Graphics are good, and game play is easy. But games tend to drag on and on due to too many choke points. Too many places have small max units allowed, which results in games stalemating quite easily. Once cards are trading at high numbers, the max 10/12 units makes moving armies around impossible, and as a result, games take forever to complete.
I want to like this board because its graphically clear and mechanically sound but the games just don't play out enjoyably.
Every game is a total grind, with no ability to every really just take over if you play well. As soon as you get a little ahead its way to easy for everyone else to block you, even without messages/alliances (which everyone resorts to and I hate).
Bonuses need to be bigger to move the game along. Cards go up faster, continents get more. Something, or some transports to be able to get to other parts of the map.