[licker]

I don't mind playing this map, but it would be nice to know which version we are playing.

There were 4 in the zip, one with nothing special at the nodes, and 3 with different kinds of specials/defenses at the nodes.

Anyway, when you take a province with a connection to a node you don't actually move anywhere, you just have a path to that particular node, think of them as stargates or something where each has a nexus point you can occupy.

I think you might as well give it a shot GB, this is my 1st MP game as well, and while the nodes may be confusing at first I think you'll figure it out quickly, but we do need to know if there is anything in the nodes to make them a priority to occupy or what have you.

Otherwise they just make the map 'smaller' since you can jump around more quickly if you have the right connections. Honestly they probably favor fliers more than anything else, but Caelum isn't in this game right?