Curated Best/Top Maps & TripleA Guides

TheDog

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)
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.7.15256

TheDog

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

beelee

@TheDog

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.

Edit
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

TheDog

@beelee
Thanks that will do nicely.

TheDog

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/2026.06.16.15624

and 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

TheDog

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/releases

A very long list of all the great changes
https://triplea-game.org/release_notes/

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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

TheDog

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
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3741/curated-best-top-maps-triplea-guides

beelee

@TheDog

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 lol

well .. just a thought

Hope you are well Dog

Peace

TheDog

So easy to add to the curated list but hard to remove.
Just trying to keep the list trim.

Cernel

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.