Courtyard (World at War)

Courtyard
In-game loading screen and outline of Courtyard
Game	Call of Duty: World at War
Game	Call of Duty: World at War
Teams	Imperial Japanese Army, Marine Raiders
Teams	Imperial Japanese Army, Marine Raiders
Location	Japan
Location	Japan
Terrain	Wooden Buildings
Terrain	Wooden Buildings
Campaign Map	Breaking Point
Campaign Map	Breaking Point

Courtyard is a multiplayer level in Call of Duty: World at War. It is a small map, but bigger than Killhouse from Call of Duty 4. It takes place in Japan, and thus has the Pacific Theatre theme. The map has only one good sniping spot so one should stick to machine guns, submachine guns, and occasionally shotguns, but the map is also a bit open for the latter.

Multiplayer Tactics

Make your way to the Front Porch of the Large Castle, as it's a great medium range position for some CQC sniper and rifle users. The low stone wall means that SMG users will have trouble attacking you if they are far away, and the height advantage it grants gives you some extra view as well.

If you're on the front porch of the castle the long hallway on your left has a good sniping position in the corner. Along the wall there is a bench that allows you to jump up on the wall behind a tree. From this position you have good avenues of fire along two edges of the map. Betties placed in your blindspots in front of you are particularly helpful in case people get close. This tactic is especially effective when your the Japanese as there snipers have the best camo.

A frequent, but "noob" tactic is to wait on the large forested open platforms and kill anyone that comes near you or the middle of the map. The platforms are immediately accessible at the start of every game (each team gets one). The area is too forested to spot the player usually, and the player can see almost in a 360 degree area of the map besides corners. Even so, the player is granted the ability to kill enemy troops quickly. The spot will usually get snuffed out, and it is wise to move on before wise enemy players start chucking grenades up at the platform.

If you're playing capture the flag, domination, war, team deathmatch, veteran, or hardcore team deathmatch, it is suggested that when you first spawn that you throw frag grenades across the other side of the map as the enemy will never suspect grenades at the beginning of a match. Also, make use of explosives often, particularly grenades because there are a lot of enclosed areas on here.

The team that controls the Front Porch of the Castle also has access to the small trench/tunnel below the main stairs, it is an effective tactic to wait for someone to come near the stairs and immediately kill them and move on, as only your head will be showing, thus, they will need to aim harder than you (at the cost of the enemy getting a headshot on you).

Another tactic for Search and Destroy, particularly Hardcore, is to "Noob Tube" over to the other side of the map from spawn, normally allowing for easy kills, and shouting from the opposing team once oneself dies. (However, this will no longer work because of the patch which makes all rifle grenades fired in the first 15 seconds of a Search and Destroy match duds.)