Scouting

Nortel the mighty said: it's an interesting study in tactics and people when
hidden deployment is used. I've noted how everyone (inclduing myself) gets a
lots more
cautious when you lack that God-eye view.  the boogie man seems to jump
out of every bit of cover, corner or structure. it's especially interesting to
see the attacker's angst of pushing his force closer to make his scenario
deadline, but cringing at potential ambush points.

[Tomb] It makes a huge difference. What is interesting too is the
response is differentiated by player quality. Why? If you can't see a good
player, you can still probably look at the game from his end, see his likely
objectives and what he probably knows about you, and make some (usually
decent) assumptions about placement of his troops (where fields of fire will
be good, where they'll be protected, where they can mutually support, etc).
Unknowing play against a gamer of questionable tactical ability means any of
his formations could be ANYWHERE. Sense might not even enter into it. Here we
have the professional cursing "Amateurs!".

I love double blind, but it is hard to do without absolute trust