Turn order - Multi Player Games
Posted: 30 May 2026, 13:41
I'm new here, so perhaps this has been discussed before.
In multiplayer, turn based games, in particular tournament games, there could be some efficiency in time if the player sequence broadly followed the order of time zones around the globe.
This observation is based on 2 games.
in one case there were 4 players - 2 USA, 1 Philippines, 1 Spain - the turn sequence was in that order and while it would usually take 24 hours to go thru a turn it worked well.
Another current 5 player game has the player order sequence - USA, Europe, Asia, USA, Europe and I suspect it will take more that 24 hours to get thru each round of turns.
In multiplayer, turn based games, in particular tournament games, there could be some efficiency in time if the player sequence broadly followed the order of time zones around the globe.
This observation is based on 2 games.
in one case there were 4 players - 2 USA, 1 Philippines, 1 Spain - the turn sequence was in that order and while it would usually take 24 hours to go thru a turn it worked well.
Another current 5 player game has the player order sequence - USA, Europe, Asia, USA, Europe and I suspect it will take more that 24 hours to get thru each round of turns.