On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Andy Looney <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is incorrect. All continents have 9 international connections. Oh dear. Okay, rechecking my work, let's see ..... Ah-Ha! I missed one connection, fFrom what we might call "The U.S." to "Western Europe." Interesting, yes, that does give two countries 4 connections. Which seems like it might make the case just a little bit stronger to play N.Am. and invade Europe, simply because they both have that strong link between each other. But then again, of those 4 connections, half of them go to other continents -- and, are actually the only paths between those continents! So those countries with 4 links are prone to being volatile, unstable territory. Possibly. > Another important point is that each continent is connected to each other continent. I noticed that, yes. It has always annoyed me, in Risk and others, that some continents simply don't connect, especially ones that should. -- It's always a long day. 86400 doesn't fFit into a short.