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When my group joined up with another group because both of our groups had some attrition we found that we had some of the bidding problems that people are mentioning. It wasn't uncommon to see bids of 30-50 after. We came up with a house rule for bidding that works out well and ...

<t> What our group does/did is laminate all the individual country sheets and then use fine tip dry erase markers to write on them. As well, we laminated the two maps. If you have a problem finding a place to laminate the maps (like we did) try going to a teacher's supply store, they usually have ...

I think one of the better strategies with Spain is to simple sit on the fence and not commit to anything with either GB or France for as long as possible and to pursue your own goals in the meantime.

I was looking at the map and I noticed that all the generals are visible on it. I am not sure it is one of the optional rules or a regular rule but I thought the general chits were supposed to be face down.

Happiness,
Groosh