War and Peace — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

War and Peace is a large underground-capable Shadow of Death map of 108 by 108 tiles, built from Tolstoy's classic novel as the author's only description states. It is meant for five computer-only colors with a single human player, with no teams, and the difficulty is set to Impossible. Red is random, Blue plays Tower, Fortress and Conflux, Tan plays Necropolis and Conflux, Green plays Tower, Stronghold and Conflux, and Orange plays Inferno. Victory requires capturing one specific town, while losing all towns and heroes ends the game. Subterranean ground makes up about 30 percent of the map, with water near 25 percent and sand and grass covering the rest. Across 34 towns and 13 placed heroes, expect many guarded creature banks, 71 mines, 20 monoliths and portals, and wandering stacks such as Azure Dragons and Medusa Queens. Artifacts include Armageddon's Blade and the Crown of Dragontooth.

Author's description

Tolstoys Classic now in HOMM3.

Version:SoD
Size:L (108×108 tiles)
Difficulty:Impossible
Players:1 human / 5 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:25.42%
Victory condition:Capture a specific town — at (101, 98, underground)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Subterranean29.6%
Water25.4%
Sand15.3%
Grass8.9%
Rough7.2%
Dirt5.1%
Lava3.8%
Snow2.9%
Swamp1.8%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of War and Peace
UndergroundUnderground minimap of War and Peace

On the map

Towns & Settlements

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

Heroes

13 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts17

Map Objects & Structures

Treasure Chest76Mine71Rocklands61Resource57Random Resource41Cursed Ground (2)38Creature Bank37Clover Field37Windmill19Favorable Winds17Scholar15Library of Enlightenment15Lucid Pools15Magic Well14Two-way Monolith14Warrior's Tomb13Campfire13Mercenary Camp13Marletto Tower12Flotsam12Evil Fog12School of Magic11Arena10University10Magic Plains (2)10Temple10Corpse10Den of Thieves9Star Axis9Refugee Camp9