Reviews of Thaw Before the Storm

by badlands

Fizbinbn
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Baron LeDant
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Probably the best known winter map in myth. Calm only features a light variant in 2 team.

The map is intricate and features many small hills that can catch many a player out. While the snow does put a damper on dwarves, they can still be moderately effective as archers aren't usually traded for in force.

I think the middle of the map favours the SE start as the NW side of mid is a rather awkward hill to set up on and isn't nearly as large, however the middle is generally not as important on this map as the flanks are so thats ok.

The lack of a dark variant sucks to be honest. The FFA on it is again restricted to one light set of units and the large number of starting positions means it sees little play time.

The map is good, but you get the feeling more units and a greater consideration for FFA should have been in the minds of the mapmaker(s) while creating it.

Sword Ring
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An old favourite. Love the terrain, and the variations.

Badlands was such a great group.