Post originally by Shannon Appelcline at 2005-01-12 11:54:38
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<i>You can not really zig-zag to stay in Russia and avoid the 2 million ruble fee after communism falls. There are too many cities in the other former soviet republics to do well with going for goods or delivering there.</i>

Beyond that, I think the map encourages zig-zagging by the particular placement of cities on either side of the border; it ends up being a short-term gain vs. long-term loss issue, and as with many of the EB games, you usually fall on the short-term gain side of things.

Shannon