So I'm in an escalating game on Classic map, and I am in position to take out one player, get his 4 cards, turn in a set and take out another player and domino the entire board. The first player has a total of 2 countries (1 with 5, other with 1) and total of 6 armies. I have a big army sitting right next to those two countries and take the 1st country on the first roll, then lose to 6-6, 6-5, 6-6, 6-6, 6-2 (yay, I took 1), 5-5.
Rolls like that don't bother me when it's a flat rate game, but when it is escalating all it does it give the game to whoever goes next.