[PvK]

I've got firewalls both at home and at work, but I only tried on the home firewall. I tried to open a port on the home firewall and it didn't seem to work, but I only tried for a while. It's good to hear that you've been able to get it to work through a firewall.

I've played several two-player games via PBW. When the turns were short and we were both at hand, we burned through turns with hardly any delay, and it didn't seem at all inconvenient to me. I suppose it is a little more cumbersome than TCP/IP would be, particularly for novice Users, but it's hard to feel like TCP/IP would add a lot. And I know you folks are by no means novice Users, so that's why it's a bit hard for me to understand.

That, and the time needed to complete even a single turn later on in the game, even on a small map against one opponent. In two-player PBW, even if you're not both on at the same time, you usually get to do two turns in a row, which can be up to two hours late in the game.

PvK