I find sequential, 24-hour,escalating games the best. 4 players. Lately it seems that whenever I start a game a true rookie (?) joins up and never takes a turn. So he gets knocked out in Round 4. Seems moronic to me.

THE OTHER ROTTEN PLAY IS NOT EVEN TRY TO GETAT LEAST ONE SPOIL IN TURN ONE ...

AFRICA AND EUROPE ARE TERRIBLY OVERCROWDED HERE. You need to use regional names, such as Maghreb, and neat antiquated names, like the Levant. Don't set it up like the United Nations where every country with a government is represented.

On the plus side, I like the flow of your map.The graphics are ...

I meant to say, zim. I thought it was by gilligan at first.

This map is far better than Classic Shapes -- even before CC had to change countries to numbers and continents to shapes.

This is really an imaginative map.

One thing is missing, though. What's the value of the Antarctic regions? Don't let us guess, Gilligan.

Four-player escalating games are the best. With more than four, there is too much waiting. There, there, little Belgium.

Don't get overextended.