[krpeters]

Just to add my two cents: this board does feel very crowded. I'd love to know where all the open provinces are. Dropping close to other capitals isn't that big of an issue so long as you also have some room to expand elsewhere. But it seems as if everyone is getting cut off, implying that someone else has way too much room.

This is one thing that makes wraparound maps so nice -- any big empty areas are easily reachable by several players, so nobody can monopolize them.

Anyway, let's play it out for now, and see where we are in a little bit. If we get into steamroller territory we can re-decide then.