Island Hopping — RoE

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Island Hopping is an extra large 144 by 144 map with an underground level, set across a sea where the Grail is hidden. Eight players each take one town type, from Tower to Dungeon, with no teams and no computer-only colors, so all eight seats can be human. Water covers about 35 percent of the map, and rock makes up most of the rest, with a small share of subterranean ground. Victory requires acquiring a specific artifact, which here is the Grail, and a player is defeated once all their towns and heroes are lost. Along the way, players will meet wandering dragons, liches, vampire lords and water elementals, and find mines, seer huts, creature banks, monoliths and portals. Many of the artifacts are scattered about, including a set of Legion pieces and the Necklace of Ocean Guidance.

Author's description

Somewhere in the Sea of Tempests is hidden the greatest artifact the world has ever known - the Grail. You must find it! But that's going to take a while...

Version:RoE
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Normal
Players:8 human / 8 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:34.73%
Victory condition:Acquire a specific artifact — artifact #2 (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Water61.5%
Subterranean10.5%
Dirt6.2%
Grass5.9%
Lava4.3%
Snow3.4%
Rough3.3%
Swamp2.9%
Sand2.1%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Island Hopping
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Island Hopping

On the map

Towns & Settlements

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

Heroes

2 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 31 monster
  • Level 42 monsters
  • Level 54 monsters
  • Level 63 monsters
  • Level 72 monsters

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts8

Map Objects & Structures

Resource112Treasure Chest104Random Resource83Mine64Flotsam58Boat47Sea Chest26Subterranean Gate24Learning Stone22Sign21Campfire16Shipwreck15Buoy15Shipwreck Survivor14Creature Bank13Shipyard11Redwood Observatory9Mermaid9Lighthouse9Obelisk8Mercenary Camp7Garden of Revelation7Marletto Tower7Star Axis7Whirlpool7Sirens6Two-way Monolith6Scholar6Crypt5Derelict Ship5