Greetings, Warlords!

None of you people showed up today, so I did some
number-pushing instead. My humble conclusion is that
we are in for a big treat if we start playing on normal 
maps. 


A great number of units, which are too lame on big
maps would have a very good second chance. War engines,
which are too slow or weak to be cost-effective on deep maps
would suddenly become as attractive as they should be.
The transportation problems of many armies would be solved
with one swift stroke. Objectives would become reachable
for a change. Artillery would not be nearly as cool and
self-sustaining as it is now, just the way it should have been
in the first place. Battles in general would go for one or two
turns less, so the gaming would be much more manageable and 
affordable time-wise. This will allow us a quick game at 2,000 pts
and a standard one at 3,000 pts. All this will invalidate many old 
strategies and give us the chance to develop many new ones. 


In my opinion, switching to normal maps will normalize the status
of many armies from "really hosed" or "way cool", and hopefully
will prevent the predestined match-ups from hell. It will also
undermine or eliminate many abberations, which appeared exactly 
as a result of the deep-maps distortion.


It is only fair to admit that on normal maps, the marines may actually
be stronger due to their modest range and low infantry speed, although
I think in general it is too early for reliable predictions. On the
upside, I can start playing Eldar again because all those 15cm ranges
are no longer incredibly lame, so the Eldar will look very different
hopefully.


I am determined to play on standard maps from now on unless
there is too strong objection (grounds?) from the opponent.
Four buildings at the edges would be very easy to mark the boundaries
when we check from the sides.


Emil