Middle East Map by
KEYOGI Guide by
danryan *Special credit to
gameplayer and
nagerous Click image to enlarge. Introduction Middle East is one of CC's oldest maps, originally designed by
Spiegelprime and later revamped by
KEYOGI . The map is based on the area in Southwest Asia where the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia meet. This map has 42 regions and no zone smaller than 5 regions, making it one of the fairer mid-sized maps available on Conquer Club. There really aren't any bad settings on this map, except for large multiplayer games with no spoils or flat rate spoils, which may take a while to finish, or manual deployment which usually degenerates into crashing stacks due the open nature of the map. Two player, standard escalating and even assassin all offer interesting games.
show: Classification
Size: Medium.Features
How to play ****** show: Two Player
Each player begins with 14 regions. It will be difficult to reduce your opponent to 11 regions on Round 1, but this should be the goal.
show: Escalating
An understanding of "Classic-style" escalating games will benefit you greatly on Middle East, as it is similar in size and gameplay to Classic. The only big difference is Middle East has more bottlenecked zones than Classic, resulting in a more difficult path to all of another player's regions. Despite it being an open map only two regions have a reach to 6 other regions: Central Plateau and Syria. A number of other regions connect to 5 regions.
show: Flat Rate, Nuclear, and No Spoils
None of the bonus zones are usually easy to conquer or hold initially. Small (3 to 4 player) flat rate games are exciting and action-packed, but larger (5 and more player) flat rate games and most no spoils games have a tendency to develop into build up games, which can take a long time to finish. Bactria, Turkey and Egypt are the three best bonus zones to take. Bactria is the easiest to conquer, having only 5 regions, but is more difficult to hold in the long run than Egypt, which has two more regions but one less border. Turkey is a nice long-term bonus zone as it has a +4 zone bonus and only 3 borders.
show: Team Games
Egypt, Turkey, and Bactria are the best bonus zones to conquer in team games, as they are relatively small and can be defended by a partner outside of the region. Baghdad and Caucasia become extremely important choke points in team games. Try to conquer one of these smaller zones early, then work on breaking any bonus zones your opponent might have collected, or eliminate your weakest opponent. This map is good for triples, and four and six player doubles games.
show: Additional Notes
As a general note on the map’s bonus zones, see the following:
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:33 pm