YAKOBU, you're welcome to join us. THis will be my first MTW2 PBM, also (have done a couple RTW ones).

Russia is one of my favorite factions, but I don't think playing the Moors or another Muslim or Catholic faction will be a problem. I doubt anyone here will exploit jihad/crusade mechanics, and someone determined to blitz the map will be able to without them, if not as quickly.

What do you think, everyone, shall we play the Russians, the Moors, someone else?

If we can get a faction settled on I'll start an OOC thread where we can hash out the rest of the rules.