PBW basics

[Emperor's Child]

For all you PBW players: I’ve never dabbled in this style of game play and am curious about how you guys get a game going.

Race Selection: And I’ve always been curious, how does the game start up where you create your race? Who does that part, how is it all pulled together?

In the beginning: Most games at the start are so small that you can knock out like 20 turns in an hour… How do the PBW games get past this…just play through, start with high tech and several worlds…what?

Turn processing: How does the Host combined the separate turns and process them? Can the host punish / change the turns for players that have cheated or broken agreed to rules?