Guys, no matter how you look at it, it is a preference thing. Some will like the map and some won’t.
The whole plan for the future of the game is to eventually start in 1850 with your pieces on the map and wind up with modern day pieces on a modern map.
During World War 2, Germany and the UK had bases in Antarctica. Germany had a colony their as early as 1938, I believe.
Supposedly, their was a conflict their that was so secret that the US did not know about it, but the UK did. The UK wanted to stop Germany and their experiments they were doing down their.
HBG wants to do an expansion set reflecting the tension that was going on there, that very few people know about.
I think it would be fun, but it sure isn’t going to be everybody’s cup of tea. I think the reason Africa was made bigger, is because there will be expansions reflecting the war in Africa.
Since there wasn’t much fighting in the Americas, I think they had to sacrifice some looks to the map to bring these conflicts, more room to fight in. This is just my theory on it.
I’ve been keeping up with it, since the beginning, and I’m excited about it, but I realize that not everyone is going to agree with me, but we all got our likes and dislikes. :-D