For myself, I would be fine with the game starting after Thanksgiving. (I have an exam on the 23rd.)

I'm in.

For myself, I would be fine with the game starting after Thanksgiving.

Me too, especially since I'll be in the mountains for a few days before that and then chez PixDesign (where I think I could log in but still).

Hey everyone - I'd love to join in but I'm so far beyond busy these days that I don't know if I could realistically make time for it. Also I've never seen the game in person and only know vaguely how to play from following this thread.

I was actually thinking I might take a few pictures of the board and such so that people could at least have the basic visuals of the game in front of them.

I think the time aspect is more a question of be able to check in frequently than actual time spent thinking about and playing the game.

I still have the email with the links to copies of the the rules and the board. I can forward it to anyone who needs it.

Actually, Laga, can you send that to me? Whenever we get started I'll also send that out to participants (with the additional FAQ file as well if that's not part of it).

insent to your yahoo address

Thanks!

One thing I was thinking of for choosing characters was using our survey software here to pick characters rather than doing it in turn order, i.e., people would choose a 1st and 2nd (maybe 3rd?) choice of character and, as long as they spread over the necessary functions, we would be good to go.

And if someone isn't happy with what they get they could let me know anonymously and we could go back to doing it in turn order.

I just remember that since I went third I could only choose between Adama, Tigh, and Helo. And, since I really didn't want to be Admiral in my first online game, I went with Helo, which I was happy with, but would have liked more options.

One thing I was thinking of for choosing characters was using our survey software here to pick characters rather than doing it in turn order, i.e., people would choose a 1st and 2nd (maybe 3rd?) choice of character and, as long as they spread over the necessary functions, we would be good to go.

I'm good with trying something new. A couple of things to watch out for:

1. Where preferences across categories are fairly evenly spread, this methodology should work well. However, if there are persistent biases in a group for or against particular character types, it may be harder to come up with a good solution. On boardgamegeek, pilots are significantly less popular than the other two categories. Here it seems to be politicians - we've had three games in a row where Zarek was President, because he was the only pollie picked.

2. People often choose their character based not just on category, but also on what characters have previously been chosen - especially in the area of card mix. (For instance, if by the last player, no one yet draws any Blue, they may prefer a character that does so.) The group's aggregate card draw could be a relevant factor too.

And if someone isn't happy with what they get they could let me know anonymously and we could go back to doing it in turn order.

This I'm less keen on. Changing the procedure to address an unhappy player will quite likely mean that someone else will miss out (otherwise, it would've been possible to accommodate everyone in the first place). If we'd like to try a different character selection procedure, I'd prefer just to stick with it.