Crater Lake

Crater Lake is an Age of Empires II map. It contains a massive lake in the middle and a resource rich island in the middle of the lake. This map was originally multiplayer only, until Age of Empires II: The Forgotten HD was introduced.

Description
Resources here are about as average as you can get outside of the resource island. Wood is plentiful, gold is near at hand, and even stone can be found with ease. Therefore, the best chance to win would be to capture the resource rich island. The island contains more gold and stone on it, then on the entire map. Typically, it contains no wood unless more than five players are playing. Crater Lake will sometimes be half frozen leading to pitched battles focused on land, or Crater Lake will be full and the focus will be on the navy. Food and deer are positioned closer than usual to the middle of the map, so try to use your scout to snipe away other players' deer while guarding against other scouts. Small rushes are a good way to unbalance the enemy and if coupled with a bit of boom (Room; rushing boom). Suggested civilizations are those with strong navies (Vikings) and strong end game civilizations (Spanish, Byzantines). The civilizations which lack good calvary (Mayans, Aztecs, Goths, Celts, Britons) often struggle and civilizations which lack good navies will also find winning a challenge.