The Abyss — RoE

The Abyss is a medium underground map of 72 by 72 tiles, built for five players, four of whom can be human, with the fifth color left to the computer. Players form two teams, and the factions include Stronghold, Tower, Rampart, Fortress, and a combined Inferno and Dungeon position. The story, as the author tells it, concerns a deep rift that opens between two lands after an earthquake and releases creatures from the Underworld. Rock and grass cover most of the terrain, with some subterranean ground and a small share of water. Victory requires building a Grail structure, and a player is defeated after losing all towns and heroes. The map holds eight towns, six starting heroes, and a Grail, along with 29 mines, ten monoliths and portals, and fifteen artifacts scattered around.