a shame to see this board's rating drop because one lacked the effort to learn it properly. berickf's review is spot on.

a couple detractions for an awesome board:
opening theory seems pretty limited. the opening seems very automatic, and the responses that follow are mainly determined by the luck of your dice rolls
long games favor americans? granted it hasn't been a huge sample size, but the americans seem to run away with it if the game goes on long enough