I'd like to add that if you decide to implement the suggestion about intentionally missing turns (http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1876), you could merge that with my suggestion. You'd just make an "I'm away" button to put yourself into away status manually. That way if you have to ...

I propose that once a player misses a turn, he be placed on "away" status. If he is on "away" status, his future turns will automatically be skipped (or given a shorter time limit, like 2 or 4 hours) unless he hits a button that says "I'm back" or the like. This will greatly speed up games that have ...