Challenge Match

[Slynky]

I'd like to set up a challenge match for a team game. I would like to challenge three other people with "my" team. Lord Chane, Asmala, and (duh), me.

Now, before you start "barking" at me for choosing Asmala (without his consent...hehe), I must say Lord Chane and I have known him on the PBW site for many many months. So, we know him well and he's our Finland friend. As to Lord Chane, he's an up and coming foe to be reckoned with. As to me...well, I'm average... .

So, the main game option will be ZERO racial points to start with and 3 starting good planets, all players must take rock/oxy (more to come later). This (perhaps, constrictive) start allows for research options instead of automatic swapping of colonizing techs. This ZERO option suggestion was made to me several weeks back in a poll (of what makes a game attractive) I made.

I want people who can do fast turnaround (turn time of 36 hours) with allowances for business trips, vacations, etc.

I certainly don't want to sound pompus (or some such word), but I'd like for a team to approach us for the challenge instead of just accepting the first 3 who apply to the game. I'm not saying we are the best. I'd just like to see how we could do against the best.

The main problem is how to set such a game up so that the three of us are on one side of the map while the others are set on the opposing side of the map. If it means using a pre-designed map, that's fine...as long as all competing players agree that everyone should know all about it at the start. Otherwise, I'm open to suggestions as to how to arrange such a map.

Thanks for any interest and help.