Cairns Coral Coast Map by
cairnswk Guide by
stahrgazer Click image to enlarge. Introduction A standard play map with one twist - one-way borders, denoted by colorful arrows - cairnswk's very first carto-cutting map features his home region in North Queensland Australia with coconut and banana trees, stunning mountains, and tropical islands. Launched May 2007, Cairns Coral Coast was a sign of good things to come; the map maker went on to create 26 other maps in only three years and helped establish the
Map Foundry to assist other map makers who work hard to add to the fun and variety on Conquer Club.
show: Classification
Size: Very large, at 60 regions. Features
Recommended Play The map is large enough to make for great teams play, especially quads, at any spoils setting, with or without fog of war. Even manual deployments can work for team games on Cairns Coral Coast.
show: Bonus Zones
Bananaland...... ( +2)... 5 regions... 2 vulnerable... 3 assault points - 2 other zones Bananaland and City Estates are slightly easier to defend other bonus zones because only 2 regions are vulnerable in each of these zones. City Estates must defend its two regions from three different bonus zones, but that also means it can reach (to break) three bonus zones – Bananaland defends against two different bonus zones. Agate Hills yields an additional troop bonus but must defend three regions, so with a proper drop, The Beaches could be advisable over Agate Hills. The Beaches' 7 regions seem daunting, but the player who receives at least half this bonus zone on the drop will find it worth taking and as easy to hold as Agate Hills; possibly easier because so many of its regions are shielded: only three are vulnerable to assault from 3 exterior regions, and only from two different bonus zones. The Swamps' close grouping makes it easier to take; but with 4 regions to protect, it is more vulnerable.
How to play Cairns Coral Coast show: Two Player
Each player begins with 20 regions, giving the starting player 6 troops to deploy; and leaves 20 neutral regions to hide behind or interfere with your bonus zone. Remember troop placement (for assault) strategy:
show: Multiplayer games
Cairns Coral Coast is a great map for multiplayer games. Even in 8-player games, each player receives sufficient regions that obtaining any bonus zone on the initial drop is feasible; but each bonus zone has regions vulnerable to at least two other bonus zones, so there is less chance of one player being able to isolate and build unchecked, and more chances for a true, balanced, free-for-all battle. Some Valuable Long Reach Regions The Crater, Mareeba, and Julatten reach 5 regions, and into one other bonus zone. Babinda can reach 5 regions within its own bonus zone. Kuranda assaults three regions, reaching two bonus zones beside its own. Danbulla and Topaz are valuable because they can assault their eastern region, one way. Dead ends on the map are Daintree, Double Is. and Snapper Is. in The Beaches; and with so many starting regions, a player is unlikely to be cornered. Standard multiplayer tactics are in order: attempt to build where you can reach other players, preparing for the moment when eliminating an opponent is viable. Obviously, this plan is easier when the game includes escalating spoils, since at ten troops maximum, flat rate does not typically provide enough power in one round for that elimination. Because so many border regions can be reached from more than one exterior region, sharing regions for spoils by assaulting and leaving only one troop at the front while you build behind, with an opponent or opponents doing the same in their turn, is a viable tactic. Manual deployments are inadvisable for any number of 1v.all players. Each player will receive a substantial number of troops, enough that the game could be decided in the first rounds. The most likely scenario, even in 8-player games, is early troop stack vs. troop stack clashing to possess “corner” bonuses, with the winner(s) of those battles continuing to play while the others are quickly eliminated for region count and spoils. Terminator and Assassin settings are likely to be more challenging than on many other maps. Several regions have similar reach, with a few additional regions that have specific advantages, so games on Cairns Coral Coast will be more balanced on the initial drop than other maps; each player will likely be just as likely to start from a winning set of regions as any other player. The one disadvantage would be an Assassin game player whose larger forces are gathered in Innot Hot Springs while the target is cornered in Daintree. Well, you began with at least 7 regions, so it’s your own fault if you let that happen.
show: Team Games
Teams will find Cairns Coral Coast a versatile map, one where a variety of strategies will work. With ample room and bonuses, each player could focus on clearing a specific bonus zone; or the team could pile onto one or two mates for main assault thrusts.
show: Spoils
For many maps, flat rate and no spoils games are likely to degenerate into luck-based games. In flat rate, the first person with a rainbow (one of each color, valued at 10 bonus troops) cash may be able to take and hold a bonus zone for the additional troops needed to carry to victory. This chance is lessened on Cairns Coral Coast for games with less players; there are so many neutral regions that a player with an early ten-troop cash is unlikely to be able to annihilate the opponent hiding behind them.
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:59 am