The Challenge — HotA 1.3.0+

The Challenge is a medium 72x72 Horn of the Abyss map with an underground level, built for one human player against four computer-controlled colors: Red, Blue, Tan, Green, and Purple, with no teams. Four of the five starting towns have random factions, while Purple plays Fortress. The goal is to defeat all enemies, and a player loses by losing all towns and heroes. The author describes a land whose mines stopped working after a Kreegan invasion, with four lords trying to restore it. Roughly a third of the terrain is water and about another third is rock. The map holds 11 mines, 26 creature banks, 20 monoliths and portals, 19 random artifacts, and one seer hut, plus wandering Nymphs, Sea Serpents, Minotaurs, and Genies.