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#Novelty  
Created by Grundie (all)
Went public on 6/2/2009
Number of ratings: 1095
Average rating: 3.6493 / 5
63 territories, 31 bonuses, 1 distribution mode

Description

Reviews

Review by Lavaking on 5/8/2012.
Very good map, but it lacks distribution modes:

As this map is best for 2 player 1v1 or 4 player FFA,
distribution modes like "north vs south", "left vs right", "one quarter per player" are desperately missing. (Please update this map, init. distr. are easy to implement!)

I suggest this map to be played with manual distribution, in which all players agree upon a certain distribution via chat (i.e. Player 1 picks bottom right, player 2 bottom left etc.)

Play this map without "reinforcement card" but with "order delay" and "order priority" cards for additional tactics!
21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
Review by SamStone on 3/16/2012.
A great map for people how love symmetry but loos or win depends mainly on distribution.
19 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
Review by Causation on 5/22/2013.
It's possible to tailor this map for some enjoyable multi-player games, but it would be nice to see the bonus values.
14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Review by freddyyun8 on 4/7/2012.
it's good, but I think your initial position plays a big part
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
Review by Hellghostx on 8/19/2013.
Good idea, but not enough information about army bonuses...
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by Good King John XIII on 3/16/2014.
Bonuses listed but not clear: entire tree prior to node must be won to win bonus points. Early luck is quickly magnified, once behind a little, little hope to win through any strategy. Can't think of how to improve it.
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by ThermoNuc on 10/2/2012.
This is the stupidest map ever with no information on areas and bonusses
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by SuperFafa on 3/30/2012.
Nice one, but luck is too present
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by bman7 on 3/16/2012.
A basic but very fun map.
6 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
Review by Richard Sharpe on 3/25/2012.
The lack of visible bonus links kills this map for me. Add in the default bonus making one territory worth 10 armies and this is a poorly designed map in my opinion
6 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
Review by INSIDE on 9/17/2013.
luck luck luck
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Stingray on 2/13/2015.
Like Lottery
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by GrantMAX on 10/3/2013.
bad for teams or anything really
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lawrence of Arabia on 6/15/2012.
The map distributes unequally. The winner of the game is decided from the very start when a player gets the "Champion" territory. Thus this map does not serve to match equally the wits and strategic capabilities of its players, rather it bases it on luck.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by AcetheAwesomeApple on 3/18/2012.
love it but you should have it like have the teams you thought would win abd yeah
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by [NL] derby on 8/6/2013.
OK
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Shiny Demon on 8/19/2013.
Fun map to play
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by sutherlonski on 8/2/2012.
easy
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by weirdowills on 2/1/2013.
aweful to play on can tell who has won by turn 6
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Jason Luneau on 3/11/2013.
dul
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ryangamer on 9/23/2013.
good
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Draconic Warrior on 4/23/2013.
Good Idea, games just aren't that fun due to the linear nature.
Those with the strongest armies win, not much strategy.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Connor on 5/29/2013.
there needs to be more ways to attack closer brackets
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Malteus [GER] on 8/26/2013.
Simple, harder to win as it seems on first sight. A little bit boring
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lord Raimonds of Baltic on 9/29/2013.
Sweet memories!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Alex Bennett on 7/14/2013.
zero vision
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Jesse Taylor on 8/18/2013.
needs numbers for bonuses, other than that, good lvl
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Potassium on 7/29/2013.
good
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by DanWL on 8/29/2013.
bit boring shape
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Bauza on 5/19/2014.
surpisingly strategic
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by TimeStrike on 9/16/2013.
The map works well. It's very streamlined and the sense of competition is definitely intact even though we have no idea what the fighting is over.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by barakobama on 10/8/2013.
great
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Alex on 9/7/2013.
Meh.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by tayloj on 10/4/2013.
1st map and it was made well :D
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Kathy Tiburcio on 12/7/2013.
nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by NinjaNic on 1/10/2014.
Cool map, but doesn't show bonuses.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Andy Sumner on 3/19/2014.
gy
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by aparanoidbw on 2/2/2014.
good map, it would be cooler if you could get a bonus for holding a "division" or "quadrant." overall, good map though, easy and fun.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by BlizzardWizard on 2/22/2014.
good, but hard to advance
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Kian on 2/18/2014.
I hate it when the map is symmetrical
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by God Himself on 9/12/2013.
Simple and works great - good for a quick no-brainer.
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Splashmaster on 9/26/2013.
Its ok but doesn't allow for comeback after 1 mistake.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Tim 🍌 on 8/5/2013.
kinda of bored me
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Artisan on 9/2/2012.
Interesting.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Dohxy on 7/5/2014.
It was nice ty play.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by el on 7/16/2014.
Interessting map - but the gameplay and tactic does depend heavily on the amount of players ... at least that was my experience so far.

0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by kukeymnster on 8/11/2014.
Pretty standard strategy here.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by coucou235 on 8/23/2014.
Very good idea but it should be more clear what the bonuses are at a 1st glance (like in the other maps..)
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by indiman112 on 9/1/2014.
Nice Game play
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by John Brick on 9/8/2014.
love it, very exciting tournament-esq feel to it
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Swine Poo on 9/20/2014.
Interesting concept, perhaps too restrictive.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by VaporWolf [FROG] on 10/2/2014.
nice setup
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Western Jack on 10/20/2014.
Funny, but not really exciting
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by warhawk on 7/16/2015.
Boring !
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Alonzocongo13 on 11/20/2014.
It was okay, too many choke points
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Tarec0 on 12/6/2014.
Great map. love it
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by mbronfman on 12/8/2014.
Very good me like VERY NICE
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Auroch on 12/12/2014.
Basically a lottery; whoever gets to the Champion territory first wins, barring really unlikely setups where you got every starting territory in one of the Final Four branches. Could be interesting with different starting settings, maybe, but trash as-is.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by DavidEngineering on 1/27/2015.
A fairly decent map that is a cross between lottery and strategy.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Daryle on 2/13/2015.
Fun however these games that do not have back ways in tend to be easier to win
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Cashworth on 2/20/2015.
This map is quite an interesting one, I rather enjoyed it.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Brotherdan on 3/5/2015.
thumbs up, I like it!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Rogue NK on 3/31/2015.
good ffa
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Darklordio on 4/19/2015.
luck
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Padraig on 5/30/2015.
Makes for a quick fun game.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Hades on 6/8/2015.
Very tactical but unclear on how much the bonuses are worth
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lakai713 on 7/3/2015.
awesome
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by WL on 10/6/2015.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Petio on 10/6/2015.
jh
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Eric The Ostrich {LPB} on 11/24/2015.
fun idea but extremely spawn based. if no one spawns around you, you win, it's that simple.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by TheCatGuy on 11/25/2015.
adsad
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ink Splatoon on 12/20/2015.
Tournament set up. Often a race to get priority at the middle attack
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Zilo The Creeper on 2/7/2016.
i think this map is fun to like stockpile armies and stuff
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by General Kolias on 7/8/2016.
I think it's a awful map because it doesn't give you the space that you need to deploy your armies.It's also quite small for a 5 player game.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by MoneyMakingMitch on 2/9/2017.
.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by AmethyCyan [Retired] on 3/5/2017.
Nice map, best used for FFA's or small team games.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by riskboy88 on 12/11/2019.
Mostly luck based wether there are others in your bracket
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by A_B3 on 7/27/2017.
Simple
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by ShangShenrin on 2/1/2018.
well done
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Cheesey on 3/24/2018.
Extremely interesting and enjoyable.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Spoon Vision on 10/11/2018.
Too Linear and a little boring.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by M Decay on 11/30/2018.
Took a little brain thinkin' but I eventually squeezed the juice from my mind grapes and figured it out.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Greywolf24 on 2/3/2019.
Creative map. Result depends entirely on early success. A comeback is virtually impossible. Whoever is first to capture 1/8th of the board, while everyone else is still fighting it out, will be the one to win. But still a novel concept and interesting to think through the best wait vs. advance strategies.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Spelbringer on 2/28/2019.
Although the map had a large variety of players available, the map could be made better. There were no indications of how many troops would be earned per turn, and the one-hundred strong neutral territory in the center made the map fairly limiting. A player can only fight on his or her own side, so the map is not so much a sixteen player battle royale but rather a two-sided eight player battle royale.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by JK_3 on 3/21/2019.
Interesting map layout, only 4/5 because the bonuses are not marked/indicated.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Matthew Underwood on 3/31/2019.
Just way too many AIs for my taste
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by SamayK on 4/17/2019.
Amazing
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by pepe on 5/24/2019.
Something completely different :-)
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by TheLaggyPro on 9/24/2021.
Love brackets
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Jaro on 9/12/2019.
Really funny
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by fucu22 on 9/18/2019.
is good
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by JoDo on 10/10/2019.
Intriguing
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Musteria on 3/14/2020.
Its good
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by tim on 3/17/2020.
Fun nice relaxing game,
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Matt Schwartz on 4/3/2020.
fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Master Activision on 9/21/2020.
It's good
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Neplaynian Confederacy on 5/11/2020.
The map is good, but it kinda sucks how you can't see the bonuses of each territory.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Бавель Олег on 6/15/2020.
nice one
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lucraft on 6/27/2020.
Nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by King Crimson on 7/20/2020.
Very nice. Very fun. Took 30 moves to win for me but did not seem like the game was too long and played quickly.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Zepitia on 7/28/2020.
Its good
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Jhaztin on 8/10/2020.
It is was good and it was so hard and I almost played for an hour. So it's like wasting time so it's better to lower the minutes. But the game is great!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Arsenic on 9/21/2020.
Its good
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by (deleted) on 9/30/2020.
Old School Map Bracketology. No bonuses are shown and it feels more like a lottery game. Newer versions of this map may be more appreciated. I'll have to try them out. However there are many strategies and with cards, takes skill and a lot of luck. No asthetics. Nothing special about this map at all besides it being the oldest one that's playable. 2 stars.

In a 32 player FFA, where everyone starts at Round 1, The concept of a game on this map imo is completely a lotto game. If a player gets booted or surrenders the chances for their opponent winning is increased. The first territories should all have their own bonus of 1.

Personally, I had fun with it.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by DCS on 10/7/2020.
kind of fun but also monotonous at the end
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Eso z Arizony on 11/7/2020.
interesting, i had not beaten it
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Marcus Fvn on 4/1/2021.
funny but a litte too easy
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by BRIAN on 4/10/2021.
nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by merde79 on 5/5/2021.
nul
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by wickidd on 5/22/2021.
initial placement is trash. waste of time
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Oilers on 7/5/2021.
ok
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by (deleted) on 7/27/2021.
Tough map. Loved it.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Gwiazda99 on 8/6/2021.
It is like in a tournament!!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Marmottic on 9/8/2021.
Nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Kellhus on 10/19/2021.
Simple, yet challenging. Have to figure out how and where to take a risk!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Jalone on 11/2/2021.
fun one
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Hotado on 11/19/2021.
Wooo
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nabel Andy on 11/20/2021.
Thank You!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by leroy the death bringer on 11/21/2021.
nice map, it's like march madness
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by paradigm on 1/2/2022.
almost impossible to come even close to winning.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Pierre Fromager on 1/28/2022.
Great strategy
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Harvey on 2/11/2022.
the colours for a team was not on the board, it would be nice if it was corrected. Thank You
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by War criminal on 3/1/2022.
Fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Pignut on 3/25/2022.
Just fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Pez on 3/27/2022.
ytr665
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Disc can fly on 6/4/2022.
How is this the most liked custom map?
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ethan on 6/20/2022.
!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by sam on 7/15/2022.
wow ll
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Giorgia on 7/19/2022.
🏆
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by mbotts on 8/16/2022.
You just have to have a good start. The computer AI is not too hard to fool, so I waste a turn at the beginning by retreating armies and giving him somewhere else to go, other than through you.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Hellothere123 on 8/21/2022.
Really fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by AirborneDAN on 9/28/2022.
Fun but boring
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by magispo on 10/22/2022.
perfetto
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Jim on 10/22/2022.
Fun to play! The same strategy and initial position either won or lost based upon which of us attacked the center position first and if the opponent was in position to eat them up right after that attack. One turn early or late and you’re done for as once you start losing there is no coming back.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Taris Larech on 12/1/2022.
That was fun!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by french fry cat on 12/12/2022.
I like how it looks like a brawl stars tournament:)
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Old Nick on 1/1/2023.
Great Map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by illik on 1/13/2023.
nice idea of a map. i miss the bonusboxes. also it gives not much strategy possibilities. the map is more a question of luck than skills. the bonusincome for some territories are in the standardsetting to high i think
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Gincompetent on 2/2/2023.
Fun map!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by James on 3/13/2023.
Quite fun would recommend. Although difficulty could be bumped a little bit more
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by djam on 3/15/2023.
Too many dead turns building up armies
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by smakm-yakm on 3/18/2023.
AIs don't do anyhting
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by sualkxela on 4/18/2023.
Took me a moment to figure out how to build cities, but became a lot of fun after and now I will be looking for more games where I get to build cities with gold. Thanks!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Dan Douglas on 4/20/2023.
Having the bonus system printed on the map would help. It's a fun design but a bit tedious.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by PMillPlayz on 4/22/2023.
I like it! Please make more maps!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by CaAl on 7/21/2023.
fun level
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ragnar Lothbrok on 8/19/2023.
fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Asteriks on 11/8/2023.
ok
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by papapepa on 12/5/2023.
hghghjg
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Pablo240 on 1/31/2024.
Nice start, but gets boring after the first half.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Neo on 2/8/2024.
Pretty fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by MetalGear4.5 on 3/6/2024.
good map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Jiggly Balls on 3/18/2024.
good
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Le Count H on 9/29/2013.
NICE
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by chiiii on 5/7/2012.
easy
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by hahaha on 8/26/2013.
good
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by CalmTiger on 8/26/2012.
Great Tournament map. Quite interesting and still many elements of competitive angle on approaching your first moves was quite fun too.
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Angriest Angel on 2/23/2013.
very interesting map. match isnt as simple as one would think
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Genghis on 12/9/2012.
Good game !
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by no on 11/7/2013.
I really enjoy playing this map, because it's really challenging.
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by NightStalker on 1/24/2014.
This map is strangely very fun. It appeals to the mathematician in me.
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by fdsag13 on 8/8/2012.
too basic
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by teq on 8/23/2013.
great map
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Nicola on 1/27/2014.
Nice
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Raja on 1/27/2014.
brackets are fun
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by yonikal56 on 9/25/2014.
אא
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Bla on 4/8/2012.
Great concept and very interesting gameplay.
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lekko on 8/9/2012.
Now I'm not knocking Fred, but Iain. Is that even a name? Who knows. Anyway, Kialra tricked me into a truce, and then hacked the game at the end to make me surrender. Seems.
1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Yoda on 10/25/2013.
blah
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by kjujik_RZKW on 4/17/2012.
One of the best map - V. goodto play
0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Orfadoos on 8/9/2012.
Fred was the best. He should've won, if not for my quick thinking. I managed to trick Lekki into working with me. I then hacked the game, and made him surrender.
1 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by OmarJVP on 12/16/2012.
ohlkjlkjiy
1 out of 8 people found this review helpful.