[st.patrik]

I'd like to make a request not for a huge map, but smaller maps. perfect game, to my mind, is with 4 or 5 opponents (enough for a crowd) and a little bit of space. This way you have a chance of actually finishing the game rather than getting bogged down in huge micromanagement issues.

I think everyone likes the sound of a huge game with hundreds of provinces and tons of nations, but in fact after a limited number of turns it just becomes tedious and most people start something else - the 'epic' element quickly becomes 'mind-numbingly-tedious'.