There is no hard and fast rule about how you set up the battlefield. The scenery can be laid out in any way the players find agreeable. One popular method which works well for Pitched Battles or Meeting Engagements is for one player to lay the scenery out while the other player chooses which side he will fight from. This ensures that the scenery is laid out in as even-handed manner as possible. A further advantage is that it is possible for the host to set the game up in advance so that it is ready to play once his opponent arrives.

Many players find it convenient to use a terrain generator system to set up the battlefield. You might wish to make use of the Terrain Generator Table, opposite, or you might prefer to devise something similar using your own scenery as a basis. If you decide to use the version printed here don't worry if you generate items of terrain you don't have, just re-roll until you get a result you can use. Rules for various types of terrain are given in full in the rulebook.

You can make use of the Terrain Generator Table in any way you please. You might decide how much scenery you want and then roll randomly to determine what it is, after which each player chooses and places one item alternately until the table is complete. Another method is for a player to choose a piece of scenery, then both players roll a dice and the highest scorer positions it, after which the player who lost the dice roll chooses another item and so on. All these are perfectly good methods and there is no reason players shouldn't experiment until they find a method they like.