Curated Best/Top Maps & TripleA Guides
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Updated Fantasy into a table, repeated below.
Fantasy
Emoji Game/map Location Dice min Ver Resources Features 
Arena of Death 195 d6 2.5 PUs 1v1, Units=Archer, Barbarian, Priest, Rogue, Summoner, Warrior, Wizard. 4-6 Heroes fight it out gladiator style, has 4 wound Warrior with health bars, Stacking limits the number of heroes per hex. AI opponent must be Fast-AI, Hard-AI does not attack. 
Dragon War 386 d8 1.9 PUs, Food, Wood, Metal 3v3 Alliances, territory effects, faction themes/National Advantages, some randomized placements, lots of AI barbarian nations 
Greyhawk Wars 323 d6 1.9 PUs 3v4v3 Alliances or 10 player FFA, 3 stance Politics, , faction themes, Magical treasure, Mercenaries, Heroes, lots of events, has a clever mechanic - Stack Tax, 6 Binary switch Conditions to give up to 64 Random Events Middle Earth: Battle for Arda 426 d12 2.5 PUs 9v7 Alliance or 16 player FFA, Terrain effects, Specialist targeted attacks :people_wrestling: 
Settlers:Fallen Empire 610 d6 2.7 PUs, alchemy, beast, construct 5v1v5 Alliances, 11 asymmetric factions, (Dragons, Demons, Merefolk, Ratkin), Random start, Expand/Shrink Urban centres, faction themes, AI factions auto-sell resources, Upkeep Warcraft War Heroes 810 d10 2.0 PUs, Food, Wood, Gold, Mana, Oil, XP, Veterans, Elites 4v4 Alliances, Heroes gain levels, acquire items randomly scattered over the map, hundreds of unit types, Factories has 5 levels. Lots of random placed items to collect to make your heroes better -
What TripleA version to install?
Current stable, best for older maps and lobby players.
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.5.22294Last version that centers on the active player's capital
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.7.15025Technology tab split from players tab on to its own tab. (Really good for 1888a as it has a lot of Tech)
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.7.15256.
Windows: How to have multiple versions of TripleA to play all the maps.
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3724/how-to-have-triplea-2-5-2-6-installed-at-the-same-timeMac:
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3724/how-to-have-triplea-2-5-2-6-installed-at-the-same-time/7 -
Update 1st post to include
15256 Technology tab split from players tab on to its own tab. (Really good for 1888a & Total World War as they have lots of Tech)
Shows any map missing icons as a placeholder square icon.
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@thedog noice
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With the new look and feel website, the Markdown has changed and the 1st post needed to be updated, now looking much better, just like the old version.
Also, here is my recommendation for a stable 2.7 pre-release
2.7.15256
Faster than 2.5
Technology tab split from players tab on to its own tab. (Really good for 1888a & Total World War as they have lots of Tech)
Shows any map missing icons as a placeholder square icon.
Shows on status bar the relationship (war, neutral, allied) of territories (Really good in FFA maps)
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T TheDog referenced this topic
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Added to the Axis & Allies style table, where;
Complexity where 1 is simple, 4 is complex in comparison.
Features of the boardgame/Triple map.Please correct me, if its wrong.
@beelee
If you write some feature text I will paste it in for your UHD 1940 map.
Should your map have a Complexity of 5, as you have added lots to the base game?Link to see the changes, scroll down a bit to Axis & Allies style
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3741/curated-best-top-maps-triplea-guides -
Hi Dog
I'm guessing you're referring to the Expansion mod me and the guys play "Global 40 Expansion UHD Boxes". I would just give it a complexity level of 1 higher than whatever the Global 40 OOB game has.
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I guess something like this is what you're suggesting ?Global 40 Expansion UHD Boxes
It uses the UHD Mega Map based off of the Bung,Veqryn "World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition" Map.
This is a House Rule Mod for "World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition". It was Created by The Captain and Company
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@beelee
Thanks that will do nicely. -
I noticed on GitHub there has a few problems with the latest 2026 version.
I am still on, its good for solo play.
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2026.06.16.15624and it is performing very well and is still java 25, consider rewinding to this version.
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Link to first post for Best/Top Maps
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3741/curated-best-top-maps-triplea-guides -
What TripleA version to install?
For solo play the latest.
For Lobby, Forum or PBEM I cannot comment, anyone advise?2026 The latest for solo play
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releasesA very long list of all the great changes
https://triplea-game.org/release_notes/.
Link to first post for Best/Top Maps
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3741/curated-best-top-maps-triplea-guides -
T TheDog referenced this topic
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Updated 1st post.
Added Fedual Lords to Ancient-Medieval.(pre 1450) thanks to The_Goosh on reddit for highlighting it.Removed Big World from WW2 Global, its too old and newer map and A&A maps compete/surpass with it
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Link to first post for Best/Top Maps
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Removed Big World
It is old but I know a lot people still play it
One of the first maps I played. Then I saw NWO and then I went back to Alaska and took a 10 year break lolwell .. just a thought
Hope you are well Dog
Peace
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So easy to add to the curated list but hard to remove.
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Yah, tough choice.
If someone would have made Big World this year, I think there would be little doubt that it is not any kind of outstanding map to be featured, and probably nobody or almost nobody would be playing it (I guess). However, like in the case of fine wine, a map tends to be more popular if it is very old.
I'm thinking that maybe it is needed an other group like the "Axis & Allies style" where to put all those WW2 maps made in the very old times which have become TripleA staples just because of being so embedded into TripleA history albeit not being one of "those ones". The main two would be "The Pact of Steel" and "Big World". This from someone who actually likes none of them.
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If someone would have made Big World this year, I think there would be little doubt that it is not any kind of outstanding map to be featured
Totally agree, and nostalgia is not one of my tick boxes.
People play it, so it must have some redeeming features, but from a my perception of what new players want, it does not cut it.
The competition in the WW2 Global group is fierce, A&A maps and the ones listed all surpass it, so removed.
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Hi Dog
You may want to edit the first post as the Lobby has migrated from 2.5 to the latest 2026 versions
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Thanks!
Tidied up that first section to make it current.
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