For some reason I was absurdly lucky and won my game without breaking a sweat. Thanks to heavy fog I don't really know why. I began by cleaning out the northwest corner and expanded from there without ever encountering any resistance, not even at the chokepoint in the northeast. I kept wondering if the game was a joke and the punch line would be stumbling into an opponent with 1000 armies, but no. Fun if you're shallow like me and enjoy a lucky win, otherwise flawed.
Good for 2v2 and 4 player games.
Not recommended for 1v1 or 3 player games. The initial distribution can play a very big in the smaller games due the presence of a choke point.