I'm up for SS as well. Perhaps just with RR and Longer Assimilation, and leaving BGR out? It has a steep learning curve and doesn't really benefit RPing all that much. The Admin can just create/move some enemy stacks to make it harder for us.

Also, fast-forwarding would be great with RR on. Oherwise say hi to 180 turns of spear militia and peasant archers. Perhaps using one of the WotK saves Monkey has? Though those have the Ai scripts disabled and that's going to make the AI suck.

I can fast-forward a game for you if Monkey tells me how to make it stop at the year 1280 or something.