Dredging the Iron River
Creator: 2oul4rent || First Published: 06/12/2024 || Players: 2 || Size: 25x17
Categories: A-Rank, Hall of Fame, Live Play, Standard
Rating: 3.67 in 9 ratings
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Comments:
2oul4rent (06/12/2024 02:47am | Edited: 06/12/2024 10:38am):
For standard, Live Play. BAAB tank order.

Despite having 3 HQs, the test game with a very skilled opponent (Thanks Azarel!) showed that all three HQs were
reasonably defendable if your opponent does not have an overwhelming advantage.

The strange FTA counter + high starting income give an explosive "High Funds" style start that enables P2 to build a tank
day 2 if they wish. Early recons are a non-issue. P2 is ahead on the 2B side, whereas P1 is ahead on the 1B1A side. Note
that it might be optimal for players to build additional infantry early game even when they have the money for a tank.
2oul4rent (06/12/2024 02:48am | Edited: 07/21/2024 08:19am):
Updates:
- Added 2 forests to very slightly nerf strong 1 turn arty city lock on 2B side.
- Nerfed mid a wee bit
- Updated shoal placement near 1B1A HQ
- Got rid of potential Sami HQ cheese by adding a road near the 2B. 2B can build an early recon to counter, and is
guaranteed to be ahead on unit count + income post attempted cheese.

- Nerfed airport.
- Made map slightly more readable.
soul4rent (07/22/2024 01:43pm | Edited: 10/05/2024 12:32am):
Putting this under review for the sole purpose of gathering more data on high starting income in standard, and gathering more data on the FTA counter enabling BAAB tank order.

Update - For now the FTA counter for extreme income seems to work nicely. Removing this from under review.
MontySigurdson (10/08/2024 02:06pm | Edited: 10/08/2024 02:08pm):
Very weird. I'm not even sure if tank order matters here because building Infantry for the first few turns seems to be the way to go for long-term income. But there still seem to be lots of different ways to approach this map (which is good ofc), so I'm A-ranking it for now.
Valior (03/06/2025 03:04am):
Unfun.
Sir Tanks-A-Lot (03/23/2025 10:36pm):
Fun map. Starts off slow, but gets good.
MontySigurdson (05/20/2025 04:34pm):
Added to Hall of Fame for being the first map to use the so-called "Std+" (or "Diet HF") FTA counter.



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