Burning Tigers

[Poor Yorek]

I suppose they would be ignored.

I think the point is rather why should they have to be? One can understand the need for occasional terrain modifications during specific scenarios; it is quite another thing to have permanent artwork that is always ignored.

I'm not arguing for an extreme functionalist approach, but as Alan said nicely, the default is that the board artwork conveys meaning in terms of game effects (via the TEC).

IMHO, the problem here is the need for a certain degree of abstraction whilst also retaining realism: the AK and DR maps err too far towards the former, whilst I believe these newest designs err too far towards the latter. For myself, the apotheosis of PG maps is Elsenborn Ridge.