (both levels)

Water32.5%
Snow16.5%
Dirt14.4%
Grass14.2%
Sand8.9%
Subterranean5.1%
Lava3.7%
Rough3.1%
Swamp1.4%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
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SurfaceSurface minimap of Grandmaster
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Grandmaster

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Random(Blue) × 1
  • Rampart(Green) × 2
  • Conflux(Orange) × 1
  • Castle(Pink) × 2
  • Necropolis(Purple) × 2
  • Tower(Purple) × 1
  • Inferno(Red) × 1
  • Inferno(Tan) × 1
  • Stronghold(Tan) × 1
  • Dungeon(Teal) × 1
  • Stronghold(Teal) × 1
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 1

Heroes

30 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Creature Dwellings

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Spell scrolls8

Map Objects & Structures

Border Guard129Sign116Border Gate115Resource101One-way Monolith Entrance81Treasure Chest70Keymaster's Tent38Quest Guard36Garrison27Magic Well25Mine20Buoy19Idol of Fortune19Subterranean Gate16Freelancers Guild16Seer Hut15Fountain of Fortune15Two-way Monolith13Star Axis13Random Resource13Flotsam12Boat12Scholar10Creature Bank10Lighthouse9Stables9Corpse9Shrine of Magic Thought9Wagon8Cursed Ground8