I suspect that we are seeing a divide between people on how they
approach HeroQuest. Without getting too Forge-like you could use their
diagnostic tool to charecterize this divide as 'sim' vs 'narr'. I
suspect that those of us who see size as 'how important is this to the
story' and those that see it is 'measure of weight and hieght' have
different views of what the engine should provide.
That may well sum up a lot of the 'tricky situations'. Walking a line
that pleases both sides could be difficult.