North Star
Creator: Sothis || First Published: 06/19/2008 || Players: 2 || Size: 20x25
Categories: B-Rank, Hall of Fame, Standard
Rating: 8.00 in 21 ratings
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Comments:
Sothis (06/19/2008 12:56pm | Edited: 07/09/2008 04:16pm):
Okay the test went well, it seems to have a couple nice features. I've been making fronts a
little more open lately, so we'll see how people like that. Also when to spend the funds
shipping infantry out to the islands is an important consideration, as well as which island to
go to first. The game can be decided before you have time to go to both islands (especially
if you're short on tanks as a result!).

Anyway usual bans and so forth. Feedback welcome!

benbever (07/09/2008 08:10pm):
Looks great, 10/10, i even like the silos.
Hellraider (07/20/2008 02:39pm):
The map is great, the silos aren't. I don't think this map will see much use in leagues/ladder/
tourneys unless you remove them. And maybe one property per side on the main island
would be nice too, but thats just me.
Sothis (07/21/2008 07:49pm):
Alright, I'm curious to try this map with airports anyway so we'll see how that goes.
Hellraider (09/13/2008 06:56am):
After playing a game on it I'd suggest to remove the two middle woods and replace them
with a road leading from one of the middle properties to the other. This would make both
VB and Lash weaker as well as giving better attack possibilties and making the frontline
more fluid.
rast2 (09/15/2008 03:40pm):
This map is pretty gay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northstar
Sothis (09/19/2008 09:44pm):
Hellraider: That sounds like a good idea, I always liked maps that make it easy to shift from
front to front. I'll edit it if it ever has no games running.

rast: Stop posting garbage on my map comments please.
Sothis (01/18/2009 02:55pm):
Finally got to make that center edit! heh
Aegis-Shield (04/02/2009 02:16am):
nice job 10/10
Ultra Storm (08/08/2009 06:02pm):
The gameplay on this map is quite asymmetrical due to the two starting bases being in such
different situations. Together with having a lot of contested cities, I wonder if this map
is truly balanced.
Cassowary (08/09/2009 11:55pm):
6/22 (27%)
16/22 (73%)

Looking at the stats; 2nd player has a 73 winning percent. =/
SchwaWarrior (10/06/2009 02:01am):
Hey! I just went and re-designed this map exactly as-is on my actual Advance Wars Days of
Ruin game card for my own DS, and thought I'd give it a whirl using the new DoR physics
and ruleset. I played Greyfield (my favorite CO) and set the Comp. to Tabitha, set FoW to
ON, gave it a shot.

I was quite satisfied! I won, but it wasn't a walk in the park-- Tabby sieged my HQ at
least twice and I had to be ready for it, I in turn won when I finally managed to push her
back to her own HQ with support from a Greyfield-manned Battleship; I would have lost my
own HQ if I hadn't taken the south Airport just in time to get a Bomber out. I noticed
almost right away that this map doesn't favor directs or indirects; you'll require both or
you'll be in for it. That, and the Mech Rush seems to be adequately counterable too. These
are both extremely good qualities for any map. :)

All in all, very balanced, even for the Days of Ruin rules! Though I have yet to try this
with a human opponent... ;) I'm going to guess that Waylon might not be such a hot choice
for this map, since you get Airports so late. I dunno... there's always Seaplanes? *shrugs*

Oh also, since DoR uses somewhat different types of tiles, in place of all the Used Silo
tiles on this map I put a Ruins tile. It had the same effect and it was perfect-- so
perfect, that it even made it so a player can't Capture their neutral Factory right away
with a Bike. The Ruins tile slows Bike movement just enough to make it wait the extra turn
as intended. Freaking awesome.

I'm rating this a 10. :D I'll be sure to leave a second comment once I try this with a
human rival. Peace! ^_^
Watchful_Eye (11/18/2009 09:47pm):
I just started a game on that map, it looks awesome :D
jhuni (02/14/2011 07:34pm | Edited: 03/05/2011 06:12pm):
Nice map

ichbinsehselber (05/30/2011 04:06pm):
This map is simply awesome! (10/10)
There are several strategic choices to be made...
xushu (10/12/2011 11:37am):
I think there can be some STA here, depending on how quickly one can move the isles, but
smart play can combat that to some degree. I think this is one of those maps that No Powers
would be preferable. 8/10
walkerboh01 (09/13/2021 04:17pm):
This map is in the Hall of Fame as one of the most influential standard competitive maps of its era (approx. 2007 - 2010).



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