Manchini 3 — SoD

Manchini 3 is an extra large underground map of 144 by 144 tiles for six players, with four human seats at most and Orange and Purple reserved for the computer. Players are split into five teams, and each colour fields a different faction: Castle, Tower, Conflux, Dungeon, Fortress and Necropolis. The author's description frames the story as a time of war and hatred that the player must halt, either by force or by cunning. Victory comes from accumulating 30 Azure Dragons, and a player is eliminated after losing all towns and heroes. The landscape is mostly rock, with grass, lava and snow covering much of the rest and only a little water. Fourteen towns, six placed heroes, 41 mines and 29 creature banks fill the map, along with wandering Ancient Behemoths and a set of named artifacts such as the Titan's Thunder and the Ring of the Magi.