Village hexes/Guadalcanal

[Brett Nicholson]

A brief question concerning village hexes, are they treated as town hexes for all purposes? The 'Guadalcanal' scenario book or map legend doesn't define them. 'Guadalcanal' is the only Pacific theater PG game I own but perhaps villages are covered in other games? Some 'Guadalcanal' scenarios have objective hexes listed as villages for VC purposes but there is no village artwork on the map. Just curious if they are limiting terrain or provide defensive bonuses or if they are just artwork. I would guess that they wouldn't provide as much cover as a town hex as likely buildings (or bamboo huts) are not as concentrated or numerous as a proper town hex. I'm sure they are covered in more depth in other Pacific theater games or expansions but don't have access to any of those as of yet.