Y Ddraig Goch — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Y Ddraig Goch is a large underground map of 108 by 108 tiles for seven players, with one human seat and six computer-controlled colors. There are no teams. Red plays Tower, Tan plays Dungeon, Green plays Stronghold, Orange plays Inferno, Purple and Teal both play Necropolis, and Pink plays Castle. The premise has Merlin leaving seclusion to search for Arthur and bring a legendary blade back to Camelot so the Britons can resist the invaders. Rock covers about 39 percent of the terrain and water only 5 percent. The map holds 23 towns, 31 mines, 9 seer huts, and the Grail. Victory requires transporting one specific artifact, and a player loses if a specific hero falls.

Author's description

Myrddin (Merlin) is called out of "retirement" to find King Arthur and return Excalibur to Camelot, in order to help the British people resist the English invaders.

Version:SoD
Size:L (108×108 tiles)
Difficulty:Normal
Players:1 human / 7 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:4.98%
Victory condition:Transport a specific artifact — artifact #35 to (10, 7, surface) (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose a specific hero — at (10, 9, underground)

Terrain (both levels)

Rough22.7%
Dirt21.7%
Grass17.2%
Snow14.5%
Water8.1%
Swamp5.9%
Lava5.0%
Subterranean5.0%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Y Ddraig Goch
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Y Ddraig Goch

On the map

Towns & Settlements

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

Heroes

49 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts14
  • Spell scrolls2

Map Objects & Structures

Resource122Rocklands121Magic Plains (2)43Quest Guard37Mine31Border Gate29Holy Grounds26Favorable Winds24Fiery Fields21Magic Clouds19Evil Fog18Treasure Chest15Corpse15Two-way Monolith15Witch Hut13Cursed Ground (2)10One-way Monolith Entrance9Seer Hut9Marletto Tower9Fountain of Fortune8Sign8Star Axis8One-way Monolith Exit7Magic Well7Learning Stone6Garden of Revelation6Border Guard6Random Resource6Mercenary Camp5Windmill5