So, there is no 2.0 Release Party in New Mexico...can individuals buy a 2.0 Release Party kit and host one?

It's much too late to order a kit, and only stores can order them anyway. But I'd check the FB pages of the stores in all of the major cities in the state to see if any of them ordered a kit. My state doesn't list the store I'm going to on Saturday (or maybe going to; it all depends on what Hurricane Florence is going to wind up doing), but the owner confirmed on FB that he had ordered a kit and did receive one. FFG just didn't list his store for whatever reason. So there still might be a kit somewhere in NM.

It's difficult one of my stores folded the other didn't have an event - perhaps FFG can establish a remote player league

turns could be done by email with photos

it's Possible here's how:

grid a star mat using squares the size of small ship bases then letters up one side numbers on the other

then moves could be done by email on a specified day or over time

the market for sales could be expanded win for all