Thank you, sir, because that was exactly my point.  My current gaming situation doesn't allow for floating gameboards, vectored movement, or anything else that might lead to a game longer than three hours (my opponent is married, and has both a toddler and a newborn).  This, again, is why I went to Starmada; I simply don't have 12 hours to engage an aggressor-and no one should feel the game lacking if they don't, either.