I have a map for aow1 released called 'the war of the 12 mages' (on which 7 or more games with 12 PLAYERS actually were completed!).
with all of the great turn posting (especially in the early games), I have been inspired to do a series of maps for aow2 or SM.
2 maps for the prequals to the aow1 map, possibly a remake of the aow1 map, and then 2 or 3 maps, each starting from different possible outcomes from the aow1 map.
each map will have a different play style, and the stories involved, as well as the treatment of map features, will go far into explaining the original map, and the history of the land.
also, since the concepts were centered on AoW2, I've done a lot of work to help explain why some things existed then, but not now (lizards, azracs, alters, etc...), and why some things from the aow1 map came into being to begin with...
(such as how the highmen got their name, the origin of goblins, halflings, frostlings and dwarves, as well as the absence of gnomes....etc...)
of course, there is MUCH work to be done on the maps still, and I'm writing a very long story to accompany them, so dont expect the series any time soon!
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I'm also fairly close on finishing another map (for aow2, playable in SM), designed for either 3 or 6 players... It is more symetrical and traditionally balanced then all of my other maps, but still has a 'greenmonster' feel to it it started off as a template for a 3 player map (since there is a shocking shortage of those maps available), but then I started fiddling...
now I plan on releasing it as a fully fleshed out map, AND as a template.
anyway, I'm currently looking for people to help me test it in the PBEM forums.
Its not finished, but its at the 'I better test these 50 scripts before I CANT fix them' stage, and the map itself is easily fleshed out enough to play (a few stretches of blank steppe tiles exist, but they will be filled in b4 release ). INterested? then please go to the PBEM forums and sign up!