Dealing with loss of the "surprise" factor

[Al Amos]

Yes that works well. The two players send their passwords and options to a third party. Then the third player starts things up, and sends the encoded bte file along.

This method is effective if the third party creates a new scenario specifically for the game. The players do not need the original scn file, only the map, pdt and oob files (and the encoded bte file of course.) With JT's ACW series you can't modify the oob files, so everyone already has it, if a weather specific pdt file is created and if a sub_map file is created just make sure each player gets a copy. It is very fun to do, as the third party and as a player. I've been in a few tournaments in the CCC that ran that way.

al