WarCraft 2: Tides of Darkness

Eight Player Puds



Mini-Map Picture Name Download Size Description Created By
#02 8 Way Island Download 20kb "All the players start in the middle of a large island, almost totaly surrounded by water. The players start close together so a rule of no attacking till a Town Hall is made may be needed. The players must search the pathways for a good place to construct a base." Draconious
#03 Cracked Download 16kb "All the players start out side of a large rock that is cracked into small pathways. There are lots of small gold mines to fine, and a few large ones. There are no trees to harvest, but you get enough to last a long time. There is no water, wich means no oil either. Default resources will allow you to only be able to make footmen and archers." Draconious
#06 Many Islands Download 16kb "All the players start on a small island, one of many, Each player has a transport to take their peons/peasants to the island of their choice." Draconious
#16 Immortals Download 16kb "This pud starts the players with 1 peon, 1 mage/death knight, and 1 attack peon. The mage/death knight and attack peons are nearly imortal and more can not be built, so protect them." Draconious
808 Download 16kb "Skirmish city" Unknown
8 Player Download 12kb "A cool 8 player Pud with a pretty even map." Axe4u
2xWheel Download 16kb "It's a 8 player Pud similar to the "Plains of Snow" Pud on a new tileset. With a Surprize in the middle..."

*Requires the Expansion CD to play*
"Polak!"
A Chilling Battle Download 16kb "A cool map that starts 8 players with a good defence position ans a few peons that will get you on your feet." David
Ace Download 12kb 4vs4, Orcs vs Humans, Top vs Bottom Unknown
Ace2 Download 12kb 4vs4, Orcs vs Humans, Left vs Rigth Unknown
Ace3 Download 12kb Very well ballanced, supports all modes of play. Unknown
Allies Download 16kb "You and a friend start off near each other like in friends.pud and can work together to fight the six other oppenents which start off the same as you do. Great blood and gore fest." Adam Hall (Marauder)
Allies2 Download 12kb "You and 4 other friends start off near each on either the north island or south one. You then need to build ships to get across to the othe island where your 4 other friends(enemies) are waiting for you." Adam Hall (Marauder)
Army is the Key Download 20kb "Another great map for eight players. Keep the name in mind when you are playing. Gold Gold Gold...need I say more?" DaMn KrAzY
&
pHiLwArE
ArrowHead Friends Download 10kb Teamed up, and tight squeez all around the map. Norlock
Arrows Download 15kb Arrows pointing the path directly to the Dark Portal. Unknown
Artillery Action Download 8kb "You start with a blacksmith, a normal flyer, an ogre that is nearly blind and a catapult that can fire rocks over the entire battlefield!" Infinite (Karl Schmidt)
Axer Too Download 12kb "To hold the middle or not..." Unknown
Barrier Download 16kb "rock is the only thing that keeps your neighbor outta your face in this one. There is water for you water lovers as well as a 'center' ground. If you can hold it, you are definitely worthy. This map is an excellent multiplayer map mainly because of the numbered locations." James Saunders "Kwll"
Battle Of The Black Gold Download 16kb "Two of the four middle areas hold a large goldmine each and the other two four large oil patches each. Oil is very important in the middle and late stages, since then, every thing costs oil....." Infinite
Battlefield Download 12kb Non standard starting locations - an odd one for sure... Unknown
Bayou Download 25kb A Low amount of oil available, makes a large navy impractical. He who manages his transports most efficiently (e.g., taking advantage of the fact that they can be repaired) will probably be the victor. MugWump
Besieged Download 24kb "A nice little 8 player game, cool designed with lakes and montains." Unknown
Big Gold Rush! Download 16kb Money, money, money. Is that what the world is coming too? What happened to good traditional family values...? Unknown
Cape Death Download 16kb "This is an all-around scenario good for playing against other players or the computer." jeffrey
Captains in the end zones! Download 16kb "A really coool even map where everyone has two cities." Unknown
Cavan2 Download 24kb "A great multiplayer pud. With Enhanced heroes AND enhanced rangers. Fun. "

*Requires the Expansion CD to play*
Caveman
Center of Gravity Download 15kb How well balanced are you? Unknown
Center of the Battle Download 16kb "Go out and build a town as fast as you can then return to the center or take the long way around the forest to attack your foes." Shaun Formo
Center 2 Download 12kb "This scenario is designed for two to eight players in an effort of all out destruction. The scenario is also designed so that any computer players will never get stuck trying to get to you, so if you play it as a single player game you shouldn't fight against more that two computer players or you might be in serious trouble real fast." Pat Lett
Channels Plenty Download 20kb Your strategy may be need to be different depending on wich isle you start on, for a few a large and spacious, while others urge for you to get off and find another mass of dirt to call your home away from home. Though if you are one that finds yourself in this tight situation, you have more gold than the large and spacious islands. Unknown
Char Magma Download 15kb Like Plains of Snow with a twist to the Garden of War layout, but with volcanic rock walls separating the starting possitions. Unknown
Checkered X Download 20kb Checkered water and land separate players, with a bottle neck in the middle. Unknown
Chess Download 16kb "This 2-8 player pud is designed to look like a chess board. It has 30 grids (instead of 64) with each grid being surrounded by walls or forests. each grid has something unique within it. This pud requires players to use strategy over brute force." Wayne Stewart
China Download 20kb The ancient days of China defending against the invading Mongols from the North - clashing at the Great Wall. Unknown
Choke Download 16kb An intersting design with all the town-halls located onthe left side of the map, and the battles taking place on the right side - or until someone builds flying distructions (griffins or dragons) to destroy oponents' town-halls. Unknown
Chokepoint Download 15kb Similar to the Checkered X pud (above) but not so annoyingly symmetrical but still fair for all players. JollyRoger
Circles of Power Download 15kb Who shall tip the balancesin their favor?! Unknown
chop chop Download 16kb "Chop your way through the woods. I designed this pud to be VERY challenging. Note the limited space and resources you start with. Have fun!" Ferleman, Lonnie L.
TITLE Download 16kb Rings of trees provide a natural barrier and great 'turtle' defence, though your gold mine isn't that big to turtle forever... Dan Murrell
Claustrophobia Download 15kb The fear of small or enclosed places... Terminator
Colorado Rockies Download 15kb These western states are cold, but only if you are a pathetic weakling! ^RaiN^ & @gent
Crossing Download 20kb "A water map with several ways to cross. None of the spots are unbalanced, but all are different enough so that you won't use the same strategy for each. Chances are your next expansion will be vulnerable to sea vessels. You never know where your enemy might be."

*Requires the Expansion Set to play*
Cal Sophomore
Cross Roads Download 24kb "Choose your race and prepare to die! Play with up to eight players choose your allies carefully! Don't wait around for your mine to go dry, yoou will have to expand your realm if you want to achive victory!" Brandon A Kraft
Crossings Download 15kb A water map with several ways to cross. None of the spots are unbalanced, but all are different enough so that you won't use the same strategy for each. Only the best at controlling sea power, land troops, and reconnaisance will prevail. Weave
Custom Plains of Snow Download 15kb A custom version of the ever popluar Plains of Snow. Unknown
Death Valley Download 15kb Walking through the Valley of Death... Vorlon
Diamond Rocks Download 15kb A 'blast out' pud with an embedded mine in the middle where you can't attack your enemies until you sapper through the rock walls. MugWump
Dizzy Friends Download 15kb An allie. But don't look too long at this map, it might just make you sick... Norlock
Divide and Conquer Download 16kb 4 vs 4 with a great divide and battle grounds in the center. Unknown
Divided They Fall Download 20kb "Two forces: Human and Orc, brought into a mysterious arena by fate, pitted against multiple enemies. You must defeat fate and your enemies to escape the arena and restore the timeline." James Johnson
Dominance Download 16kb "4 on top, 4 on bottom, all closely connected. Battle for your life. Really action-packed. 2 islands in middle with larger amounts of resources, if you get there you should pull ahead." Penguinmon
Duel War No.3 Download 16kb "Need quick tactics to overcome opponent" Unknown
Elements of the Sea Download Mac: 80K
PC: 20kb
An well designed pud! Defend your town and raid your enemies from either the air or by sea. Moogle of CMCT
Epic Download 24kb "Fight for control for your (vertical) half of the map before taking on the people in the other half or try to gain control of the mines along in the centre horizontal axis. Note: some unit requirements have been changed to shift the focus of the game a bit. You'll find out..." kyle
Everglade Froest Download 20kb "Its your basic run-o'-the-mill forest setting. Not too much gold in the mines, but enough to get by. However, for a good 8 player battle, I recommend editing the map to put more gold in. Since I don't have Kali (yet), I haven't had a chance to try it with more than two players." kilted Frog
Eye for an Eye Download 15kb The law of Moses Norlock
Fields of Grass Download 15kb 8-way multiplayer pud. 40k (POS size) starting mines. There are four 40k expansion mines, four 30k expansion mines and one 100k center mine. Unknown
Fierce Ocean of War - v2.0 Download 24kb "This is a new version of FOOW (see fixes) that fixed many problems & things we didn't care for. There are 9 islands, 8 starts + 1 center. Be warned, the start islands are tight spaces. Too much gold? You need to learn on how to be greedy ..." Unknown
Fixed Garden of War Download 15kb Fixed version of Garden of War. A few of the modifications are:
- Eliminated the roads thru the start positions that restricted building.
- Moved mines and added trees to eliminate offensive towering of Town Halls.
- Made starting positions have equal building areas and ability to wall in.
- Made black mine the same size as all other start mines.
MugWump
Fixed High Seas Combat Download 15kb A fixed and improved version of the ever popular High Seas Combat. Unknown
Fixed Trek Download 10kb Basic pud design, but done well. Lots of resources. Unknown
Four Friends Fight For Freedom Download 20kb 4vs4 with teams sharing a common gold mine but each having their own islands to build on. Infinite
Friends2 Download 16kb Swamp Friends!

*Requires the Expansion Set to play*
Cobra_
Friends3 Download 16kb "Same as friends but with a twist 'literally'" Decay
Friends on Sea Download 15kb Friends on the sea - just like Friends.pud except positions are separated by water. MugWump
Frustration!! Download 16kb "Each player starts with a legendary hero.(v1.32 'Beyond the Dark Portal) and build lots of gaurd towers'"

*Requires the Expansion Set to play*
Dave Carlile
Garden of Gold Download 15kb Tons of gold - should give ample opportunity to learn and practice all the magic spells. Unknown
Garden of War 2 Download 20kb "My friend and I love playing Garden of War (who doesn't?) so I created a sequel to it. I have been told it has a Plains of Snow feel to it but this has plenty more gold than Garden or Plains. A giant gold mine in the center, trees to wade through. Nice big spaces to build on." Erick Baker
Garden of War 2X Download 20kb "This PUD has been enhanced for the War2 Expansion set. It includes heroes, controllable critters, and more trees to escape from the Plains of Snow feel the original had. Other than that, the basic landscape is the same as the original GARDENW2.PUD." Erick Baker
Garden of War2x, Flooded Lands Download 24kb "Your units CAN walk on water..."

*Requires the Expansion Set to play*
DRoBE
Garden of War2 mush Download 20kb "This is probably the best gow remake out there. Its not taken directly from gow, but its obviously based on it. All the starting spots are fair now as everyone can wall-in and nobody's mine can be towered early. There are just enough mines around and the "middle" is still there."

*Requires the Expansion Set to play*
Ryan Haney
Generals Download 20kb "Lots of mountains and tight passages make for bloody battles over central resources. Recon will be important, and explosives may be used to create new fronts on otherwise defensible positions." BJ Kohn
Glitter Download 20kb "Forest clearings, island gold mines, and a moat around the central continent. Lots of possibilities. Land and sea can work well together on the beaches of blood." Marc Reissig
GNOP Download 15kb Good layout and design pattern! Basic 8 player starting possitions. Unknown
Gold Rush Download 15kb Non standard design with standard 8 player starting location. LOW staring resources. Appropriatly named. Unknown
Guard Download 16kb 'But who amd I suppose to guard...?

~your life perhaps?~
Unknown
Harvest the Center Download 16kb Well with a maxed out mind who wouldn't want all that gold? But watch your back, someone may let you do all that work, and spend your money to get to the center, just to stab you in the spine and take it from your twitching fingers. Unknown
High Plains Combat Download 15kb A 'Hopping' pud. (Read the read me) Bacchus
Hunters Download 20kb *Designed JUST like the MOST popular Starcraft Hunters map. A must have! Unknown
High Seas Combat version 2.3 Download 20kb See the 'read me' for extensive documentation... LrdSchroeder, Vermeer, Searon, MadDawg etc..
Ice Web Download 15kb A combination of a 'ring' and a 'wheel' PUD. Instead, all islands are covered with tree clumps which must be chopped away to allow building room. Since there are no typical clearings, there is no way to wall-in to prevent being rushed. To compensate for that, the default units include a guard tower. MugWump
Island Download 16kb Not quite an island, because there are narrow connections to the boardering land. Unknown
Island2 Download 16kb If you don't grab one of the 4 oil patches, then you should be prepared to wield air forces. ACE
Islands2 Download 16kb "If you like islands in the streams you must check out this one. It's a water level with alot of islands to conquer." Blackhand
Island Hopping Download 16kb "A heavy batch of oil has been found in the Alktaz islands. Destroy all enemy forces to claim this black gold for your nation. Spies report that seven other nations are also developing outposts in these islands. Use [the scarce gold] wisely." Frank Wu
Jay's Maze Download 12kb "This map will play unlike any you have played before. Expansion and recon are the keys to this map, as you will constantly be needing to set up and defend your new town halls." TacoSupreme
Kickars! Download 16kb "8 players, all seperated by sea. With their armies dominated by all the old & new Heros." Andy Pitino
Lineso1 Download 20kb "The best offense is a good..." Unknown
Love Thy Neighbor Download 15kb A variation of the friends.pud theme but different in that the original requires an assault strategy, while this one requires expansion. Cobra
Lumber is the Key! Download 20kb "If you like long games this pud is for you. You can be any race. Good for Deathmatches or Teams. Drink Some [caffeen] this could be an all nighter" :) ArchShark
Middle-East Download 28kb If it were only that green there... Lord J
Mountain Kingdoms V1.1 Download 24kb "8 Kingdoms surrounded by very rough terrain. This landscape can make you or break you. Moving troops can be difficult in this level, but at the same time the mountains can be used to your advantage." Clarence "Sonny" Tate
Mystara, Balance of Power Download 28kb "8 player, coop or deathmatch. Two island players, others on mainland. Yes, we need a life." Banzai
Need A Friend? Download 15kb A good allies and mutual defence map. Vorlon
NITEMARE Download 12kb Do you have 'nitemares'? Do you dream that you are dieing? Do you feel the pain? The bile from fear gripping sticking in your neck? Does it make you choak for flee in terror? Unknown
Nowhere to run, Nowhere to hide Download 8kb "Inspired by the packin pud of the same name, this allows for 8 players to deal with the fact that they're in eachothers backyard!" Kaz
Oil is Most Definatly the Key Download 16kb Well, today with nonstop rising fuel prices, y ou bet Oil Is The Key! Unknown
One Choice Download 16kb "The units have been modified in this pud. You can only build one kind of upper level unit (ex: Paladins, Mages, or Griffons). Therefore, you can only build 1 chuch, 1 mage tower, or 1 griffon aviary. However, those units have increased abilities..." John Warner
Outside-In! Download 20kb "Ice bridges connect the inner islands and ice bridges connect the outer lands but to get from the Outside-In you must build ships OR assault with flying creatures." Wayne Stewart
Pairs Download 16kb "You're a pair - learn to share!" Unknown
Past The Gold Download 20kb "River cuts through the land and 3 islands in the center. For those who fear water, the bridges leads to the center and past the mines to go right to the other side." "Sir Mino"
Plains of War Download 16kb "Plains of Snow atmosphere with the Garden of War middle. Get the other starting mines first, then the middle, then the top or bottom." EvlFsh
Plains of Snow2 Download 12kb "Take Plains of Snow to the next level. More gold, more lumber." Augie
Pieces of Eight Download 20kb You want a piece of me? Unknown
Rampart Download 20kb "Towers of power." Unknown
Rings of Trees Download 16kb "Start in a ring of trees and chop your way out to meet your foes. If you think your ahead of everyone, try making air units. " Shaun Formo
RockWater Download 20kb Not too annoyingly symmetrical with non standard starting locations, but fair enough for all. Unknown
Sherwood Forest 2 Download 15kb This forest will most assuredly cause some 'hange-ups' for your guys. Unknown
Snow Fields Download 15kb Land war-reminiscent of POS and GOW. Anvil
Spider Woods Download 15kb Weaving webs of deceit...

40k (POS size) starting mines. There are eight 40k expansion mines plus one 70k center mine.
Unknown
Strategy Download 25kb One must think fast, act quick, and plann better than their enemies or fall seriously behind, and be slaughtered. Unknown
Sun Burnt 2 a Crisp Download 15kb Should have brought some sun block shouldn't have you? Norlock
Symmetrical 1 Download 10kb Different starting locations and different stratagies to imply! Perfectly symmetrical. Unknown
Symmetrical 2 Download 10kb The second perfectly symmetrical map. Unknown
T-Bone Forest Download 15kb A nice thick slice of a T-Bone steak! Norlock
Tempest Download 15kb The Tempest of Fury. Roger Wallace
The Civil War Download 16kb Three main ruling factions face the distain of the working class. Unknown
The Mountain X Download 20kb Another 'X' of gold Unknown
The Dark Forest Download 15kb "I hate places like this, it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up day and night. And the constant howling of the wind mingled with the dark shadows jumping from tree to tree is giving me an extreme case of paranoia. If we're not killed first by the Orcs, we'll surly be slaughtered like lambs from whatever beasts lurk in the shadows of the night. I can't wait until my next post change."

-Journal Entry, Sir William, foot soldier night watchman, 3rd regiment-2nd division
Unknown
Tic-Tac-Toe Download 10kb Don't Tic-Tac-Toe games usually end up Cat? Unfortuanatly Warcraft 2 doesn't have that option, there can only be one winner (unless in teams). Unknown
Too Many Trees Download 10kb Those dang trees! Unknown
Two Gardens Download 15kb You don't pull weeds in this garden. Unknown
Tyrant Download 20kb A good 4 on 4 scenario! Unknown


Return to Top

Back to the Map selection page