[llamabeast]

I would just like to poke my nose in, if you don't mind, to say to the newer players: be careful of joining too many games. Near the start they take very little time and it cen be tempting to join lots, but 30-40 turns in you may find yourselves overwhelmed. Personally I wouldn't recommend joining more than 2 or at most 3 games. Of course if you have lots of free time you may wish to join more, but I think not many people can cope with more than two or three.