Still, regardless of prior gaming, playing on Conquer Club deviates from tabletop Risk on many levels. Freestyle turns, Random Deployment, and original maps all take some adjustment for beginners even if they've played the board game. Probably not worth the effort to program in, but still.

A 'victory:defeat' record would be nice, in addition to just the player score. Just on a side note.

I mean something a bit easier to use for those of us who aren't Conquer Club XML gurus. Like the map-editors in RTS's.

The new Middle East map raises a curiousity: would it be possible to create a program allowing players to make custom maps? I understand it wouldn't happen anytime soon, but it would be an interesting addition to the site.

True. But if you're a New Recruit and a Major joins your game, they probably know what they're doing better than you do.
Maybe a New Recruit Only game system? Like a tutorial for the first three games.

Have you read the How to Play section? cause there is such a thing in place. If your score is 4000 and you go against people with 1000 score, you will get very little points. Please make sure you know what is in place or what has been suggested before you make a suggestion.

They're still ...

There should be some sort of player-rank preference system, so a General can't just go noob-hunting and join a game full of New Recruits to boost his score. You should have some control over the skill level of your opponents for a fair fight.