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Archaros

Unlocks at level 3 or with the Mega Maps Pack
#Fictional  
Created by Captain Weasel (all)
Went public on 10/4/2015
Number of ratings: 187
Average rating: 4.0909 / 5
321 territories, 96 bonuses, 7 distribution modes

Description

The world of Archaros is one with a great diversity of peoples, histories, fauna and flora. The first humans settled in Myrthia, while others diverged to form tribal societies on nearly every continent. After the capital of Myrthia exploded and magical runes rained from the dark skies, nearby empires fought for power, and exotic societies stepped out of the shade.

Archaros is a tactical fantasy map featuring a unique world broken up by rivers and mountains. Colorblind friendly bonus palette and 13 superbonuses.

Distributions:
Isolated Cities / Isolated Capitals: 24 or 8 starting positions, all equally close to a bonus.
The Old World: A good rumble and then a good colonization. Don't limit the amount of territories you get in the beginning for maximum fun.
Scenarios:
Kingdoms: 12 spread out small regions.
Cardinal Empires: 4 large empires. Suggested for light fog gameplay.
Hard Choices: 6 stretched out kingdoms spread over multiple superbonuses. A recipe for a messy war.

Special thanks to Ranek for testing

Reviews

Review by Ranek on 10/5/2015.
This is map is an awesome piece of work for several reasons. There is an easy and well ballanced bonussystem, which includes nice features for clarity, like the coloured rims for the super bonusses or the colour variety for the minor bonuses.
The number of territories and the seperated continents provide a bunch of possibilities for scenario/roleplaying games as well as competitive games. The amount of chokepoints, sea ways and mountains provide nice strategic opportunities.
So overall, with its lovely, but descreetly artwork it is pretty much that what an average map in warlight should look like. Unfortunately, for warlight, this map is much above average, which is why it deserves 5/5, in my opinion.
11 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nathan on 10/5/2015.
Incredible, beautiful map. Not only is the world of Archaros gorgeous, but it plays incredibly smoothly. The connections are clear and logical and the bonuses work well together. The maker plainly put a great deal of thought into this map - I especially appreciate the back story and the introduction of each scenario and distribution. Simply phenomenal!

I found only one minor error - Teeth of Bondurat should not connect to Unukos.
Response by map creator Captain Weasel on 10/16/2015
I want to use this respond button to thank you for reviewing so many new maps. It's clear that you take your time to write an informed and considerate review, which is nice since for some maps your review is the only one. Good reviews are helpful and motivating to mapmakers and I think that goes underappreciated.
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by DJ_Green on 12/20/2015.
I like the whacky bending style of the world, and the bonuses appear to distributed very evenly
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Kain on 11/19/2015.
Awesome map, we played here some 4/5 players FFA's and every time it was interesting. A lot of chokepoints allows for startegic use of blockade cards. There are no 1-tile bonuses, and allmost all of bonusses are 2,3,4 which are all valued according to the number of their territories (-1) which makes map quite balanced. Also graphics are neat and visible. The only thing I can think of that could make this map better is maybe a fast shortcut between north and south (there are 3 such links between west and east), however I am not sure wheter it would not spoil this map so maybe leave it as it is:)
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by blob on 10/6/2015.
Nice, clean appearance. Fun to play as well.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Fruity Freedom on 11/13/2015.
Superb map.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Micah F on 11/19/2015.
Excellent
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by [ROME] Trajan on 11/28/2015.
good, but best for many multi-player games.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by stjacky on 12/2/2015.
good
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by DanWL on 1/4/2016.
Great map.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by A Snyder on 11/2/2015.
It's a nice-looking map, but some of the connections are tough to see.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Codemaster01 on 3/15/2016.
Nice
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Achilles on 7/13/2017.
great map
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Steveabode on 5/10/2017.
A beautiful-looking map and probably very enjoyable for a good long game of 4 or 5 players, however it was a bit of a foregone conclusion with 10 armies every single go in single-player mode as it was so easy to expand
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Matt Schwartz on 3/28/2020.
my favorite so far
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by RecMart on 4/1/2020.
overall ok
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Octo on 4/29/2020.
Really fun level
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by captainlove on 7/27/2020.
Now THAT was a fun map! Big, but not too time consuming because there were some bigger territories mixed in with the little ones and good connections to go from one side of the map to the other. This will be another map I'll be playing over and over, nicely done :o) I'll give it one of my rare 5 star ratings for the playablility and the nice size without having to take 5 hours to play.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Artie on 3/11/2021.
very nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by wickidd on 6/15/2021.
way too hard
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by yinchiao on 7/22/2021.
Excellent, lots of paths and possibilities
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by GeneralK on 8/15/2021.
interesting concept but too many opponents who don't fight each other
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Bob on 2/12/2022.
Solid map. Liked it.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by mitm on 3/15/2022.
Well laid out map. The settings are very challenging and balanced. You struggle for turf at start, hit the easy spot for 15 or so turns where you are chewing up the enemy. All the while you know somethings coming because its just to easy at that point. You slowly reduce down to attacking with 2's as your spread out so much that's the best you can do. Then things get real tough once the AI stops taking neutral territories. Theirs usually one AI that's stronger by then and it will sacrifice everything to stop you from getting a star. If you keep attacking with 2's against 1's and resist creating stacks, you will get there. It will take every army you have so leave none behind. Its not until the last couple turns that you can create big stacks and you have to because the AI will risk everything to stop a star. The most dangerous AI is the one with one territory left and it gets a reinforcement card. Pay attention.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Mjoth on 5/5/2022.
I really enjoyed this map, interesting terrain makes for interesting strategy. Good fun!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Aaron on 7/12/2022.
nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by skarabaios on 9/21/2023.
Nice map. Wish it was more difficult
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Салем on 11/15/2023.
nice, but little bit long
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by nick on 11/28/2023.
brill
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Trav on 1/24/2024.
I loved the variety of landforms and how big it was.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Deej on 2/28/2024.
Fun!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Bruno on 3/4/2024.
Good tactical design
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by warhawk on 12/6/2015.
As always in Warlight, the last player to make contact with another player wins !
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.