Old World — SoD

Old World is an extra large Shadow of Death map at 144 by 144 tiles, set mostly on water, where the aim is to take control of Europe. Eight players can all be human, and no teams are used, so each player competes separately on a Hard difficulty. Castle and Rampart each appear twice, while Necropolis, Stronghold, Inferno, and Tower each appear once. Water covers 57 percent of the map, with grassland and snow making up most of the rest. Victory requires eliminating every rival, and a player is defeated once all their towns and heroes are lost. The map holds 13 towns, 49 mines, 6 monoliths and portals, and 4 creature banks. Two named artifacts, the Buckler of the Gnoll King and the Ogre's Club of Havoc, are placed among 23 random ones.