How do you get an idea of how long you have before you have to play in SOME game?

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kiwioffire
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How do you get an idea of how long you have before you have to play in SOME game?

Post by kiwioffire »

Let's say you are playing in 10 turn based games at once. Some of them might have a long clock, some might be short. I'd like to get an idea of the latest time I'd have to check again in in order to not miss a turn. Here's an example:

It's not my turn in any of the games:
Game 1: I have 24 h left in timer
Game 2: I have 12 h left in timer
Game 3: I have 40h left in timer

So even though it's not my turn right now, as long as I check in 12 hours (for Game 2) I'm guaranteed to not miss any turns. Is there a way to get this information? At the least I'm hoping there's an absolute minimum in any turn based game that can be used, but being new to BGA I'm not sure what the value is.
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Romain672
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Re: How do you get an idea of how long you have before you have to play in SOME game?

Post by Romain672 »

I don't know much turn based, but isn't that already the case? With tournament games first.
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Cheery Dog
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Re: How do you get an idea of how long you have before you have to play in SOME game?

Post by Cheery Dog »

If you go into the options in each game, you'll be same to see how much time is added to your clock each time it becomes your turn.

If you're using automatic take selection at the default settings, the fastest table speed you can get 4 moves out day. To ensure your timer in that case remains at 24 hours in that setting, you'd need to check every 6 hours.

The faster speeds 8/12/24 are every 4/2/1 hours, but only during a preset 12 hour period of the day.
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