Whispering Woods — WoG

Whispering Woods is a medium-sized free-for-all map for eight players, all of whom can be human, with no teams and every starting faction chosen at random. It is laid out on a 72 by 72 grid with an underground level, and its terrain is mostly grass and dirt with a small share of water. The victory goal is to eliminate every rival, while a player loses once all of their towns and heroes are gone. The map is set at Normal difficulty and scatters 10 towns, 40 mines, 14 creature banks, 80 wandering monster stacks and 20 random artifacts across the land. The description stresses fast early expansion, since claiming the forest's resources quickly is the way to build an edge over the other lords.