Update the first post too. Looks fine, though. Anyone have any suggestions for the starting blitz? This weekend won't do, would next week's weekend be fine? If someone can't play even then, it might be better to just start playing few turns a week from the beginning, to get this started.
EDIT: it seems Naresh is out the next weekend.

So, should we just start playing then? I'd need you to send me your pretenders when you are ready, and I'd still like to hear comments on e.g. starting provinces. No one commented on my ASCII map.
The pretenders can now be sent to janne.joensuu@oppivat.net; it could be automated by I haven't yet learned how to do it. Add a password at pretender creation, just something that will prevent accidental opening of wrong turn.