wow... this is awesome guys... Thank you Ghost for putting the site together and I LOVE clif's ideas on the info to include. I'm also very happy to see people taking ownership of this idea.

there are several other things or SoW variants we can run in the future - (for example a game where 7 newbie players each get assigned a vet to help them out) but for now... lets do a test run with this first game...

we'll have one post here on the forum for the game (like the public diplomacy games) and we'll have all sorts of extras at the Blog (I absolutely think links to articles is critical)

with all that - it does look like two of our players dont have enough points for the game... I would welcome them to join SoW 2 as soon as they get some points back, but for now, we need to find ourselves 2 newbies who want to invest the time and really learn the game.


also to answer another question posed here - the players in the game are welcome to read and participate or even ask questions in the forum... that's the idea... usually we dont want people commenting on an on-going game - but in this case, that is the explicit purpose. to use the public commentary as a teaching/learning tool.

i'm going to start a new thread for this first game... that should attract the attention of new players better.

ok... Marek is also in... can you create it Marek (look in the other thread)

so - Chris... you in?

babak - i'm in, but only if you consider me a vet player, as you like to do with yourself ;) ;)

let me know when the 2nd game has been setup

lol... i wanted to consider myself a mid player - but it didnt take =P

I think Ghostie has a good rule of thumb for how he's alloting 'vet' status. ;)

come to the other post and we'll see if we cant get a 2nd game started...


also - I think we addressed my 3rd point (SoW) but the 1st two got short-shrift... anyone else have any comments on the first two questions in this thread?