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In the Crowded variant the standard map is used with the exception of having a supply center in Ruhr.  Each of the 35 supply centers starts out as a home center for one of the eleven players.  The original seven players start out with their normal units and positions and are joined by the four new players:

  Balkan:   F Greece, F Rumania, A Serbia, A Bulgaria
  Lowland:  F Belgium, A Holland, A Ruhr
  Norway:   F Norway, F Denmark, A Sweden
  Spain:    F Portugal, A Spain, F Tunis

The victory conditions remain 18 centers.