Post originally by Shannon Appelcline at 2004-01-29 10:35:10
Converted from Phorums BB System

I think you just have to be very careful in your placements and purposefully keep it easy to close your terrains, else they can sprawl all over.

I'll often play a 1-tile terrain that closes immediately by cornering it.

Also, if I'm able, I'll usually put an open terrain I'm working on down against the tile I'm playing it adjacent to in order to minimize the tiles required by closure. (This often limits it to one.) Some tiles make this more difficult and will sprawl anyway, but it's not an inevitability for every placement.

My general feeling is that large terrains are only favored in two conditions: if you're trying to build up your keep; and if you have a x2 tile of that type. Beyond that I see no reason not to keep terrains as small as possible. It recycles your meeples quickly and makes it easier to hit the wall tiles (which I tend to capture 80% of when I play like this).

Shannon