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Four Castles

Unlocks at level 10 or with the Mega Maps Pack
#Fictional  #Fantasy  
Created by aper (all)
Went public on 12/11/2011
Number of ratings: 903
Average rating: 3.4861 / 5
114 territories, 29 bonuses, 2 distribution modes

Description

NOTE: this map is created to be played mainly by 4 players in Free For All mode. But of course, feel free to try other setups, if you wish so.

Reviews

Review by Kat' on 3/16/2012.
An incredibly tactical map with lots of possibilities. Never gets boring. Great job !
21 out of 25 people found this review helpful.
Review by SamStone on 3/16/2012.
A very symmetric map that has some backdoors that offers a lot of fun.
19 out of 22 people found this review helpful.
Review by ChiefBeurre on 3/23/2012.
it cauzes some interesting free for all fights
16 out of 18 people found this review helpful.
Review by [REGL] FourthFloor on 3/17/2012.
This map is great fun! Enough portals and bonuses to be fun, but not overly complicated. Works bet as a 2v2, but also a ffa is fun.
14 out of 17 people found this review helpful.
Review by Blacksnaketail on 5/21/2012.
This map is great for beginners and for people who like to battle with a front line.
10 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
Review by Fizzer on 3/16/2012.
Have you considered putting the four bonus links for each fort next to their bonus? I always have to click through all four of them to figure out which goes with which.
Response by map creator aper on 6/4/2012
I just thought it's better that way.
15 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
Review by Oatcutter on 3/20/2012.
Great map, very dynamic.
11 out of 15 people found this review helpful.
Review by Gold Zeus on 4/4/2012.
amazing good job
10 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Review by chihz on 5/1/2012.
good design
9 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nerko252 on 5/31/2012.
Very good keep up the good work!
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by [REGL] gehakteN on 3/29/2012.
good map
10 out of 15 people found this review helpful.
Review by ChrisCMU on 8/1/2013.
I like the map, well designed and looks good too. You could have a super bonus for the entire castle (even if only a couple armies) next to the castle bonuses.
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by Aminox on 3/29/2012.
Awsome
9 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Review by [MISFITS]Pizzazz on 8/26/2012.
Great for a quick 2v2 game!
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by [REGL] Firehawk on 8/7/2013.
This map requires more strategic thinking that most maps, which makes it fun to play.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by zing103 on 5/6/2012.
It's great for 1v1 play as well
5 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nathan on 4/23/2015.
Great map - lots of tactical thought required. I might recommend players make the negative bonuses even more dramatic. As it is, they don't greatly discourage players from taking crucial shortcuts.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by LuckyLuke on 6/5/2012.
VERY COOL extremely good for 4 ffa

PS the negative armies dont really help B-D
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nick on 6/26/2012.
It was good.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by 1brian500 on 8/1/2012.
personally i hate any negative-income marked areas, but other than that its a great map. easy to lose track of the portals though
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by x VaNiTy o on 12/30/2012.
great
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by JimmyPunchline on 2/28/2013.
so good!
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lord Eagle Claw on 3/5/2013.
Good attempt, and good fun overall. I like the simplicity.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by LordDildo on 4/24/2013.
This map is great fun.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by slimjim2 on 1/27/2014.
Very good balanced map. Great for 4 players or 2 vs 2
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Smallville on 10/28/2013.
Good map
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lord Raimonds of Baltic on 10/29/2013.
thats smart man
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Clarus Nox on 6/27/2013.
too many access roads
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by [ÀÏóĈ]Pyrocleptic on 10/15/2013.
small fun map
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Gamecrazy721 on 6/12/2013.
Love it
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by hrsman022 on 4/17/2012.
good map
6 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
Review by hedja on 8/2/2013.
Very good settings on Season X
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Stonn on 6/17/2013.
Obviously this game is balanced. But it makes me think of armies and castles when I play it. It is very different from the real world maps.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Alonso9120 on 7/3/2013.
A great map for 1v1
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by orionaux on 7/23/2014.
Fun for four players
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by elpibe1010 on 10/8/2014.
I like it.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by OhThatsRich on 10/29/2014.
Really interesting
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Q on 3/11/2015.
Very nice. This maps leads to a level of strategy that I haven't seen before.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Archon on 5/18/2015.
really fun for ffa with friends
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Epicular on 7/27/2015.
I played a single-player game on this map with 3 other AI players.

It was fun. But it lasted 98 turns. Because those friggin roads are impossible to hold, and you have either stalemates or dominance jumping around between players the whole time.

I think road (and maybe crossroad) bonuses should be greater, and negative bonuses should also be more severe. But hey, I can change that when creating games so I don't really care.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by GeniusJKlopp on 11/10/2015.
Great map,awesome for 4 players/teams.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by ipg on 11/15/2015.
A classic map.
Even better when you can choose your starting spot.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
I like this map as means for a short, simplistic and aggressive two-player or four-player game.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Konstantinos on 12/31/2016.
good map
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Corey Poole on 5/19/2017.
Initial placement sucks. It will take a lucky chance for you to get to the center first because the AI1 always gets 3 spaces closer to the middle than the player does. It also feels like the AIs know where you are even with fog, as in this game I just played, they were able to come directly to where I was without having to go different directions. It doesn't allow strategic play, you much win by luck of hoping the AI move in a way that hinders them...
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Petyyy on 10/14/2017.
I don't like this map.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by unnamed on 11/13/2018.
I can't win because this map is unfair for player. The A.I on right side always win. It is close to crossroads than other A.I and Player. It makes very hard to play and I don't know how to win with this disadvantage. So give the player more hint or remove it.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Joaquin Tapia Heyermann on 11/6/2019.
The map in itself is ok, but the settings on the singleplayer campaing are so unfair, specially having a team with a starting position closer than everyone else to the 35 bonus. That player allways crushes uss by getting that huge bonuss, with no chance for the rest of us (AI's and me) to ever get first to the center bonus
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Vladimir Vladimirovich on 8/3/2013.
nice for 4 ffa, nothing else
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Le Count H on 3/23/2014.
nice
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by THIRDxxx on 7/23/2016.
Great Map!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by LeafThornton on 9/20/2016.
An absolutely unbalanced map through which the AI exploits unfairly.. Would not recommend this map to anyone.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by bucheron69 on 5/1/2017.
Too difficult
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Arvel Crynyd on 5/8/2017.
UGH!!!
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by t7soldier on 4/4/2018.
Good map
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Spoon Vision on 10/11/2018.
The portals make for a fun surprise .
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Sangita Sita on 11/27/2018.
Don't like that map
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Graaf Reinoud I on 12/8/2018.
Ideal map for a 4 FFA or 2v2, equal chanche for every player when starting in the Castles.
Battle will decide who is the tactical master
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Emperor Folf on 1/22/2019.
This level is literally impossible to win. AI gets an unfair headstart and surges to the center immediately before I can even get near it, and right when I'm about to attempt to break through to the center with all of my reinforcements, he builds up a very large army and cuts me off every damn time! How are you suppose to win when the odds are so unbalanced?
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by kgy121 on 2/27/2019.
Since the game ends when the middle is taken, and one of the AI (on the left) starts four spaces closer than you do, unless it does something horrifically stupid, which is 100% RNG, it will end the match before you can even rush the place you're supposed to battle.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by walright on 3/28/2019.
unfair
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Brainslnside on 6/17/2019.
This map is completely broken and unbalanced.

Unless the AI makes a really DUMB mistake, it is impossible to win the race to the middle of the map to ensure you are not getting completely wiped out from the map by whoever gets the central objective. Strategy is obsolete here.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Yuhan Zhang on 6/29/2019.
A small, compact map with portals. This map lacks any interesting geography to make it worth playing. The routes are too limiting. There is too little room for manoeuvre at the center.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Chaket on 8/6/2019.
map that u can win only by luck if IA dont take center early
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by War-ACE on 8/19/2019.
I dislike the map in the single player mode since it doesn't leave you the ability to freely try multiple things which may lead to victory. There's only one path to victory and no other freedom of playing. It's annoying to find out that one right path attempt after attempt after attempt just until you got it... That's not playing, that's annoying. And all of that becouse one AI is set to reach the 35 armies bonus as first.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by B0ss_I_Hab_Cancer on 8/21/2019.
Unbalanced trash
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by The War Doctor on 9/1/2019.
Absolutely impossible to win if you're playing solo. If the purpose is to force "lurkers" to begin playing multi-player, it might just work. Or it might lead one to just leave the site all together. Literally the worst map I've encountered so far.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Thenardier on 12/5/2019.
The map is absolutely broken unless all players start equidistance from the center.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Frolix on 4/6/2020.
Nice map
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Chocolates35 on 4/13/2020.
It is a good map wish it was a little bigger though.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by JK_3 on 6/2/2020.
Good map, would be nice if you could jump between the little resource silos to the silo next to it, with a -3 bonus in between

EDIT: just noticed that the East castle has some weird squares underneath the territories in the wings.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Bubbsi on 4/24/2013.
This map is unbelievable....
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Matthew Moulton on 6/28/2013.
This map would be a lot better if it was better balanced. If one was to gain control of the Crossroads bonus, then they would get 6 extra armies when usually a four bonus would be about 3. Also, if you were unfortunate enough to start on a swamp or on a portal, then they would get minus armies. If you were to fix the balance problem, I would rate the map much better.
5 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
Review by Tread Lightly on 12/6/2013.
Boring. Games take forever and it's not tactically interesting.
3 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by Andwaro on 3/15/2014.
its like castles but its a little confusing
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Teancum on 11/15/2016.
easy
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by MoneyMakingMitch on 2/14/2017.
.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Gunk on 3/2/2017.
fun small map. hard to control the center.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by David M. Seiter on 7/4/2017.
a
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by sasa on 7/23/2017.
After you get center , it is boring -practically done.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by ShangShenrin on 2/1/2018.
dsfds
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by gravedigger on 2/11/2019.
"What's the least strategic map that we can put in a strategy game.... hur, dur."
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Voodoo on 7/20/2019.
This map is Stupid and impossible
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by zhangdongxiang on 10/14/2019.
impossible to win
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by the alliance of zivmerica on 1/10/2020.
IT SUCKS. NO MATTER WHAT YOU CANT WIN. IM STUCK ON THIS STUPID AND UGLY MAP
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Dennis Cohn on 1/10/2020.
impossible
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Argtim Ibishi on 1/24/2020.
this map is far too difficult
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Filip Stevens on 3/15/2020.
Has anyone ever won this level?
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Gacs Tony on 3/27/2020.
Eine coole Karte und vor allem Fair - niemand hat zu Beginn einen unfairen Vorteil. :D
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Saakul97 on 4/8/2020.
This map is pure luck. The best tactics dont work, if you are unlucky at one turn.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Dan on 4/23/2020.
Terrible
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lars Devos on 5/17/2020.
not possible
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Worf on 5/26/2020.
Once someone takes the center the game is over....and opponents start closer so you can't get close. Horrible setup.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Sean on 6/3/2020.
My favorite map so far!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lucraft on 6/17/2020.
imposible to reach the middle befor bot
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by TheSt on 7/4/2020.
impossibly
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by bobo on 7/5/2020.
this is madness I will not pay for this trash...
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Hroznatinsky on 4/11/2021.
Almost perfect. It will be better ballancend if the overriden bonus territory (crossroad) will be accesible from the malus territories (swamp)
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by canada on 7/27/2021.
Impossible.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Max Scherzer on 8/27/2021.
awesome
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nalesilse on 8/31/2021.
1
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Pepp on 10/21/2021.
hmm
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Drew DiGiacinto on 11/2/2021.
fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by 7 on 11/3/2021.
no shot
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by FishyFishy on 11/23/2021.
It was fun, a bit easy if you figure it out, but definitely a fun board.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Eric Mortensen on 11/25/2021.
what the flap is he doing 5 space from center
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Boris Khmelnitskiy on 1/15/2022.
nice structure, that invites creative and careful strategy. and introduces the idea of a swamp with a negative army count - quite clever!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ace on 3/4/2022.
Boring map that basically requires a scrum in the middle, after that its easy to clean up, but everybody fights over the same few positions
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by John W. on 3/22/2022.
A simple map that highlights the importance of planning ahead.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Joshua Sitton on 5/22/2022.
I love the 35 income place
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ethan on 6/22/2022.
Awesome map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by V.W. Bug on 6/25/2022.
This map is always challenging without going on forever. Great map :)
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Mjoth on 7/16/2022.
Very interesting map. Getting the gold star in 16 turns was a bigger challenge than I thought, even after controlling the middle. Great game!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by IDK on 8/20/2022.
n
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by €nigma on 8/22/2022.
Pretty good, it could have done better
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by PJABBER on 11/6/2022.
Really fun map with the challenge of back doors and possibility to avoid the inevitable skirmishing in the center.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by demon king on 11/11/2022.
great map fun mod
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Wasabi77 on 1/29/2023.
ok
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Justin L Fiorini on 2/22/2023.
Lame
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Mightyzug on 2/27/2023.
I like it...
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by chris on 3/6/2023.
Great Map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Deathtrap Syndicate on 3/9/2023.
Just really like this one.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Happygamer on 5/8/2023.
meh
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Upgraded Claim on 5/14/2023.
Ai set to Close to center
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Myles on 5/14/2023.
Its a little boring because all of territories are squares or rectangles however I did like the race to the middle to score the most armys aspect, from what i have played so far it was unique and interesting.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by BarcaOG on 5/28/2023.
Awful hated it
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nateknife on 7/15/2023.
Fantastic game!!!!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ararat on 7/19/2023.
Stupid
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by schindc on 7/22/2023.
awesome
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by physics2112 on 7/25/2023.
The map is visually appealing, balanced, and offers players a variety of strategic approaches for play.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by KK on 8/4/2023.
,,,,
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by David on 11/25/2023.
Nice tight design. The objective and strategy is clear and pretty easy to achieve if you are quick to the center. Thing is, once you capture it resistance dies down quick and its a lot of rounds of just hunting down the enemy with a steamroller.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by mclwhmr2 on 12/7/2023.
1
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by djaidi on 12/8/2023.
no fun. simple run troguh. no strategy needed
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by AyrtonSvenna on 1/5/2024.
Top :) thx
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Kieran on 1/23/2024.
shefs kiss
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Pinkbladder on 2/6/2024.
eh
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Aimix on 2/27/2024.
4
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by critterboo on 3/8/2024.
it's harder to defeat
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by reideger on 3/8/2014.
this map sucks camel dick
2 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by A_B3 on 6/12/2018.
.
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Moon Brownie on 10/29/2018.
Tough to figure out the tricks to solve this puzzle of a map quickly, but gratifying when you can achieve a gold star for doing so!
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Steve on 1/30/2019.
A tough 1 <>Steve<>
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by SilentRogue on 2/18/2019.
A bit overwhelming at first but a very fun map.
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Shatom on 5/7/2019.
players location sometimes further to middle nodes
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Luis Pinto on 6/2/2019.
chose possision
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by oblongjoe on 6/2/2019.
Why ?
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by David Nunez on 9/1/2019.
hello
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Marios Zwtos on 9/17/2019.
aaaaaaaa
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by riskboy88 on 12/12/2019.
Gaz
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Robert Macdougall / Dogviticus on 12/23/2019.
Takes a bit figuring how to gain the middle. Great fun.
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by zotcarrot on 2/4/2020.
Hard to win
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by INSIDE on 9/9/2013.
Annoying map :P
2 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by Red on 5/1/2013.
poop
2 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by Admiral Lord Franklin on 2/21/2013.
.
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by OmarJVP on 12/29/2012.
qsd
1 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by DanWL on 8/29/2013.
auafla. not enough terroteries should be more boneces
1 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by PizzaBox on 6/16/2012.
Boring and encourages turtling.
2 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
Review by banachex on 11/3/2012.
lame.
2 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
Review by kjujik_RZKW on 4/17/2012.
Nonesense map.
Everything depends on who will first get bored of this map and go away.
5 out of 18 people found this review helpful.
Review by Mustadio on 5/15/2012.
This map is absurd, the one that makes the first move loose. The one that does nothing but watch others fight wins...
3 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Review by natsikyrpa on 5/14/2012.
C======3
4 out of 20 people found this review helpful.
Review by orinocoflows on 3/17/2012.
the map is not balanced. the player who gets the centre will win the game
5 out of 33 people found this review helpful.