You did a great job with this map Imperious Leader. I like the fact that the changes were subtle because it was already a nice piece of work to begin with. The first game I played I forgot all about the mines that were connected to the harbours but this map would never let me forget that. I also had to keep looking in the rule book for order of play and starting incomes because I hate using an income tracker and prefer to count up my income when it’s time to collect, so doing away with the tracker and adding what you did in the Sahara is perfect. I would be interested in a copy of this but I have a couple of questions though. Can this be printed out to any size or will it ruin the quality if I print it too large? The OOB map is just over 32" by 32", I would like mine to be 42" by 42". Also, is there a way to edit it to increase the size of the emblems on the capital territories? This is important because the rules specify that only a minor capital can be mobilized whereas a minor colony does not. The way these are differentiated on the OOB map is they have larger emblems on them like the Major capitals do. For instance, in Africa only the Empire of Ethiopia would mobilize troops if you entered it. On your map all of the territories have the same size of emblem on them.
I made a list of the territories that should have the larger emblem if you should be inclined to change them yourself;
United States
London
Portugal
Spain
Paris
Rome
Holland
Belgium
Berlin
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Vienna
Moscow
Albania
Serbia
Romania
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Greece
Arabia
Persia
Afghanistan
Ethiopia
I don’t know how to make these changes myself but if you didn’t want to maybe I could find someone else who has the time and the interest. There’s a steak dinner and a bottle of whiskey in it for you if you make the changes but you have to come to northern British Columbia to collect them. :-)