Maps

[larry marak]

And I would like to see the paper map tradition of AK and DR continued so that we don't have half paper, half cardboard for that theatre. The problem with doing panel maps as replacement for AK/DR is that both those games utilized variable terrain...placement of markers makes shaded areas ocean, or impassible terrain, or simply rough terrain.

Of course, I have pre-ordered Tunisia and Ethiopia already.

I've always liked historical maps for the battlefield. The plus is you are playing on the actual terrain contours of the historical battlefield (Beyond Normandy, Cassino). The negative is that you are limited to that battlefield only, so its quite a stretch to use the BN map to represent actions from Anvil Dragoon, or the Cassino Map to represent fighting in the Caucasus Mountains, or the Wehrmacht attempting to force its way into Switzerland.