Name:  Bruce Paris
Email:  BPARIS@EMEW.COM
Contest Name:  Spring 1997
Map Name:  Tangled Forest

Description:	The evil Lord Spectre has sent his minions forth 
to lay waste to the lush forest lands.  Your goal is to find Lord 
Spectre and defeat him.  While your goal is to kill the hero Spectre, 
do not forget about the other competing heroes who will be lurking 
about.  

Like most home-made maps, rumors and signs are very important and 
should be heeded.  This map can be difficult due to a number of factors:

1.)  	The Warlock character, normally seen as the best class to be, 
	has a decided positional disadvantage compared to the other 
	classes.  This helps to level the playing field.
2.)	Most experienced players utilize a very aggressive strategy. The
	map layout will punish those who are overly aggressive, thus 
	forcing players to vary their strategy.
3.)	A general lack of resources will make construction decisions very
	critical.

A final note is that this map is not what I classify as a "gimmick" map. 
That is a map that can be won only if a certain course of action is followed 
and some good luck is also needed.  I despise maps of that type as they 
reduce an excellent strategy game into a game of repetition.  Some of the 
campaign maps are notorious for falling into the "gimmick" trap.
	