Voting on whether to ban the mapmaker and the Fortress faction.

Someone already suggested a simpler solution – to make revealing the map cost a lot of gold. Let's say 50,000 on Medium, 100,000 on Large, and 200,000 on Extra Large.

This is equivalent to a ban. When was the last time you saw such amounts in a real game?

And money won't solve this issue – if the numbers are reasonable (10-20-30), a player who used to rush with Ogres will just take a couple of Mermaids and further increase their already significant advantage.

Therefore, if anything needs to be changed, it should be the functionality itself.

But this is wrong. It's one thing to remove something from the game that isn't used, and another to change the properties of objects. The latter contradicts the concept of the SoD. But for WoG, it's perfectly fine.

I understand that.

It's just that in this case, the situation is simplified by the fact that the existing functionality is banned, so the choice isn't between functionality A and functionality B, but between a ban and changing the functionality. Perhaps in this revised form, it will be acceptable even for the most stubborn players.

As an option, leave the ban in the official rules, but change the functionality so that those who want to can experiment with it in fan games and fan tournaments. If, over time, the community tries it out and comes to the conclusion that it's playable, then a vote can be held to unban it.