And it makes no difference to take all territs fist?

So simply I just play against tougher opponents? I earn more points and lose less that way?

I had been wondering how the points lost and earned in any given game are generally established.
Like, what conditions are best for earning the most points or significantly reducing points you'll lose.

I do not know if taking all the territories before eliminating the last player will award more ...

I didn't get any of their spoils at all though.

So, understanding that, it meant that the person I eliminated had no spoils to give, and I was 3 short of cashing twice?

I apologize in advance if I had missed the answer in any plainly visible rules/instruction areas; I did look.

Anyways, I was curious on how this actually works. I -think- I've seen it occur for others, but not myself. That is, I've seen someone cash in their spoils multiple times before anyone's ...

Oh yay! That should help a lot!

To verify, does that mean the 30 is applied regardless? And that the territories I do own from the list will give me a bonus 2 each?

In order to get the specified spoils, do you need to own all of the countries listed?

For example, over the map I see :
My Spoils ([bracketed] if owned, next set worth 30 troops): Spoils[Cairo] Spoils Vancouver Spoils Stockholm Spoils [Delhi] Spoils [Port Moresby] . Where the brackets indicate ...

Well in an attempt to get better at winning the game in my apartment, I decided to come here for practice. and its so fun! but... It won't help if I don't learn anything.... other than cooking. But! I am optimistic, and I hope to learn from everyone!