OK so these are the rules:

> The game will be played on M:TW VI latest version Vanilla (i.e no mods). Any mods that you have installed which interefere with the vanilla game must either be removed or a fresh install made prior to your turn.

> Each player is in control of the game for periods of 30 years (turns) at a time.

> When a players period is over they should upload their game in the usual PBEM way to the org (see the PBEM guide if you don't know how this is done). 30 turns means you hit the end year button 30 times.

> A random number is obtained. The numbers in the draw for this random number depends on the viable factions still in the game at the time of the draw. The previous player draws this number randomly by whatever means they choose (please play fair people) and the next player must play the faction with the corresonding -ian number. This player should just quickly run through the -ian numbers to see which factions are viable, i.e they are in the game at the time (some factions emerge later, others get destroyed) and they present a reasonable game oppurtunity (see later). Factions that require Ctrl+Shift to be pressed in addition to their number should be taken as following on from the ones that don't. e.g 8 is Germany, 9 is Italy, 0 (call this 10) is Poland, ctrl+shift+2 (call this 12) is Spain. Report the -ian number of the next players faction here when uploading and posting your end of period report. NO PLAYING THE PAPACY.

> By 'reasonable game oppurtunity' I mean that a faction should not be hideously in debt, surrounded, have no army and be down to a province full of heirs. Use your judgement and think about whether you would honestly enjoy playing from such a starting position to determine if it is reasonable.

> With regards to other PBEM variants and rules: You are allowed to start wars with other nations, You are allowed to start sea wars, You can build trade empires, You can destroy factions, There is no tech-cap, No stacks limit.

> Try to post as detailed as possible accounts of your period when you upload your game. Tell us your triumphs, failures, accensions to the throne, campaigns against the heathen and bloody raids and wars. Also, at the start (and end) of your reign post:
* the number of provinces the faction owns (preferably with a list of these)
* the factions annual income
* the factions annual expenditure
* the quality of the factions best general(s)
* the factions it is at war with
* anything else of note: e.g the faction has a citadel/fortress, large trade empire, no good generals, a well developed province, a civil war on the go, a crusade on the go.