I decided to make the map more realistic to fit the over all look and feel of the design. However, I maintained the orange drop shadow on the design elements causing the design to look a little out of place.

I decided to change the drop shadow to match the current map so that they will seem to blend well together with the map.

As the board game involves cards, I decided to add card placements to make it part of the game after speaking to some of my friends.