Awesome Saarud! I would love to be a part of this.
There is another thread with a little discussion on coming up with fair matches.
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...b=5&o=&fpart=1
Of course now I just saw your name on there so I imagine you read it.
Instead of playing 2-3 matches there is another idea that I think has a lot of merit. B0rsuk came up with the premise of it.
One person decides which 2 nations are going to play and all of the game settings. The second person picks the side they want to play. So it obviously in the first person interest to make sure the choices are as fair as possible.
Settings that could be determined:
Number of provences
Typical map stuff (indy, research speed, gold, etc.)
Treaty Time, number of turns until direct conflict is allowed.
House Rules (no dual bless... or no castings of hurricane)
-Anything else?
It might make sense to create a few "balanced maps" as right now the random maps can give one player a lot of rich provences and leave the other with poor swamps. And you might want to allow a mulligan that can be used within the first 3 turns (or similar) in case someone gets a second turn plague or other very nasty event.
Anyways... sign me up as a player as soon as you are ready.
