Community Map Of The Week: Cornucopia Express

If you’re in the mood for a lengthy fight with a friend, Cornucopia Express by CoconutTank is the map for you! This 1v1 map features a number of stumbling blocks that will prevent an early rush and ensure that both players have a chance to expand before the fight commences.

CoconutTank says: “A cornucopia is known as a horn of plenty, and meant to be a symbol of abundance, or being able to have a lot. I designed Cornucopia Express with the idea of being able to build and use every type of unit, in some capacity. Whether or not the units are all equally useful will be left as an exercise to the players! And well, the Express part of the map name is taken from the very apparent and very large rail network that spans the entire outer edge of the map, and can also be expanded further inland with a little bit of railway construction.”

Both players begin on the central island with only 100 funds arriving every turn, and from there economic expansion is going to be critical in the early game, as most funds-generating buildings are a bit of a hike from your starting base. Progress is slowed by barriers sneakily placed around the starting area to make it a bit more difficult to expand quickly early on. Cornucopia Express is the definition of a slow burn, but eventually you’ll have to decide whether to keep expanding or rush your opponent’s HQ after destroying the barriers. Good luck!