Dear All, Happy New Year to all Maladonians! Let's hope we get a lot of gaming done in 2017! My work schedule looks to have shifted into a new and long-term position whereby I won't have quite the same amount of time I had last year. On the flip side, I have got a lot more organized as a result of the last few months, and I am hopeful that with a further slight increase in organisation, I will be able to run Maladon 2 as promised. Indeed, in the next few weeks, I'll start the prep-work for that game. In the meantime, I will start running the end-games for Maladon 1 to set the scene. Watch out for gaming announcements in the near future. Most of my remaining work deadlines are for Jan 5-6th, and so it'll be the week after before the endgames start again. The timing of Maladon is not yet entirely clear; I still haven't bloomin moved house yet (a sore point to be honest) as building work is stretching out but I would like to get some of that out of the way before starting Maladon 2. I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, I might organise a less intense 'filler' game; to start to get people back to the site. Can everyone reading this message indicate their willingness to participate in endgames and Maladon 2 please? If you know you can't join many games or will have limited availability, please express your level interest in this thread and we'll go from there. I'll be writing to all past players of the game directly through pms; and if we don't have enough people to move forward, I'll open the game up for further recruitment. Thanks for your patience over the Winter; but green shoots are finally showing through the snow my friends!