[The Panther]

As for the victory conditions and game setup, I looked at the map in great detail last night. Because it seems to me that a mere 5 VPs to win is much too few, I am now planning the following:

1. The starting spots will be fixed. However, I did notice (like several people mentioned) that the Orania War starting spots are not really very balanced, so I am working on a better 17 spots. This afternoon, I will announce the 17 province numbers of the starting locations and let interested people suggest changes.
2. The actual nation assignment to these 17 spots will be random. You have a 1 in 15 chance to get any single spot (1 in 2 if you are a water nation). The nation locations will not be publicly announced.
3. Each capitol will have a Victory Point. I will add a second VP province that is near each capitol, giving us 34 VPs to work with. I will publicly announce the province location of these 17 extra VP provinces.
4. The victory condition will be at least 1/3 of these, or 12 VPs to win.
5. All special provinces and preset sites are removed from the map.