Make "Fast" even faster.

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Kilehaand
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Joined: 05 October 2011, 23:43

Make "Fast" even faster.

Post by Kilehaand »

The fastest game speed for the games here are not very fast for players who have played a game hundreds of times and know the rules by heart.
The fastest option should be a lot quicker, and average speed should be calculated based on how quick the average player actually plays.

How about adding a "lightning" option to the games?
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b0rsuk
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Re: Make "Fast" even faster.

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Another idea: make Long/Normal/Fast duration based on the duration of an average game. In other words, the duration of an average game would be a factor for all 3 turn limit settings.

In Seasons, an average game is 29 minutes long as of the moment of this writing. In a 2 player game on Normal setting, each player would be allowed 29/2 minutes. On Slow, it would be 29/2 * 1.5, on Fast 29/2 * 0.5.

Caution:
To be safe, it would be best to calculate average game length for each number of players separately. It's not rational to expect most board games to take the same time with 2 players and 8 players (if a game in question supports as much).
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Oso
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Re: Make "Fast" even faster.

Post by Oso »

The timer does not matter much, what really matters is the red bar.
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Kilehaand
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Re: Make "Fast" even faster.

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Both the red bar and the timer should be faster when you choose "Fast". If you want a slower tempo, you can use those options. There should be a "fast" option that is actually fast. When people have 20 minutes left after a 10 minute game on "Fast", the speeds that are coded into the game makes little sense.
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Cabigon
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Re: Make "Fast" even faster.

Post by Cabigon »

agree with vitrivius.
Sometime I even think that the fast option is not fast enough :)
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