Board Game Arena

Hi, It seems that many of the 'newly' implemented games are having really big board sizes. Which requires quite a bit of scrolling up and down to play. Personally I like to have everything visible without the need for any vertical scrolling. I admit I use a monitor which has a bigger screen than my laptop. Is there a trend to develop games now using larger vertical areas, due to targeting players who don't have monitors and are limited to smaller screen sizes (laptops, tablets, ...)?

For example, games like (crusaders, gaia project, great western trail, tapestry, ...) require quite a bit of scrolling.