[agracier]

CT,
1 idea I am thinking of for my Army Group Centre map is to have a half-dozen alternative templates for "hamlets" - i.e. small villages of 6 or 8 houses - and to use these to give the map a "populated" feel outside the larger, named rural towns.
Have you tried that idea yourself?

I use that method also on maps and it works quite well - and it's relatively quick as well, especially if you do some group rotating after placing them, to get some variation in their appearance from the air.

But half a dozen different templates isn't usually enough for variation. 2 dozen templates would be more like it. Luckily a template for a hamlet needn't be very complicated at all.