3rd vs 4th edition

[fanghawk]

Just getting back into things after a layoff of a few years I had planned to use 4th ed. rules as I understood them to be generally a clean up and clarification of 3rd. Then I noticed hills were no longer limiting terrain...which I had to re-read several times and refer back to 3rd ed. a couple times just to make sure I was seeing that correctly.  

I think it's a necessary change. There are still rocky, wood, or town hexes to give you limiting terrain, but hills just represent elevation changes.

I agree...it's a change I like and a change that I think makes sense.  I just remember 6 or 7 years ago when I was transitioning into PG from ASL and the PB line of games that there was a LOT of discussion at the time about why hills were and should or shouldn't be limiting terrain.  It was one of the hardest things for me to wrap my head around conceptually and I really struggled with it trying to learn the system. Which is why it took me several checks and re-checks when it changed to make sure I wasn't misreading it. LOL  Those Eastern Front/Road to Berlin boards have gotten a whole lot more naked...I wonder what that will do to the scenarios.  Guess I'll find out.