[bacchus]

I like the look of the maps, but like you I thought the Line of Sight blockers might not be enough on the first map. On Black Fork, I think the player who wins initiative gets a pretty good advantage on the Gerda glyph. A squad figure with a move of 6 placed on the road can get next to the glyph and a second figure can stand right behind him, clogging up this area before the opponent takes his first turn.

I like the other start zones in the middle of the map. As they are single spaced, it means no big nasty dragons that can really take advantage of this, and promotes some instant action.