The map is quite big indeed. This is a draft version of the whole battlefield as of now, early May. It will eventually be cropped down, as a good chunk of the area has relatively little gaming value. The largest area to be removed is the wilderness on the bottom of the map (east side) and also, to some degree, the left (south) edge isn’t important game-wise. They’ll be trimmed at some point.
Below is a detail of the La Chute river connecting with Lake Champlain. A victory location has been added (and no, likely won’t be that exact hex) close to the sawmill. Also, the waterfalls are now on the river. A stream hex side is clearly different from a river. There are quite well-defined elevations, and finally, a die roll is required to navigate around that swampy island on the bottom when trying to reach the lake from the river. With a bad roll, British boats have to take the northern route and will become exposed to the artillery at Fort Carillon who have ranged their weapons well in advance.
Oh, the red line visible on the lower right hand side is just a “six hex range indicator” from the fort. Shot and shell might start raining on approaching troops around that line 🙂
