Interesting board - I like the true global perspective. However, it is a painfully slow board. The 12 attack per turn limit makes it really hard (and time consuming!) to close out the game. Its particularly troublesome when you're playing a 3 or 4 person game and you are in the lead. The other players naturally come after the leader, and that gives them 24 or 36 turns versus the leader's 12. I appreciate the originality, but its a slow moving game.
It's a shame because I love the concept of multiple (sometimes overlapping) additional micro-bonuses. And the board looks absolutely stellar. But two things really kill this one for me. One, the lack of attention to detail and balance. And second, the 12 attack limit is absolutely crushing on a board this large. Games drag on F O R E V E R. I doubt I'll be playing this one again which is a shame as it's great to look at.
Far too many inconsistencies and mishaps is what i found about this map. Europe doesnt connect to Scandinavia so theres no way of recovering that part except by making a full turn through another continent, theres FAR too many continent imbalancing (Middle East gets 7 units for 6 territories while Latin America gets 5 for 12, ????) and some of the borders just dont make sense (Arabia doesnt border Africa, which is crucial considering Middle East's power in this map, the aforementioned Europe, the sea bridge on Spain and France is not needed since they already touch each other, etc) or are simply too thin, thus creating a lot of chokepoints (Africa-Europe, Africa-Asia, South America - Antarctica, etc).