Right so I'm actually doing half of what you said I play on a 80x80 but I use 3-4k points
Sounds like suicide for a new player eh?
I have been able to acheive draws and once a marginal victory.
Now that I have 1.1b it should be easier because my draws were a rush to capture the v-hexes because I had run out of time.
It took me this long to figure out the main dl isn't patched :8}
T_R