Combining gaming modes

[eg0master]

I hate my self for not bringing this up earlier but better late than never.

Me and my friends have played a few EiA (and other large time consuming gamnes) during the years and we see a great potential with EiA the computer version since it will enable us to play face-to-face using one (or more) computers and then between gaming meetings we can play by email so there is no long break with no playing but rather more or less intensed playing.

This however brings a few questions to the surface...
1) In the initial version will PBeM be the only multiplayer option or will there be another game type (like hot seat) where several players play on the same (tcp play is in the future right? ) computer without sending files?
2) IF there are different types of games (hot-seat vs pbEm), will you be able to switch game type during a game (so we can play hot-seat during weekends and pbEm during weeks)?

If possible I would really like to see the capability of playing both face-to-face and pbEm during a campain (since it takes so long time to complete) so the game never "stops".