all of the bonuses are 10x...i think you shouldn't have made alaska or hawaii have value since they are an instant income at the start. All it did was speed the game up times 10
if it was half wouldnt it make it exactly the same as normal? and yeah he went for the four bonuses with immediate benefits i went to spread out, although i wanted to take scadanavia turn one. and its 100x bonuses. i think taking only 1 of the 4 bonuses worth 100 and spreading the other 3 picks is best strategy on second thought