Hourglass 2-Beta — RoE

Hourglass 2-Beta is a medium 72x72 two-player map for Heroes of Might and Magic III: Restoration of Erathia, with an underground level and an Expert difficulty rating. Two human players can take part, with no computer-only colors and no teams, and each side begins with a random faction. Victory requires defeating all enemies, and a player loses by losing all towns and heroes. Rock, subterranean ground, water and grass make up most of the terrain, with water covering about a sixth of the map. The map holds six towns, two Mighty Gorgon stacks and two Gold Golem stacks roaming the land, and a mix of mines, seer huts, creature banks and monoliths and portals. Eleven named artifacts are placed on the map, along with 46 random ones. The description notes that each side starts apart, with time to develop before contact.