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(8) Stella Rota

What name should the map have? Stone Star? Star of Stone? Stella di Pietra? La Vecchia Stella?

Night, with a gust of wind, was in the ward,
Blowing the curtain to a glimmering curve.
Night. He was blind; he could not see the stars
Glinting among the wraiths of wandering cloud;
Queer blots of colour, purple, scarlet, green,
Flickered and faded in his drowning eyes.

— "The Death Bed" ll. 16-21 by Siegfried Sassoon (1886—1967)

This 4v4 map is inspired by the fortress cities of Neuf-Brisach and Palmanova and is intended to fill the hole in my heart left by the lack of a sequel to Empire: Total War.

This version, of the city intact and relatively untouched by war, is not meant to be the final product. Shadowphreak will give the map a Playbill treatment. Another version, intended for competitive play, will be titled "Stella Rota" — Broken Star — and will see its walls reduced and buildings ruined to make the flow and cover aligned with maps one would play in Quick Match.

I hope you enjoy!

-GB