This board look good, has a good balance and is easily accessible. For all intents and purposes it's a great Game.
The thing is, it's got small, easy to attack/hard to defend continents, which give big bonuses. Then it's got a fairly powerful elimination bonus, and a high card scale.
So the games go like this: Scrap over continents - first guy to keep one, or two, and make an elimination wins.
You build for a couple of turns, scramble to get a bonus, then it's over before you can blink in an elimination cascade.