[XelNaga]

Originally Posted by Kal

Some have suggested that 6 races is the optimum for ease of balencing, would you agree?

Definately, 3 races is the perfect compromise between available options and good balance. The more you add, the harder it will be. With 3 races, you can always keep to a rock, paper, scissors sheme, as long as it's not balanced, and it will still be kind of balanced, because overall, it will be fair. From the second you add a 4th race, or even 5th, you can still keep to rock, paper, scissors, in a circle, but you will have connections between races not defined in that sheme, so you will have to have the balance perfect between those, which is much harder to realize.