Ok, so tonight was a failure. Not only did I somehow survive with only sleeping in a tomb (no region enhancements) on my fifth consecutive night in the desert (whats up with that?), but Zakilevo (Tony J) has joined a town too early. It will likely be full by the time Squishy comes online.
For future reference: we must join a town only once Squishy is online, and the people who have just died have had a chance to leave the last town.
Edit: I'm just seeing whether Zak and Fleugs want to try again tomorrow (have their characters get eaten on day one), we just all join towns and try again next time we are all dead.