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Throughout history, great generals have
pored over maps and picked their battlegrounds with care.
When formulating their battle plans, generals would consider
carefully the lay of the land, as this dictated how they
deployed their troops. In particular, hills were a critical
factor – they offered commanding positions on which
to set up cannons and gave cover to reserve formations of
troops.
For practical gaming purposes, hills are
traditionally built so they are 12"x8", but you
can of course make them whatever size you want. When it
comes to shape, you can't go wrong with the versatile round
or kidney-shaped hills shown in the diagrams near the bottom
of the page.
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Example of a Three-Tiered Hill
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The most convenient hill for gaming is a stepped hill. This
stylized approach imitates the slope of a hill while it still
offers flat, open areas where you can put models. The idea
was developed from the contour lines used to represent elevation
on topographic maps. From this concept, it is easy to imagine
that each contour line represents a level or tier on the gaming
hill.
You can vary a stepped hill's appearance by how you position
the tiers, and what angle you cut for the outline. As a guide,
we suggest you make each tier the same height as the miniatures
in your collection, and that you cut the angle somewhere between
45 and 60 degrees for the edges.
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