
		   MAGELLAN'S MAP SUBMISSION

Map Name:       War of the Ring  (Wotr.mp2)

Map Maker:      Fabio Musciatelli

E-Mail Address: musciate@cli.di.unipi.it

Map Type:       Multiplayer
		6 Humans Or Computer

Description:    See below

Special Win:    NONE

Special Loss:   NONE

Special Other:  Cooperative

Narrative:      See below

All Human Sides
Completely
Play-Tested:    Yes ! I played (and won) with all sides



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General infos...

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Hi,

this is my map about Tolkien ad Middle Earth... It is a cooperative map for 
six player (human or computer controlled): by now I have only played alone,
so I've not tested it in a multiplayer game, sorry.

This is a XL map, with a lot of resources, mines, treasures and special 
places... I rated this as an Expert map, because almost all valuable places 
(like mines and towns/castles) are guarded by monsters: you will find that 
conquer a neutral city will be, in some case, difficult, so send into the 
fight only good heroes with a good army !

Every sides are surronded by lots of monsters that guards the borders of 
theirs kingdoms, so for some weeks every sides have the time to develop 
castle(s), army(es) and so on... 
Some players are more isolated than others, for example Mordor at the start,
is near only to Gondor, while Rivendell must guard itself from Angmar (north) 
and Isengard (south)...
The easiest sides to play is probably Mirkwood Elves, while the hardest may be
Gondor, if Mordor or Isengard choose to invade soon... 

In this map you not will be able to explore much if you don't fight, because 
valley, road and other passages are all guarded, so at the start you must 
build soon a medium army. The starting heroes are already expert, they don't 
start at level 1, so use them carefully !

In this map there is only one Warlock city (not upgradable), so the only place
for recruiting dragons is the Smaug's Lair, north of Esgaroth.

I hope you can enjoy with my map !

Fabio





