When Hell Freezes Over — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

When Hell Freezes Over is an Extra Large 144 by 144 map for Shadow of Death, with an underground level and Normal difficulty. It supports eight players, with at most one human seat and the rest computer-controlled, grouped into five teams. The factions include Inferno, Tower, Dungeon, Stronghold, Fortress and Necropolis. Victory requires defeating all enemies, and a player is eliminated after losing all towns and heroes. Snow, subterranean, rock and swamp cover most of the terrain, with a little water. The map holds 34 towns, 135 mines, 25 monoliths and portals, and the Grail, plus many wandering Behemoth stacks. The author's description says the devils turn to calling Ktulu once Hell freezes over. The author also suggests a fairly long maximum turn time, because the computer has many two-way monoliths to manage.

Author's description

When Hell freezes over, the devils resort to the call of Ktulu. Due to the fact that the computer has a lot of two way monoliths to deal with and I have no control over how it will choose to do that, it might be wise to set a maximum turn duration time (reasonably large though)

Version:SoD
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Normal
Players:1 human / 8 total
Alliances:Yes (5 teams)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:3.58%
Victory condition:Defeat all enemies
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Snow41.9%
Subterranean29.2%
Swamp16.5%
Rough5.2%
Water4.6%
Lava1.3%
Sand1.2%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of When Hell Freezes Over
UndergroundUnderground minimap of When Hell Freezes Over

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Dungeon(Blue) × 1
  • Tower(Blue) × 6
  • Inferno(Green) × 4
  • Stronghold(Orange) × 1
  • Necropolis(Pink) × 1
  • Inferno(Red) × 2
  • Tower(Tan) × 2
  • Fortress(Teal) × 5
  • Dungeon(Neutral) × 1
  • Fortress(Neutral) × 5
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 2
  • Rampart(Neutral) × 2
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 1
  • Tower(Neutral) × 1

Heroes

29 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 21 monster
  • Level 713 monsters

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts14
  • Spell scrolls6

Map Objects & Structures

Cursed Ground (2)419Resource315Evil Fog195Random Resource179Mine135Treasure Chest112Quest Guard58Creature Bank55Campfire47Magic Well32Learning Stone27Water Wheel25Obelisk24Witch Hut23Windmill23Crypt22School of War20Library of Enlightenment18Two-way Monolith17Star Axis16School of Magic16Tree of Knowledge15Idol of Fortune14Seer Hut14Corpse14Cursed Ground14Shrine of Magic Thought13Marletto Tower12Subterranean Gate12Lean to12