I'm not familiar with Cosmic Encounter -- heard of it, but haven't played. If that isn't a problem, I'd be interested in participating.
Yeah, I'd definitely be down for that.
Not sure if this will work. Too many phases you need to check everyone, which can be a chore in PBP.
Potentially, but I'll prolly read through a few threads of the BGG forums to see how they do it, otherwise I'm thinking of being a little loose with it. Maybe something like MTGO where I'll give people a while to respond to actions, but mainly give them the option to PM me with stops like "During Blue's second regroup phase, I might want to play something" or something to that effect
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