Really enjoyed playing this (3 games back to back) It would be lovely to have the rules and player aids reformated to fold into a card size so they'll fit into a small box with the cards (please!)
We weren't clear on the rules for a couple of things, Valley of the Guardians - what decides if things are connected? Do mountain and rivers separate areas? Close neighbours - seems very unlikely to score more than 9/12 on this, so a net gain of -1 or 2 points makes it undesirable to choose. Maybe 2 points per square works better? Land of plenty - do you lose 10 points before scoring it too?
Thanks for a beautiful game!