Don't know where to post this idea, so here it is.
Spent the better part of the Holiday playing on hand drawn 27 space boards with my brother and our cousin. Found some good map ideas that lead to hard and fun games that weren't super long either.
Instead of 4/4 matches what about 1/1 and 3-way matches on some smaller boards. Have four solid 27 & 30 space maps.
JK
