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Gigantea -- A Colossal Map for 24 Starts

Welcome to Gigantea, the largest world yet discovered. Wild and untamed things grow bolder in the outer rim, howling at the impenetrable curtain of stone that defends the inner kingdoms of Men. Those kingdoms, once ruled from the arid central region by a powerful emperor, now are riven into 16 warring factions. Yet rumors exist that a new emperor rises to begin his reconquista. Other and far more sinister rumors whisper that a dark and unholy power gathers in a remote and guarded valley.

Meanwhile few remember the ancient curse put on the most prosperous region of the realm when the First Emperor betrayed his allies in the first Great War. Let us hope that is only an old maid's tale to frighten naughty children.

Enjoy your sojourn in Gigantea!

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The basic idea behind Gigantea was to get a huge and gleefully imbalanced free-for-all started, with lots of chokepoints and opportunities for strategy in holding back an opponent that got a better starting position, and to hopefully pit several imbalanced factions against each other till there's a rough kind of semi-balance when they all smash together.

So here is a 99x99 map with two handcrafted planes, for 24 factions. It even has a bit of lore and perhaps a few surprises coded into it.


Believe it or not, but after two years of going dormant, I finally toned down the absurd spawns.


This map has 24 fixed starts. Some will put you outside the rim, in the wild lands. Many will put you in the melee of civilized lands. There's a hidden Druid vale. The central, but optional, feature is the two final factions intended to be overpowered.

The option of playing anything in any slot has been preserved, but suggested factions are the following:

Slots 1-4: (Barbarian, Druid, Troll King, Dryad Queen, Witch, Kobold King)
Slots 5-21: (Baron, Senator, Hoburg, Voice of El, Demonologist, etc)
Slot 22: (Druid or Troll King)
Slot 23: Senator
Slot 24: Necromancer

This will give you the set-up that I play myself. See the picture of the map for the numbered start positions.



Everyone gets two citadels. A suicide prevention mod shouldn't be needed. New to this version, an external ant-neutralizing mod shouldn't be necessary, nor anything preventing mad cultists. Introduced instead are mildly cataclysmic events.