[quote=Flooby Badoop]
I like your thinking, Pelly. That's a clever solution.

Clever, and familiar. . .

*suspicious squint*
[/quote]

Hah, aye, the plan "A" was simply your own protocol for inactives, but it got me thinking about opportunities for vassal wars and fun stuff like that when newbies show up to play 

And half a season works for me! At the very least just for the initial stages of the game, so that everyone can get their bearings at a slower pace and not have all their characters die of old age before anything happens