8.0/10
1 play only, just Australia. Worked very well as a "first time players" map. Long distance rails weren't used at all, not sure if we should have been trying for them. But the relative simplicity of the rules (no "special exceptions" for the starting cities as with the original USA map) might make this my preferred map to teach to newbies from now on. Update after five plays: Australia is an excellent "starter map", but I've still never seen the long distance rails used. Going to try to go for one in my next game just to test if it can be helpful. Canada was fine but I don't have a strong memory of it being especially bad or good compared with other maps. Will have to try it more.
