I have good news and bad news

[Gandalf Parker]

Another game is open.

I can run about a dozen but dont expect to see them all at once. For one thing, some are not public games. And, Ive learned not to open all of the game slots at the same time. When I do that then some people join all the games. The games close quickly, stay closed for a long time, and all bog down at the end from someone who cant handle all the games they are in.

I can see when someone is doing it (by watching IP numbers) but I havent decided to try and enforce anything on it. I cant really knock the desire to try all the nations in MP combat. Ive done it.

By opening the games one at a time I hope to avoid too big a gap between games being available for people.

[lch]

How about some dedicated slots for Blitz games, which will get reset 48 hours after starting? Unless you already have something like that...

[Gandalf Parker]

Thats a good idea. People who can host but not leave their machines on all the time tend to cover that. Mosly happening in the IRC channel.

Full time servers that are stable seem rare so Id rather fill that need.

Doing alot of PbEM (play by email) games would allow for many more games to be run. At some point down the road I might automate that to the point that it doesnt seem like alot of work (if someone else doesnt get it licked first)