In the Colosseum poll on difficulty levels, one of the CA developers (Jerome) has said that the difficulty levels are different from those in STW and MTW. He said "normal" was now designed for the mass market and would not be a challenge to experienced strategy gamers. In the light of this, I propose we do these 3 PBMs on "hard, hard". Sibelesz on the TWC has said the game is long, so it would be a shame to spend a lot of time on something that was unchallenging.

I guess Afrit, Emperor and TrickyLady have the ultimate say on how they start their campaigns, but I am just alerting them to Jerome's post. Any reactions?