[Baron Grazic]

I think I would have to vote against an image map, basically because it would mean that you knew exactly where they started, once you knew their Race type, you would know exactly how many possible colonies they could have.
I like the option of having similar start possitions, but keeping you guessing as to details. One of the reasons I haven't looked at any of Tesco's maps yet.

And for all you lurkers out there :- Best part of Koth is the quickness. I've finished my Last 2 games in less than a week each...