Submitted the ROME rpg to kickstarter today. So hopefully we can get that project funded and finished. It is already getting close to finished, more than anything else we just need the art for the book.
Since there has been such a large interest in voice chat, I am going to try installing Skype again, and disabling outgoing sound in the application to see if that will get around the conflict issues. It will render me mute, but at least I will still be able to hear.