So, not only is the President the most time consuming office before this proposed change, but the time the Presidency requires will nearly double if this goes into effect.

Granted, this is the Senate's call, not the President's, but I thought I would give my 2 cents.

Biz - nice and succinct. But how big/detailed would the president's summary have to be? A paragraph? A few paragraphs?

Mongoose, in regards to your points, the way I see the President's reports are that they are beefed up versions of the kind of reports you would see in a Dynasty game. I.e. more screenshots, more descriptions etc.

Part of writing a dynasty game report often involves some thoughts/suggestions on what should happen in the next session. This is usually just a few sentences. Obviously in the DGame this would require a bit more detail, and then a discussion with the Senate as to how to proceed.

This sounds like it wouldn't take much extra time early in the game, but as the game progresses then obviously it will take more time/effort.

It's a shame that there is no-one out there with Warlords who is willing to run for President too. I'm still a few months away from upgrading my computer, so I probably wouldn't be able to get involved until at least then, but at least I can be involved at the senate level.

One thought here - if the senate takes some time to discuss plans for the next 10 turns, this means the president wouldn't be playing turns as often. So average amount of time spent in a given week on playing might be less? Does that make sense?

The thing is, as Biz mentioned, we don't have much interest because effectively only the President actually seems to _do_ things at the moment. If the senate actually has a bit more clout, then those of us without Warlords can actually still shape how the game pans out.

I don't see the govt. structure or lack thereof in the game as being the primary cause for the minimal interest. There has never been an amazing degree of interest. Heck, there are only a few of us actually own Warlords. That right there shows that there is not really that much interest in the game Warlords itself, let alone in this DGame.

If even half the citizens owned Warlords, and were speaking from experience instead of supposition, and/or were clamoring for a bigger role in the govt, then the sorts of changes you guys have thought of would seem appropriate. But given that so few citizens have actually run for govt positions, and so few citizens have actually played the game, I just don't think that changes to the govt (particularly adding responsibility to govt roles) is going to generate more interest in the game. I could be wrong, but that is my opinion.