Title: Around the Calendar
Type: Single scenario
Game: Heroes of Might and Magic IV 
Expansions: Winds of War
Author: Ururam Tururam
Author's e-mail: urtur@wp.pl
Other maps by U.T.: http://urtur.webpark.pl/eng.html
File: ArCal.h4c
Size: 230kB
Gameplay: 1 human player + 5 computer players
Allies: 0
Enemies: 5 (allied!)
Map size: Large
Underground: Yes
Difficulty: Impossible
Experience limit: None
Special victory conditions: Yes
Special loss conditions: Yes
Language: English 
Creation time: July-October 2004
Testing time: October-November 2004
Version: 1.0 (released 2004.12.20)
Testresses: Munia, Abbbe, Dinah, HodgePodge
Testers: Wookash, Bej, KraQs
Language corrections: BobbyBigGuns (also Abbbe & HodgePodge)



Description: 

 The player tries to fix the time itself, for something wrong happens 
 to it. The main hero called Year is supported by his four daughters 
 - the seasons. And among the enemies the most important is... time! 
 A year for finishing this scenario is not much!

 There are 20 quest huts on the map, some of them giving more than one
 task to a player. All the main heroes have unique special abilities.

 Warning! This map has a lot of scripts susceptible to the difficulty
 level setting. The general nastiness of this scenario grows rapidly
 with this setting. Playing as a 'Novice' should not be hard, but every
 step up means much less positive events and much more powerups for your
 enemies. Just to warn you, I've set the map difficulty switch to
 'Impossible'. But it is possible to win this scenario, at least at lower
 player skill settings. Think twice before you choose the difficulty 
 level!
 To sum up:
  Novice: You have two enemies: time and yourself. AI players should not
   be any problem here.
  Intermediate: For adventurers. This setting is recommended for players
   who want to explore the whole map, to try every quest etc.
  Hard: For fighters. I recommend this setting for the players who like 
   battles. Caution: you will probably have not enough time to visit 
   every location on the map.
  Expert: Are you sure you want to set the difficulty that high? I don't
   recommend it unless you are an extremely tough player.
  Champion: Only Wimfrits is allowed to play on Champion. If you are not
   him and you play - I am not responsible for whatever happens. This 
   setting is not, I repeat NOT, recommended.



Starting Hero:

 Name: Year
 Level: 2
 Ability: Gains experience each turn
 Location: Starting town


Other main heroes:

 Name: Spring
 Level: 13
 Ability: Can summon elementals (other heroes cannot learn these spells)
 Location: Prison
  
 Name: Summer
 Level: 13
 Ability: Speeds her army up
 Location: Prison
   
 Name: Autumn
 Level: 13
 Ability: Provides some resources each day
 Location: Prison
   
 Name: Winter
 Level: 13
 Ability: Summons Ice Demons to the starting town
 Location: Prison

  

Notices: 
 
 Signs and names that are reserved by various companies are
 reserved. You may distribute this map freely as long as it is a non
 profit distribution and the file ArCal.txt (this file) is included.
 The simplest way is to share the archive ArCal.zip. 

 Please send your questions and comments to urtur@wp.pl - thanks.

 Caution! This map is large and uses a lot of graphics effects.
 The gameplay may be slow on older machines (broken animations, looong
 computer player turns,especially in the first few days.) The game
 may also crash from time to time. Do a save after each crucial battle.
 
 The file ArCalSpoil.zip contains the spoiler information. It is 
 password protected to avoid accidental access. If you really need
 some hints - the password is the name of your main hero.
 
 And - last but not least - English is not my native language. 
 The texts appearing in the game are refined, but I know they are far 
 from perfection. My fault.



Credits:

 A few scripts were created using the h4util program by Slava Salnikov.

 The landscape has been decorated using (among others) object brushes 
  by Wildbear, Rife and Wookash.

