I found the board somehow both prone to deadlock, and unbalanced in that control over the entire left side of the board results in about 1/3 of the bonus available to the right side. But worst of all are the mysterious long-distance borders that are unmentioned in the board description or on-board legend. Altogether, the whole game felt pretty much pointless and unsatisfying.
I like big boards and I cannot lie, but I didn't find that this one had enough structure to keep the strategy interesting over multiple games. Still, entertaining enough to keep me coming back.
Really well done - only complaint is that sometimes it seems like the roles of each power and the accompanying strategy ends up being too rigidly defined. Of course that might just be my own limitations as a strategist.