I really liked Al-Fein's idea with the Necropolis vs. non-Necropolis games. It's really interesting to see if there will be many 2-1 results (with the final game being Necropolis vs. Necropolis) or if the Necropolis will be able to win against the Fortress and other factions.
p.s. I would remove Jebus (he is quite non-trivial and interesting in Haven, by the way), but not Mini-Nostu, which definitely needs some improvements for Haven.
As for the templates, it's not as critical as the simultaneous turn, maybe I'm just too old, and I don't understand how you can think and click non-stop for 2 hours...:smile33: