Typically I avoid Freestyle games - some experiences I have had are unsavory - by occasionally I do not check standard when I am looking for games, and end up in a Freestyle -
My quest is this - when your opponent is attacking a particular country - while you are placing in that country - do you lose your men? It seems to have happened to me more than once -where I was attempting to place men in a country that was being attacked - and they just disappeared.