Separate comment / suggestion:<br/><br/>After everyone gets their races up (or once we have enough to get rolling, anyway), I'd propose that every player fill out a sheet that describes relations between their race and each of the others. These can be worked out pairwise through PMs, or out in the open. Just so when we start we're not all working in isolation.<br/><br/>For example, I can immediately see that my race, the Glorbush, and DeviantMunster's (really interesting!) race, the Fel'ryn will probably have butted heads over trade routes and other issues. Has it come to blows already? Are they on the brink of war? Or have they worked out some sort of compromise (and if so, how well is it holding up)? If we have had military engagements, who came out on top, what was the name of their last battle, etc.<br/><br/>That sort of thing. I'm looking to be able to start with things like the rich background between the Narn and the Centauri in Babylon5, where the history really informed events once the cameras started rolling.<br/><br/>