Hi all,

Nothing like a little artificially created excitement to get a game off to a good start... just letting you all know that we're at 17 players now, 2 more and we'll be off and running! If you haven't already, I'll need each of you to confirm that you're in this game to the end. This is a big map, so if you should be so lucky as to do well, it could be well over a year of real life time. I fully expect it will go this long. If that's not ok, *now* is the time to opt out. And if you should be one of those less lucky who gets slammed, I need to know that you're in it to the death.

This variant is a personal creation of mine that took about 3 months to develop, followed by two previous plays! I have sent out a lot of invites for this game -- and only invited people that I've either played against and had a good experience with, or who have come highly regarded by somoene else, or so on... net result is that I think we have an outstanding group here. Some excellent diplomats that I haven't seen in years have come out of the woodwork for this game, so I'm excited to get it going!

If you haven't yet, be sure to read up on the 3 basic rule additions (they're not that complex really, it's just the Eternal Build Centers, the Underworld, and the Rivers) at www.dipwiki.com?title=Haven.

So get back to me...
* To confirm your interest, and that you know it could be a year long game and you're ok w that
* To give me a list of preferences if you like, or take your chances with random


Thanks!
-mike