You can always win a map by capturing the HQ, but what if there *is* no HQ? In the latest Community Map of the Week, Explosive Supply Race by Flak, we’re left with another tantalizing option: blow up your opponent’s entire base with a bomb. Big bada boom!
The players here start in an X pattern, with each player controlling two corners of the map. The goal: take a supply train laden with explosives and drive it straight to the enemy HQ, where it will wipe all of their buildings off the map, instantly winning you the match. There’s a system of rails that lead from base to base, but which will also slow down your early wave of pioneers. The supply trains you need to move are also out of fuel, meaning you’ll need to capture a factory before you can build a Jeep or another Supply Train to refuel it and send it on its way. Don’t forget to build more rail units to escort it, though: if the bomb Supply Train is destroyed on the way to its destination, you’ll have to revert to a war of attrition and defeat all enemy units to win.
(Fun fact: train units are twice as fun to use if you yell “choo choo” every time you move them. Try it out! Another fun fact: this map is inspired by the Payload races in Team Fortress 2!