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Castles

#Novelty  
Created by [REGL] Pooh (all)
Went public on 3/25/2012
Number of ratings: 363
Average rating: 3.4655 / 5
441 territories, 81 bonuses, 6 distribution modes

Description

Adopted from siy for updates.

Reviews

Review by falconchris on 3/26/2012.
Multi player only, AI's not intelligent enough to avoid the negative bonus traps.
11 out of 13 people found this review helpful.
Review by BluesBrother57 on 3/25/2012.
fix the bonuses. purple castle has a bonus the same as every other castle. (worth 10, next to the 20 bonus on the front) it has 10 territorys while the rest of the castles have it for 6 territorys. there are other problems players in my game reported.
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 2/8/2013
Fixed! Thanks for your feedback.
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
Review by [REGL] Pooh on 4/26/2012.
Okay Map. The Walls/Paths Tricky for the first time. Some Inconsistant-non-symmetrical bonuses, plus center is too overweighted to be in the distribution. Perhaps a race to it would be better.

Suggestions:
-Fix Non-Symmetrical Bonuses in Purple and Green.
-Fix Broken Link in Center on the two squares on Top
-Add Extra territories to the 4 player FFA so the castle can be filled out quicker rather than having everyone start in the center. Its almost 30 turns before you can fill out castle without multiple starting points. Maybe add the 4 corners for a total of 5.
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 2/8/2013
Took map over from siy to make corrections on 2/7/2013.

Issues addressed in the latest version:
Fixed Bonuses
Fixed Missing Connections
Added Distribution Methods

Please let me know if you have any further suggestions.
9 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
Review by Berserk on 3/4/2013.
Too many long pathways made out of rows of territories. That really drags the game out, makes it way too slow and boring.
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by Andalorium on 3/25/2012.
nice map, but i got confused that there were two levels instead of one, i suggest having the airlift card for this map as well or you'll be waiting several turns to get your larger forces were you need them
8 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
Review by jlphelan on 5/16/2012.
Great layout; however, it seems like the "moat" blocks keep the AI from advancing, not sure, but it seems to be the case...
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nathan on 10/8/2014.
Good stuff. The negative provide an additional layer of complexity to gameplay. My only complaint is that the little arrows intended to show how territories connect underneath the walls make it look like the territories connect TO the walls.

A word of clarification to players - envision the perimeter of each castle as a second-story wall with entrances and exits going through gates beneath the walls.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by XenonXperia on 3/26/2012.
VS npc's this is way too easy. NPC's dont avoid the negative armies and they get 0 armies quickly.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by [16] b3rz3rk3r on 5/10/2012.
found 2 errors during play.
-bonus 14, has 4 additional territories.
-you can't move between the 2 upper center fields.

But it is a fun and interesting map besides the few minor errors.
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 2/8/2013
Fixed, Thanks for the Feedback!
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by chiiii on 5/8/2012.
:)
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by [LOD] mole on 3/26/2012.
Bonus 14, has the gate and tower, where it should be just the gate
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 2/8/2013
Fixed, Thanks for Feedback!
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Novirtue on 6/7/2013.
Takes really way too long to go up the castles to get rid of the negatives, AI has a hard time with this map.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Destroyer on 4/8/2012.
I really enjoyed this map.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by kzador on 3/8/2013.
La inteligencia artificial se trabo, ojala solucionen ese problema.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Nemoricus on 3/27/2012.
Not a bad idea, but the default distribution makes this map terribly slow to play as players have to slowly work their way out from the starting positions.
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 2/8/2013
Fixed, by adding several new distribution modes.
4 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by Maggot Brain on 10/31/2013.
This map has some cool ideas but the moat system doesn't make a lot of sense. Needs to be reconfigured before playable.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Kat' on 7/2/2012.
Very poor design. In practice mode the IA will lock itself capturing the two -10 bonuses too early. The walls can only be captured after like 30 turns. The map is so slow to play that it's enarly unbearable, and there are practically no tactical possibilities.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by CapTainB4ckFir3 on 4/29/2012.
broken squares and broken bonus on purple castle
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 2/8/2013
Fixed, thanks for the Feedback!
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Sizard on 10/27/2015.
Great map, don't get your stacks in the wrong place
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Silas Hagland on 2/17/2016.
ok
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Jeffotato on 5/15/2016.
Forces you to use very precise strategies, using negative territories.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by (deleted) on 5/19/2016.
Complicated commections; make sure that you read what's connected to which territory.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Ramteid on 6/29/2017.
cool map, but a bit unfair if one player gets booted or surrenders in early game
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Life is Good on 7/11/2017.
confusing, makes no sense just starting out.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by A_B3 on 11/16/2017.
The castle entrances with the arrows make no sense.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by aprasha on 1/21/2018.
Terrible map. Defender wins. Attaccker lose. Full of narrow paths for using block cards...
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Kwickkid1 on 9/7/2018.
Was a confusing map for the first couple times. But after that its nice. Just hope you get someone understanding when playing against if your not sure. Just ask.. took a couple time for me to get used to it..

Also dont get tricked by how the arrows point to where they lead to.. thats confusing also
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Hemija on 3/27/2012.
Not good for singleplayer map
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Darth Bobicus on 4/3/2012.
would be better if the wall and tower portions led onto the lanes to other castles rather than a jump directly from the keep.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Samson on 6/16/2014.
THAT WAS FUN
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Littlejoe on 5/5/2014.
This map is confusing but fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by andrew on 1/11/2014.
amazing
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by MechArmy on 4/2/2012.
Little tricky, but interesting
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by RijS on 11/10/2013.
A very simple map with lots of space to create a stalemate. Even after an opponent attacks.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by PSV Supporter on 6/29/2014.
Terrible map. Several territories do not connect, although visually they do.
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 3/28/2016
Fixed. Thanks for feedback.
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by 4Soccer on 6/29/2014.
Faulty map. Territories not connecting where they should.
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 1/20/2015
Where?
3 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by indiman112 on 7/29/2014.
Lots of fun!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by DOA-DFA on 9/17/2014.
long
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Shadow (HUN) on 11/1/2014.
good map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Mark The Destroyer on 11/27/2014.
Use your choke points and be wary of the negative bonuses.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by G_GR on 12/16/2014.
nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by ErrantDebris on 5/21/2016.
While an interesting concept, it lends to drawn out games with little happening each turn.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by schwarz on 5/21/2016.
ein klassiker
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by John on 5/25/2016.
very fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Endril on 6/3/2016.
Pretty good map, interesting to play, the only negative is that there is too expanding to do until you actually met another player in battle. May be better to use it on real time games.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by SoccerDog on 7/17/2017.
This is a good map.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by ShangShenrin on 2/1/2018.
nice
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by LiddelHart on 3/4/2018.
not so good
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by jk3000 on 3/25/2018.
gjk
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Erzherzog on 5/28/2020.
a very equal map.
great for 2 or 4 players/teams
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by sualkxela on 11/1/2020.
Enjoyed it, but it takes a long time as a game to develop, and it takes forever to finish, even with AI at the end.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nicholas1303 on 6/3/2021.
Good map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Quixote on 1/20/2022.
Lengthy, but fun.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Malssistra on 8/4/2022.
AI takes the malus and drop to 0 gold/turn quickly
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Mjoth on 8/5/2022.
Really nice map, fun to play! Great game!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Derpy on 12/2/2022.
Not an impossible map, so it rates more than 1 star, but absurdly long single-path routes lead to a very long, very boring win.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by George on 1/13/2023.
loved it great deign
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ragnar Lothbrok on 8/19/2023.
OK
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by geofri on 9/6/2023.
f
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Tregonsee on 9/10/2023.
I want to see other things with this map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by rebbi on 9/14/2023.
idea is marvelous. but moving path in/via/below gates and towers should be marked visually clearly for human player
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Asteriks on 11/16/2023.
great, long, but fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Camo.Nation on 2/20/2024.
Excessive territories, AI's couldn't gather enough to even threaten even with multiple enemies. Just a whole lot of clicking to get to the inevitable end of victory. Really difficult not to win. 61 turns taking it super slow because I knew I would win after 23, the rest was just waste of time and no strategy.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by GwenBD94 on 4/26/2024.
difficult to understand pathing, negative boosts in only paths to interact with other players
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Kvothe on 10/10/2024.
The looping nature of this map is terrible. Could be good if you start with territories in all sides, but otherwise it takes way too long to complete, even if you have already effectively won
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Yksisarvinen on 3/24/2016.
Fun map, but AI runs into negative bonus at the beginng and stops playing :/
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Commander on 11/29/2018.
Great map
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by MainstreaM on 4/26/2012.
To bad the AI can't handle the -10 at the centre and stalls.
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.