When first starting to play risk, I would always go for South America or Australia. So in concept a really cool idea. I haven't played much on it so don't have much to share on the nuances of the board. But kudos for the idea!
Good concept, more balanced than WGW, but I still prefer larger boards for the type of strategy involved. Overall it's a great idea, I look forward to playing more games on it
Just lost a tournament because of not seeing all of our options. This board can create epic battles and everything goes down under on you just like that. Truly amazing!
The kind of board you always dreamed you could play when you were a kid:
"...if only there was another Australia, then I could win this..."
Really though, it's only ok.
Sadly, in implementation, the board just ends up with alot of easy to capture continents, and some other connecting territories, so once you're established -no matter where- it's game over.