Just give players in games X, Y, and Z 120 turns at start up. Just the lowest level, let them play right out of protection the moment they log in. If they don't log in right away, it just starts storing turns.

It wouldn't matter in the scheme of things at the lowest level, and it gets them engaged.

I will say if it weren't for the tourney server way back when, I wouldn't be here. It wasn't hard, there was a clear cut goal to try and conquer, you were quickly rewarded in a month for great effort and planning.

You dreamed of working your way p to game A to test yourself against the best of the best. I just wanted to get into game A to grab 7th Heaven, just one grab. I was friends with Rob by the time I got there and never did grab him, but it was a huge goal for me to try and accomplish. I got my ass handed to me my first game in A. I jumped up from game H, and was that ever a rude awakening. Those guys could flat out play.

Tourney is absolutely what got me addicted. If Mehul hadn't pointed us newbies to tourney to start, I absolutely wouldn't have gotten addicted to still be playing a turn based text game as an old man.