Maps for REAL

Generals






From the General Staff:



I have played many Red Alert games on the net and I have found that most of the maps that people use are either specifically designed for a tank rush strategy or they are so clumsily constructed that it's almost sickening and sometimes both. I've seen homemade maps that are nothing more than some water squares in the middle with a sloppy mud bridge in the middle made from overlapping pieces that don't even match up. Most of these people had no more strategic skill that they had map making ability, all they would do is build 6 ore refineries, 6 war factories and send a constant stream of tanks at me. That actually works in Red Alert on a 64*64 map but you try that is a real war or if we had larger (2000*2000 minimum) maps and since your base is defenceless during the attack you'll be crushed even by a small force of enemy units striking your flank. The problem for the real general is that he is left to either play the same ridiculous tactics (notice I didn't say strategy) or be crushed by being hit early in an attempt to build a REAL base that will stand up to a 4-6 hour battle. Therefore we offer these maps for REAL Generals. They are well made and designed to limit the tank rush and also the equally ridiculous and often related tactic (not strategy) of building a linear base to maximize access to ore so that you can build a tank rush (as I said, they're related). These maps are largely water base with seperate islands with difficult landing sites, the idea being to force a strategic standoff war. Others may have various twists but they are all designed to be anti tank rush. These are maps for REAL generals!

General Tri-Tech


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NameSizeCommentsCartographer
Battle of Narvik126 x 64Based on the battle of Narvik: April 10, 1940
For info on the Battle of Narvik 		Tri-Tech
Battle of the Line126 x 64This map is designed for naval ops. There is a large open sea in the middle for your ships of the line to battle it out Tri-Tech
Janissary
Bullseye 96 x 964 corner islands and a large jewel covered island in the middle with a barrier island around it.Tri-Tech
Carpetbagging64 x 1265 triangular islands with a very thin river. Very tough, ships can't get outside of shore battery range.Sookin Sin
Barrier64 x 64Two islands with a barrier island between.Tri-Tech
Trench Warfare64 x 126A grid of ore filled pockets that must be cleared and occupied to build your base(s).Sookin Sin
Trio64 x 126A simple 3 player map of three islands.Janissary
L'Indochine126 x 64Viet Nam with a delta and the Ho Chi Min TrailFuzznutz
Ladder126 x 64A simple 5 rung ladder to death in the middle.Sookin Sin
Only One Bridge96 x 96Complex map for a nasty air/amphibious assault.Petark
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