So it seems in a close fought competition it seems it was the Tael Firth that won out. We are not entering Phase 2.
Phase 2 - Outline setting - continue RG work - Outline potential domains.
So I will begin to work on broad brushstrokes of Setting itself and while doing so also work up the likely player available domains. My aim is to juggle the numbers for the next 48 hours and present a draft to the DM team for review.
The current hope is to drive for publication and probable opening of applications by the next weekend. I am well aware this is a tight time scale for the amount of heavy lifting that is needed but if we don't maintain momentum we'll lose it.
There is also some thought to be done on DO submission and what gets presented to players each turn - I have some radical thoughts on that so we will have to see how that pans out.