The destroyers take all classic strategy out of this game. Great idea and very unique but the destroyers must be less powerful to allow the board to reach its full potential.
This board looks quite nice! My biggest problem with it is the dominance of +1 bonuses. the continent bonuses seemed not to be very important because of the large amount of islands and ports.
I dunno. I do enjoy playing this map but I've never been in a game long enough to get a full opinion of it. Dice just hate me on this one but that's not the maps fault (you hear me other reviewers?).
The map is well laid out, looks good and has a real good concept behind it. The bonuses are attainable and defendable and while that may sound easy, it's really not.
Great board. One change: The arrow from Rome to the destroyer is very misleading. The arrow looks like Rome attacks the right half of the ship but you can only attack the left half.