
			MAGELLAN'S MAP SUBMISSION

Map Name:	Balance

Map Maker:	Richard Friesen

E-Mail Address:	rjf@pangea.ca

Map Type:	Multiplayer
		6 Humans or Computer

Description:	The balance is gone and strange things have been happening.  
		Play as 1 of 6 factions battling to restore balance and to rule all.

Special Win:	Capture castle "Shangri-La"  (or defeat everyone else)
Special Loss:	Run out of time (7 months)
Others:		none

Playtested:	Extensively

Narrative:	4 nations have rebelled against the Empire of Guardia (purple) because 
		they beleive it was Guardia who upset the balance. They rebelled in an 
		effort to restore balance.  But it was too late for that quick fix. 
		Guardia wants to reclaim its territory from the rebels and gain enough 
		strength to conquer the elements and rule the world.  The 5th nation 
		(yellow, necromancer) just arrived on the island and can't return so
		they get caught in the middle of the war and also have to try to restore
		the balance so as not to be destroyed.  The elementals will win 
		(destroy the world) in 7 months.

Miscellaneous:	The time limit may seem a little short but it is an expert map! 
		
		The reason there are so many tiles is because I found an easy 
		way to put them down.  Until now you probably thought they could
		only be put on the map with the terrain brush.  I found that you
		could just push "t" on the keyboard over the spot where you wanted
		one. 
		
		By the way...  If anyone know how they got that different graveyard
		sprite in "Peasants" please E-Mail me!  Also... how did they get the 
		magic garden on the lake in "beltway" in the dirt (middle left)?

		PS Sorry about not responding to e-mail I might have received; I have changed
		ISP.

Update info:	-Fixed all the spelling/grammar errors I could find
		-Put in more colored barriers and strengthened Shangri-La's defenses.
		 I thought it was pretty easy before (on immpossible difficulty too!).
		 So did some people who e-mailed me.
		-Added more events on the map.
		-Changed some of the starting armies for each color.
		-Changed some scenery.
		-Fixed the jail supposedly containing King Gran.  (My editor doesn't seem to
		 work well with jails, sometimes it won't save who's inside)
		-By the way I made this map to play on impossible difficulty because the
		 AI players can be quite stupid on the easier ones.  If you play on easy
		 that's just what it'll be.
		

SPOILERS:	WARNING!!!  SPOILER INFORMATION FOLLOWS PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!
SPOILERS:	WARNING!!!  SPOILER INFORMATION FOLLOWS PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!
SPOILERS:	WARNING!!!  SPOILER INFORMATION FOLLOWS PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!
SPOILERS:	WARNING!!!  SPOILER INFORMATION FOLLOWS PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!


Spoilers:	-If you're planning on using a ship, you can kiss your resources
		 goodbye.  There are lots of bad things that can happen on the water.
		 But there are also lots of good artifacts on islands.
		-To get to Shangri-La you need to get the Aqua word in the top left snow.
		 To get it you need the words for all the other barriers but the brown.
		-Each color has their corresponding color of tent near their starting castle.
		-The lith to Shangri-La is in the swamp just east of the center island.
		 You need the Aqua word to get to it.  (Dimension door won't cut it)
		-Make sure you have a strong stack of a very/ultra fast group when attacking 
		 Shangri-La or the 99 genies will lay waste to one of your stacks.
		-Purple is at center top.  Orange is top right.  Yellow is Bottom right.
		 Red is near the center.  Green is mid-left.  Blue is Bottom left.
		-If you manage to free one of the imprisoned characters your army will be
		 tremendously strengthened.  Read the rumors for clues to where they are.
		-Each colors main mine is guarded by their color of barrier and a stack of 
		 the level 6 dwelling creature from their castle.  (Necromancer's is crystal
		 as I didn't want to restrict them from getting Liches by making it sulphur)
		-You'll start losing resources to timed events on month 2, week 1, day 4.
		 The AI's don't get those events :-)  so expect them to have their higher 
		 level creatures by the time you get to them.  Although they spread their armies
		 over many heroes making them somewhat easy to crush if you have your whole 
		 army on 1 guy.
		-Make sure you have room for an artifact before approaching Shangri-La.
		 You'll get a nice gift :-)  (Hehe)
		-King Gran is in the Jail in the top left snow south of Aqua tent.
		 The Guardian is in the jail at the very top center. Both are quite strong
		 but they need passwords to free them. (Gran=brown, Guardian=aqua, 
		 (dimension door won't work)