I play regularly Ticket to ride on days of Wonders web site. It's quite different from here as it's real time... There's one thing though that we could copy... They have a thing called the lobby in which all players who are connected are accessible, and you can send messages to all, such as "who's in for a quick five?" etc.
I often wonder if and how I could send that kind of message arround to all players connected, so that we can start a game on the moment or just exchange our views. Does it exist already? If not could we open something like that?...
another feature that is great for newcomers on their site is the possibility to sit and watch a game that is played by others. Many poeple enjoy watching top ranking players and their forum is filled with discussions about "I say you use such and such clever strategy, but blah blah blah ...etc." could this be an option for us?