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I would also prefer to start a game with a full set of players. if there is one missing chances are good that it wont affect the game too much. but already two or more in the beginning changes the chances for the lucky ones to be close to an abandoned HW drastically. The whole game then will be out of balance.

So, for me it would be no problem to cancel such a game and try to restart with a fresh group of players.

This would be fine for me, I just don't see what's going on regarding filling, say, Phoenix 5. Plus, Phoenix 4 now is full - the only one who's missing is Siba.

what about you add a section in the player's profile here where they can save settings for taking part in a game, like which races they would like to play, which game setups they would choose (list available setups which you offer), maybe also how many games at a time they would play etc...

This is actually a nice idea which I will kick around a little. Don't expect it to be implemented within the next weeks, though

--Stefan