Initiative: EA game. "Grow that Nub!"

[parone]

hey guys, i've messed this up before. all i need is the image of the map? and do i need to be able to unzip? i am pretty hopeless

[Samhain]

I believe you are correct, that you only need the image of the map. And, yes, you do need a means to unzip to get it out of the file linked by Kungfoo above.

The key part though, as far as getting the game launched smoothly, is to create your pretender with the "Conceptual Balance Complete 1.92 - Ettin Fixed" mod enabled and that mod only.

Having the map image is necessary only once you try to view your first turn.

[Kungfoo]

Yep, Samhain is absolutely correct. Newer version of Windows should be able to handle .zip files innately, but if you're having issues you might consider using 7zip - http://www.7-zip.org/ - it's kinda the de-facto king of zipping these days.