If you are within striking distance (especially at the beginning of the
game) TAKE AUSTRALIA!!!! It's easy to defend. Get it into your skull.
>From South America, expand into North America. Vice Versa.
A technique I invented (I call it a card farm): if a person is
combative and weak, isolate him, and protect him from everyone else.
Let him have a country or two per turn, and then take them back. When
he gets three cards, kill him and take them.
Be aware of the marvelous properties of owning North Africa and Central
America (if you own South America), owning Siam (if you own Australia),
owning the Middle East (if you own South America), owning Iceland and
Kamchatka (if you own North America), owning.....you get the picture.
If you own a continent, look for an opportunity to protrude into the
next without expanding your frontier.
ALWAYS MINIMIZE YOUR PERIMETER!
The most important technique: trust your enemies. If one person is
strong, and the rest are w