I am all for subbing as an admin. I am loathe to skip a turn. Though I myself HAVE lost entire hotseats due to bad plays by a sub. If someone can't play their turn, some instructions on what to do via PM will do wonders.

OK I think I go this unit creation thing down. Invicta, have ou decided upon starting gold? I'd hate to go in and change gold as well after the fact of balancing armies out.

When you do an @ in front of a user name, the user gets a notification up top but NOT an e-mail. If you know he checks his e-mails for notifications, best stick to a PM. The @ things was added upon my request, since it works so well on enworld and it really does make life easier for hotseat games.

So look, we will have the following type of factions:

Big ones with lots of settlements and relatively fortified positions and enough armies to defend their land but if they go expanding they risk being eaten alive by an aggressive backstabber (ie. France)

Medium sized ones which are in a good geographical position. Balanced number of teritories and armies (ie. Leon-Castille)

Small ones that have a few settlements but huge armies and are basically wildcards and forced to either go aggressive or disband armies (ie. Crusader States / Teutonic Order)

To ensure the fortified position thing I think I will grab some FMs and create forts at specific choke points for factions that are very exposed, like the HRE, ERE and Turks.