Hi.

To all you OLs out there: Are you using a specific strategy when you place monsters on the map?

Large groups are vulnurable to blast, but can yield more concentrated dps.

Scattered groups can cause the hero groups to split, making which monster to attack less obvious, maybe slowing the players down.

I've generally placed groups quite concentrated, but I am considering spreading them out a lot more in our next quest. Any opinions on this?

If your party has blast, you're just wasting monsters if you group them too close. If the heroes DON'T have area attacks, group all you want. Small monsters can dish out more damage overall, but they're less resilient than larger ones.

I prefer ranged monsters when I can manage them because they allow me to place the figures far from the heroes, but still be in range to move+attack.

If the heroes have Blast, you should keep your monsters separated or use Large monsters. They can sometimes better absorb attacks, the heroes have to attack specific parts of the base which sometimes makes it hard to nail any adjacent monsters.