Arenas

Six battlefields. The shape of the woods, water and walls decides where the armies meet.

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  River Valley

  The classic: a forest in the middle of the field splits the battle into two wide lanes; a shallow creek cuts through the valley.

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  Autumn Crossroads

  Two russet groves leave a corridor down the middle: three paths, and whoever holds the center picks the lane.

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  Frozen Lake

  An icy lake fills the center; boulders squeeze each lane into a chokepoint near one side.

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  Dune Canyon

  Zigzagging sandstone mesas: many narrow passes and no straight lane to the castle.

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  Murky Swamp

  Deep pools and scattered thickets: a web of paths where armies split apart and meet again.

• Citadel Ring

  Walls ring each base and the road loops behind the castles (no building on it); a fenced shrine splits the middle.

• Spring Isles

  Two channels cut through no man’s land and can only be crossed at their ends; boulders and bamboo groves squeeze the lanes around the torii lake.

• Waterfall Terraces

  A waterfall plunges into the central lake; walled wheat terraces squeeze the lanes into narrow chokepoints.

• Torii Bamboo Grove

  Dense bamboo leaves three avenues; the middle one runs beneath the torii, and gaps in the center link the lanes.

• Temple Village

  The temple rises on a plateau in the middle; stone ponds and cherry trees split each lane into two passages.

• Zen Garden

  Raked sand in the middle and ruined ponds on the sides; stone beds split each lane in two.

• Lantern Harbor

  A lake of piers and lanterns in the middle, crossed by two narrow bridges; ponds near the edges squeeze the lanes.

• Stone Necropolis

  Tombs and ivy-covered ruins fill the middle in the fog; mausoleums and groves leave short passages between the stones.

• Shrine Stairway

  The shrine crowns a stone plateau in the middle, with stairways and torii; bamboo groves and ponds split the lanes.

• Mossy River

  The bases sit atop two plateaus; the battle runs down the ramps into a valley of dense woods, tall grass and flowers, cut by a river with two bridges.