Sounds good to me.
Any thoughts on maps?
Well I am happy to play on any map, how about Edi's new adventure, Faerun 466 (no. of provinces) adventure. Its basically Forgotton Realms, has set starts, so we are all guarenteed 5 adjacent provinces and has, 'special' provinces which are defended by extremely strong forces, they do have powerful sites however.
It should add more spice but like I said any map is good.