I have been given this game. I knew it before her only by name. Say, this version was my first version. And I must say that this game is just awesome. It's great fun, one with a fever and it never comes, but absolutely never get bored, because you also have to play if you're not on the train. So strong buy recommendation from my side. The real reason for my review is but that I absolutely can not understand it, how to give this game only one star just because you found the old original version better. And above all absolutely ridiculous reasons. In order to form my own opinion we played several nights with different people the original version. Conclusion: It is optically and control aspect, just poorly executed. First, it is nowhere near as nice. Instead of soldiers, horses and cannons will be blocks on which small countries at the beginning totally overfilling. Later in the game it is just confusing and you can no longer reasonable to recognize in which country are the units. For this reason alone, the new version is already preferable. Furthermore, the new version, when the men and women would be doing even bother to read the instructions, different games on. Further, it is much more balanced. The replenishment for example, which you can redeem by cards is governed totally unfair and stupid in the old version. So it is possible, for example, that even though one more replenishment cards than the other players, it is not able to redeem. So you can be run over in 2-3 rounds and lose most of its units and countries. Due to lack of supply to get into a downward spiral and lose all or a large part of its territory. Such bullshit rules were replaced by much better and more logical. Criticism of the unit colors affects only the blind or those who do not play in enough light. A lamp on the table and you can see everything perfectly. Probably the biggest change is that the attacker with three, the defender plays it 2 dice. What looks very unfair in the beginning turns out to be a stroke of genius by the manufacturer. Thus, the attack game, which is necessary anyway in order to win the game, rewarded by a cube more. However, since the defender wins with the same eye number, the advantage decreases considerably. Well, they can not be swayed by the nostalgics 1-star reviews. This game is great and is the older versions in every way. On The Contrary. It was shot in the right places and improved.