Map: The Eight Gates

[jutetrea]

Starting my first game on it now, one thought if you want to spend the time on it:

Would it be worth making all adjacent provinces to a node a no-start? I'm restarting my game creation as my castle has a node as an initial neighbor. Some folks might like it though, but I like a buffer from the get go. 10 players on this one for a bit of expansion.

edit: Never mind, probably not feasible - not too many provinces don't border one or the other. This should be interesting