Promoting it on the main site would be handy, since I'm sure people would join given the amount of procrastinating they do on here. It seems dead is that the majority of members are inactive and we cannot get new members if places are largely filled. In a sense, we need to 'restart the circle of life'.
I think an immediate roll call would be a good idea and offering some spaces to newbies might be the way to go about it.
I also think we need to mix up the scenarios here, since the topics we do talk about are rather plain and unimaginative. I think the terrorism one, while important, is rather basic and pretty much every member simply says 'we send our sympathies to X'. Some controversy might be a good idea to stir things up.
I think the idea that we can take our countries in different directions should be kept as it will hopefully allow more discussion too.