Art De La Guerre

[Hazelbark]

I think a finger extruding would be too much.
A kidney shape fine.
A commercially purchased. More likely to be fine.


indents like this, OK
https://www.miniatureworldmaker.com.au/images/products/medium/FGOG06.jpg


Assuming the below complied 2x3
The lower right here probably is too far
https://litko.net/collections/terrain-trays/products/terrain-bases-set-4-4
Upper right fine
Upper and Lower left are getting hinky.

https://litko.net/collections/terrain-trays/products/terrain-bases-set-6-3
again assuming you made these legal 2x3 somewhere these bizarre nearly phallic options would be too far.

https://litko.net/collections/movement-gauges-rulers/products/40mm-linear-gauge
this too would be excessive.

[SteveR]

Dan, you should be on the US Supreme Court - you have channeled Potter Stewart admirably.

"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it"

As I see it this is a non-problem.

I don't find players bringing clever designer terrain in ADLG because, unilke DBX, the adjustment mechanism removes enough certainty of the placement to make it not worthwhile.

Kevin's original case might be seen as having a slightly abusive effect but the advantage is minimal, and despite his concerns there have been a lot of games played without it becoming common.

I see the opposite happening. Terrain is rarely "irregular" in shape as required by page 70.

I play against rectangular square hills with minimal rounding and woods with linear sides. That way they match the linar coastines and canal straight rivers that we all use.

Because the game plays better that way.

When I started in ADLG my terrain was irregular in shape. And I had difficulty seeing how a unit could be "just on the edge" of an irregular piece. Surely some of the front edge must be outside or some must be back away from the edge.

For what it is worth in my opinion all the litko pieces you show are legal - no matter how bizarre the phallus is. They meet the criteria of the rules and look like an actual woods. It they turn out to be a bad place to put an elephant because dumbo will take a long time to walk out so be it.

So for now I suggest we do nothing and see what happens

[Hazelbark]

[DarkBlack]

[Neep]

As was once said, "If you are not trying to gain an advantage, why are you on the pitch?"
I think "lining the edge" is permission to nominally allow shooting for units that aren't physically lining the edge.

Just speculating a bit - maybe there should be a 1CP action to line a feature from a group in line, or vice versa.