by Gswp
Cool, thanks! Good to know that my copy is normal.Next time I play I will just combine the pawn with some of the other ways of increasing difficulty -- I was playing without the two expansions (personally not a huge fan of "Extraordinary Feats & Betrayals", haven't yet tried the other one) and all the forest cards turned green side up. Next time I'd probably start with 6 already desolated.
If I want the ravage pawn to still play a bigger role at that point, your house rules sound like good ideas!