======Maps======

Every game of Dominions 5 is played on a map, which defines the look, geography, and provinces. The map can be hand-made, or randomly generated by the game or another tool.

For a [[single-player]] campaign, you usually care less about map balance and more about interesting features and beautiful images. For a multi-player game, balance is often a top concern. Multiplayer maps often need to wrap around in order to not give players advantageous corner starts.

Hand-made maps can be downloaded from the Steam Workshop. As it might be difficult to browse, and there are many maps that are not balanced for multiplayer, this page contains a curated list of common multiplayer maps. Just like [[mods]], maps are auto-downloaded when you connect to a direct-connect game server, so only the game host needs the map.

FIXME: make a sweet table or something for the below list, or maybe a template that includes stuff like number of players. (also consider in which way these lists should differ from the Steam workshop -- only in being curated?)

FIXME: should also list a couple common complaints about each maps, to nuance and not make it seem like just a list of "the good maps".

=====Random Maps=====

The game has a built-in random map generator, which is rarely used for multiplayer games. Reasons include imbalanced starting positions and [[cap circles]], many underwater provinces, and risk of starting on a small island. The [[Random Map NoStart Setter]] tool can make these maps more sensible for multiplayer games.

[[MapNuke]] is the current state-of-the-art of random map generation. It is used by most multiplayer games and is under active development. The second random map generation tool is [[Cartographic Revision]], which also produces playable multiplayer maps. 

FIXME: write something about what to consider when tweaking the random maps

=====Long-form 8-16 Player Maps=====

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* Biddyn
* Snerdryn
* Hexawyr
* Edowyn
* Lucid's Atlas


=====Blitz/Duel Maps=====

Here is a collection of smaller maps scraped from the Clockwork Hounds servers which are mostly appropriate in size for [[blitz|blitzes]] and duels.

Available for download here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j0xgJR6fSyosgdj-Rj6-hJvW0jQSiqBE

FIXME: host the maps on the server?

FIXME: download the maps from 7th's google drive and upload them here

FIXME: if maps have designated throne sites, give the number of thrones for the map

Barony of bears - 74 land provinces

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Bat country "fixed" - 65 land provinces

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Cage fight - 66 land provinces

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Chalice of Ilmatar - 89 land provinces

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Coast of goats - 52 land provinces

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Desert flower - 58 land provinces

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Grigionia - 118 land provinces

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Jumaleisson - 61 land provinces

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Merrormoor - 75 land provinces

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Motherland by Executor? named in honor of Maerlande?

85 land provinces

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Murkymoor - 47 land provinces

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Rampaging roaches by Elmokki

78 land provinces

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Sengoku - 69 land provinces

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SS5 - 80 land provinces

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Streamlands by Elmokki

93 land provinces

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=====Very Large Maps=====

Some well-known maps are considered too big or silly for serious games, and only played for special occasions, under carefully calibrated rules, or for //the experience//.

  * [[Oeridia]]
  * [[Latus]]