Wilds of Valhalla: MAP REVIEWS

[Tiranx]

You guys are doing great! Keep the maps coming.

[Tiranx]

Originally Posted by Sir Heroscape

Noted. If we do extend, it will probably just be a few days since our tournament is next Saturday and we'll need the Top 10 selected by then. So we'll keep you posted.

Thoughts on this @Tiranx and @TREX ?

If we don't have ten maps and there are a few submissions in the works, I am fine with an extension.

[TREX]

If the submissions are on the low side that is okay by me.

[legoboy]

I like this idea. Its been a while since I tried to build a map for competitive armies. I hope this fits the bill.

From the northern mountains of Jutanguard flows a stream. As it winds north to the sea, it passes a rugged land of unsurpassing beauty. The glacial valley is littered with boulders and conifers so old the very gods may have walked under them in the beginnings of time. This wondrous area is Primærskog.





https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8...zAzbjJLNnFxOEk

[Sir Heroscape]

Originally Posted by legoboy

I like this idea. Its been a while since I tried to build a map for competitive armies. I hope this fits the bill.

From the northern mountains of Jutanguard flows a stream. As it winds north to the sea, it passes a rugged land of unsurpassing beauty. The glacial valley is littered with boulders and conifers so old the very gods may have walked under them in the beginnings of time. This wondrous area is Primærskog.





https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8...zAzbjJLNnFxOEk

Well well well...if it isn't Legoboy. Welcome back my friend. Thank you for the submission, looks great!

Any chance you and Captain Canuck will be back in action with the video battles? It was watching you guys play that inspired me to start my own channel. You should check it out...Sir Heroscape is my channel on YouTube and I release weekly video content. You can also find my videos with my "Battle Reports" link in my signature.

[Simval]

Here is my first entry. It is actually... a completely asymetric map !

I thought that for a map to really fit the theme of ''Wilds of Valhalla'', the map had to feel a bit more natural. I believ it is still balanced though ! I also designed this map with the will to mix BftU with Ticalla. I think they're pretty nice together. I felt like it was a challenge to use Bftu as my master set since you consider it an extension.

Enjoy The Sinking Runnel.

Spoiler Alert!

This is the 9th day since I've left Einar's Golden Palace. I was sent only as a scout, yet I have become a prey. I feel like the hound of Nullondia tracks my every move. I see his gaze when I dream... His four fearless white eyes, looking down into my very soul, striking down my will, paralyzing my muscles... I do not remember how I escaped. Only the fall. The pain. I jumped into Soulrazor Canyon.

I walked - or more so limped - for what felt like eternity. I followed the stream and arrived here. The canyon seemed to narrow down and, like a miracle, I saw trees... Palm trees... As if the hot undergrounds and the thin rays of sunlight piercing through managed to spawn some kind of oasis. Is this a dream ? No. Cause if it was, it'd be a nightmare. I hear the hounds howling by the thousand. Vydar's trackers are getting close. There is only one thing I can do : follow the stream into the cave and try to find safety.

I let this letter hidden here, hoping that my men will find it. I want those words to be found. I want my general's army to avenge me. We have been BETRAYED.

At the bottom of Soulrazor Canyon, in the heart of Bleakewoode, lies a hot stream which slowly crawls into the depths of the earth. It is said that great treasures lie buried in the sand, hidden in the shadows. Can you find them before the hounds of Vydar ?



2 Bftu - 1 TJ. Two power glyphs (one must be strong, I used Astrid here but it could be something else) and two treasure glyphs (optional, favors unique heroes). The treasure glyph at the middle is on a bridge of sand, by the way.
Here are the build instructions.

I might have one other entry coming! If you extend the deadline, I'll try to give it the final push.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

Oh geez, I forgot how constricting only having one of each set is. Even with only one Thaelik Tundra (did I get that right?) I have so much snow because of small expansions... Not to mention how many RotV's I would need to build it the way I did.

I won't be able to redesign the map tonight, I guess that's what I get for procrastination. If the deadline is extended I will get a map built tomorrow (and I'll get home around noon so I'll actually have time and energy to do so).

Sorry to be an inconvenience.

[BiggaBullfrog]

Finally finished up testing one of two maps that I've been working on last night. It wasn't designed for this contest (I've been working on it since before your first contest, actually), but I think it's close enough to your theme of "Wilds of Valhalla" to go ahead and enter it. (Ironically enough, the other map I'm working on would probably be more fitting for the theme, but it's unfortunately still going through playtesting.) I apologize again for low-quality pictures - for some reason the computer I borrow to use Virutalscape on completely refuses to do high definition renderings.

April
1 RotV, 1 TJ, 1 TT

.hsc file





Backstory:

Spoiler Alert!

April's weather is pretty... wild.

[superfrog]

That makes 11 counting the epic alpaca's entry.

[Sir Heroscape]

We've decided to extend the deadline till

February 3rd @11:59pm

in order to accommodate for numerous map makers who would still like to enter the contest. Rather than shoe in the 10 current submissions, we'd like to give a chance for others to enter to make this a competition rather than an automatic entry into the Top 10 (being the Top 10 out of only 10 doesn't make sense)

So, for those of you biding your time...here's a small extension for you to get in your submissions. We look forward to what you have in store!

@TheEpicAlpaca we really do need you to edit your submission with the correct requirements. Just PM one of us (or @superfrog who already offered), and we can take care of the coding for you. We'll just need the VirtualScape file. If you have to email it to me as an attachment, you can do that to. But for the sake of continuity lets get it properly submitted.

@Dr.Goomonkey @Simval @capsocrates here are your extensions

@Retlaw @Cleon @NecroBlade hope you have time to finish

@TREX any update on the prize?

[Yodaking]

I started working on a map earlier today and should be able to turn something in by the new deadline.

[Tiranx]

Originally Posted by Nomad

Legends of mighty battles still whisper off the broken battlements, the dust of fallen warriors can be felt underfoot on the dreary cobblestones, and the ghosts of heroes can be glimpsed in the murky waters . . . nestled among the Dark Lakes of Nastraland lies the strategic Wolf Swamp Road. One branch of this road is particularly untamed - the Savage Corridor. As the wild nature of Valhalla reclaims the road, the wildest nature of beast, man, and kyrie surfaces in every skirmish on the Savage Corridor.

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We've played a few games on this map. We have found it can handle different strategies with various army builds. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Nomad.

Just played on this map with @Sir Heroscape . We even used it in this weeks video for his channel. I really enjoyed the map a lot. I found the flat land enabled quick movement across the board while higher terrain was very balanced.

We definitely played on almost every part of the map. However, most of the game was closer to Sir Heroscape's start zone than mine...

I know I only have gotten one game on this map, but I already feel like it has great tournament potential! Thanks for the submission, @Nomad .