Discussion: 8MM6 template.

Download the 8MM6 template

Legend:

Zone contents:

[1-8],15,16,[19-22],25,26 - many [500-3000], medium [3000-6000], few [10000-15000]

[9-14],17,18,23,24 - many [3000-6000], medium [10000-15000], few [15000-20000]

Optimal map size: XL or XL+U

Terrain of zones:

1-8 - determined by the type of city in this zone

9-26 - arbitrary

Cities: Any

Neutral monsters: Any

Comments:

Almost symmetrical template :) Designed for 8 players. Many cities and "delicious" zones. No gold mines!

Zones 18, 17, 23, 24 are approximately twice as small in area as the others.

What I DON'T like about this template:
- The first player, unlike the other 7, also starts with a mercury mine;
- Mines are scattered "unevenly" across the zones. In the mini-square of the first player, there is a noticeable abundance of sulfur and mercury mines, but you have to run far for crystals/dragon stones, and even then, you need to guess the right direction (19 -> 11 or 19 -> 12, which are no different). Playing as Castle with the main resource being crystal/dragon stone becomes slightly more difficult due to the lack of nearby mines, so you can only rely on treasure rooms. For the second player, the situation is similar, only vice versa;
- It is unclear why zones 17, 18, 23, 24 were singled out in this way when they are filled just like zones [9-14], and access to the first four is guarded twice as strongly. Perhaps the importance of the latter should have been reduced so that goodies (utopias in particular) could only be found in zones 17, 18, 23, 24.

Information taken from the website http://dreamcatcher.metroland.ru.