Am I Going Mad

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First run QC being poor does not work in any other industry. This is just poor management and a total lack of concern for their customers. Everybody else can get it right or replaces it at the publishers expense. GMT is replacing Panzer Expansion 3 Maps because they were printed on the wrong paper stock. They are doing this at their own expense.

Why has APL not designed ONE set of colors and symbology that would be used across all products? Instead we are subjected to a new art project for every game. I looked at the Liberation 1944 Maps and immediately removed the game from my order form. Not only are they too dark, they, like many other system maps are cartoonish and certainly not anywhere near photo realistic representations. I am tempted to call them juvenile

And it is not as if other companies are unable to make attractive maps. Panzer Blitz II, Devil's Den for ATS, all of the maps in the Conflict of Heroes series by Academy Games, and the White Star Rising maps to name but a few examples. I think that the issue can be resolved by commissioning a set of symbology and colours and using them for all maps. If these are representative geomorphic maps, then there is no reason why all of the maps for a geographic region could not be used together.

This is the biggest issue I have with APL. The game is a real gem. The production values are amongst the worst in the industry.