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The Battle of the Zodiac — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

The Battle of the Zodiac is an extra large, two-level map of 144 by 144 tiles for eight players, with seven seats open to human players and one purple seat held for the computer. It has no fixed teams, so every side plays alone. Each color fields a different town type: Castle, Rampart, Stronghold, Conflux, Inferno, Necropolis, Tower and Dungeon. Difficulty is set to Impossible. Rock covers about a third of the land, with grass, water and snow making up most of the rest. Scattered across the map are 36 towns, 134 mines, 77 monoliths and portals, and 19 creature banks, along with a Grail and a long list of placed artifacts. The victory goal is to carry one specific artifact to a designated location, and a player is eliminated after losing all towns and heroes.

Author's description

Hilda Polaris has suddenly become evil! She stopped every prayer to Odin and his Knights prepare for the attack on the Guardians of Athena. Hades and other evil entities are at the same time trying to cause chaos on Earth. Which side will you choose?

Version:SoD
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Impossible
Players:7 human / 8 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:14.35%
Victory condition:Transport a specific artifact — artifact #129 to (102, 141, underground) (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Grass28.9%
Water20.8%
Snow15.6%
Dirt11.5%
Sand10.6%
Lava4.2%
Swamp4.2%
Subterranean2.4%
Rough1.9%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
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SurfaceSurface minimap of The Battle of the Zodiac
UndergroundUnderground minimap of The Battle of the Zodiac

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Rampart(Blue) × 2
  • Conflux(Green) × 2
  • Inferno(Orange) × 2
  • Dungeon(Pink) × 2
  • Necropolis(Purple) × 3
  • Castle(Red) × 2
  • Stronghold(Tan) × 2
  • Tower(Teal) × 2
  • Castle(Neutral) × 4
  • Conflux(Neutral) × 2
  • Dungeon(Neutral) × 1
  • Inferno(Neutral) × 2
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 4
  • Rampart(Neutral) × 3
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 1
  • Tower(Neutral) × 2

Heroes

29 placed heroes on map

Grail

♕ Grail structure placed on the map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 06 monsters
  • Level 135 monsters
  • Level 2134 monsters
  • Level 3155 monsters
  • Level 4125 monsters
  • Level 576 monsters
  • Level 655 monsters
  • Level 722 monsters

Creature Dwellings

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts8
  • Spell scrolls4

Map Objects & Structures

Resource896Treasure Chest711Sea Chest152Random Resource135Mine134Favorable Winds127Evil Fog94Magic Clouds71Holy Grounds64Lucid Pools60Flotsam59Pandoras Box51Two-way Monolith48Cursed Ground (2)48Clover Field45Scholar41Quest Guard38Obelisk33Learning Stone28Rocklands24Seer Hut23Fiery Fields20Creature Bank19Shipwreck Survivor19Magic Well18One-way Monolith Entrance18Windmill16Witch Hut16Random Dwelling16Border Guard16