dAGGER: Good idea :) I'm starting to play more seriously again as well, so let the tourneys begin!

The only downside is that pawns can only enter 1 tourney and have to wait till the whole torueny is over to start a new one...

dAGGER: My proposal is a first tournamnet in "Small Fast Espionage" with 2 days thinkingtime. Round Robin with 4 players in each group

SL-Bosse: I STRONGLY recommend that you use the Fischer clock. It might be a bit more of a challenge to get the right settings for espionage than for other games, but it really hleps keep the tournaments from dragging on and on and on.

Thad: I'm not at all happy with Fisher's clock. If you're in a different timezone, and you can't avoid a long time after the last move of the other player, you lose b/c of timeouts all the time. Happened to me just too often, and I do play fast!

Thad:
what is the fisher clock?

OK, I found the answer myself here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_clock

This is not for me, as I play slowly.
I always support 5 days with vacations on.

Please remember what is my aim: recruiting more and more people for espionage tourneys.
Maybe we can choose some events with long time limit and some other with short limit.
We will see which is more successful.

dAGGER: Maybe we can choose some events with long time limit and some other with short limit.

And if you become a member, you can actually make tournaments yourself.

Friends: You can get past the issues you have with Fischer's clock settings by adjusting the bonus you get for each move. For example, if the settings are 7/1/7, then you get an extra day each time you make a move, so you'll always have at least one day to make your move, regardless of how quickly your opponent moves.

I like the suggestion of some fast and some slow paced tourneys. One size probably won't fit all here and there's no reason to try and force that. ;-)

Thad: Isn't there a maximim time for the total game as well with the Fisher's clock?

Chaos: You can set Fisher's clock to e.g. 25/0/25 what means no added time, just 25 days for both players, but it means bigger problems wit time zones.

And for pawns I would rather recommended round robin - more games in one tournament