StrategoDon
#6) Some boards with larger ponds or lake like features, perhaps 3 to 4 hexes wide, this would make for some interesting rout, attack paths, maybe even a building on shore?
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Joe
This!We don't have good Russian, enough Normandy, Korean, or PTO boards - but do have a lot of generic, too busy, inauthentic looking boards.
Righto. Small hamlets - good idea. I have a few of those too. Here's a cutout from a Normandy board. 4 buildings only!Don
Nice on #s 5, 7 and 8!! Hamlet to me is very small village, (roughly 2 to 4 buildings) a number of these "scattered" on map would be nice!
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Joe
Yes, OK I see what you mean. I've sketched a few Fort-style hill boards; Italian village, Ukrainian village, etc..I think so.
The normal geo-boards (even if you butt them together) tend to array the terrain - especially hill masses - either at 0° or 90°. As they are only 10 hexes wide each, this is probably mainly due to the physical limitations of the boards. Bd18 is an exception insofar the line of ridges of the hills is running diagonally across the board. However, these hills are very small and only level 1. Not much more can be done on a board that is only 10 hexes wide in this regard.
The Fort board dimensions offer 16 hexes for the purpose. Something like this very roughly - disregard the "real" 4a terrain:
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Like on this map http://www.lonecanuckpublishing.ca/As Good As They Got.htmI've seen some third party maps where small buildings are clustered so some straddle a hexside preventing bypass. More of those for a crossroads hamlet?
SoCal ASL club had one day where we played a bunch of Lone Canuck maps that had these.
Don't already have a 1 hex wide canal type board (B23?) What is lacking with this board that you want to see improved?I do not believe most canals were that wide...they would be two canal boat widths plus in width...(not there are not such the Albert Canal is wider than 2 canal boats in certain areas). I think 1 hex.
Countryside canal?Don't already have a 1 hex wide canal type board (B23?) What is lacking with this board that you want to see improved?
That's right. We need scenario designers to step up - guys who can prepare stuff that MMP will publish. This isn't to disparage the great TP design guys like Chas Smith or Evan Sherry, but just to say that if we want new geoboards that will see high publication standards and a lot of use, they need to go through MMP, who requires scenarios to go with them too.I couldn't have said it better myself.
As much as I would love to see some of these suggestions actually created, unless scenarios are designed for their use, these boards will likely only have an appeal limited to the DYO crowd.
Yes, more variety. I don't think we need to move away from the standard geoboard layout, but instead either go with new board types: Fort, Double-wide, non-geomorphic. And as you say, ditch some of the roads that enter from the side - something that is already done with many boards. But I get your drift - too many roads prevent the design from looking realistic - such as with Russian or PTO terrain.This!
Personally, I would be pleased to see future ASL products released with Fort-style boards instead of the usual 'geo-board' layouts. I understand that the SL/ASL board system had to start in some fashion, but isn't it about time the system moved away from the 'same old, same old'?
The (non-river) geo boards are too generic for my tastes, with their plethora of roadways entering from all edges of the playing area. Is it too much to expect to play on a multi-map playing area which doesn't resemble a Thomas Guide? In the PTO?
It's a good idea - that is modifying the artwork but staying within the rules. That's the key. The other good idea is to not have the building artwork in the centerdot, giving more space, but still using the Building rules for that hex. Don't get me started on using more 'design for effect' artworkI've seen some third party maps where small buildings are clustered so some straddle a hexside preventing bypass. More of those for a crossroads hamlet?
SoCal ASL club had one day where we played a bunch of Lone Canuck maps that had these.
I see what you mean now. I'm not sure that the artwork is 'legal'. For instance - if the building art is both separate from other building art and straddles the hexspine, then what is happening here? Is it simply a LOS obstacle that prevents Bypass? I assume it's not a Location of any kind?
Yea, I guess, but what battles would necessitate this? Not that it wouldn't be nice, but if you had one board to do, would you do that one?Countryside canal?
The setting is amid a major city...these canals were found in 1) rural areas, 2) outskirts of villages or 3) hamlets... those are all missing. Further the canals in situations 1 and 3 might not show/have a bridge...there are 3 on the board we have already as befits a major city. The battle quoted upstream the canal was along its length of the attack in 1-3 above...not* B23.Don't already have a 1 hex wide canal type board (B23?) What is lacking with this board that you want to see improved?
I will make the battle on the Canadians for MMP if there was a board. Also canal overlays would be a good thing too. Like RR overlays with the long lazy arc to allow change of course...That's right. We need scenario designers to step up - guys who can prepare stuff that MMP will publish. This isn't to disparage the great TP design guys like Chas Smith or Evan Sherry, but just to say that if we want new geoboards that will see high publication standards and a lot of use, they need to go through MMP, who requires scenarios to go with them too.
Yeah, the countryside canal was what i had in mind.Yea, I guess, but what battles would necessitate this? Not that it wouldn't be nice, but if you had one board to do, would you do that one?
The Canadian 7th Bdge battle I mentioned up stream... (also in the fighting for Holland the recapture of stretches of canal was a military objective, as these were forms of MSRs...)Yea, I guess, but what battles would necessitate this? Not that it wouldn't be nice, but if you had one board to do, would you do that one?
SSR for that mapI see what you mean now. I'm not sure that the artwork is 'legal'. For instance - if the building art is both separate from other building art and straddles the hexspine, then what is happening here? Is it simply a LOS obstacle that prevents Bypass? I assume it's not a Location of any kind?