[Bob Thomson]

Originally posted by Bob Thomson:

Your suggestions all sound good to me. Unless somebody else wants to volunteer (anyone? anyone?) I'll go ahead and start this game. Please email me (bob@synapse-cs.com) with your game preferences, nation choice, etc.

Perhaps we can run three times per week for the first few weeks, then switch to twice a week. I agree with Saxon - there should be a regular schedule, if you're late you miss the turn. Is it possible to have another player play a turn for you if you're out of town?

- Bob

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Originally posted by Saxon:
Two or three times a week sounds good, I would be interested.

May I suggest something, based upon my SEIV experience? Could we set deadlines, by which time the turns will be submitted and the turn MUST advance. Slow games tend to have more people asking for a day extra here and there and do tend to grind down to nothing. If we stick to the schedule, we will all miss a turn or two, but play will go on.

Also, at two turns a week, we would do eight turns a month. Are we all available for the next six months (turn 48)? Anyone got annual leave planned where they will be unable to play? I just got back from mine Monday, so I am free for a while.

Three turns a week is much harder to keep up with, but we do 12 turns a month and hit turn 48 in four months.

The fewer the players, the easier it is to keep rolling, so I would argue for a fairly low number of players.

Also, we may wish to discuss up front what happens to anyone who drops out and for whom we can not find a replacement. This situation can seriously imbalance a game. Is it possible to turn the AI part way through? I do not know.

Any thoughts on all this?

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