Board Game Arena

1-6 player "epic" game in just 20 minutes? Are we sure about that?

In real life, it is said to be played within 180 min https://galacticera.net/introduction/ (although this probably changes by player count). The time given on BGA for normal speed is 4 min per turn, with a maximum of 4 min per turn, which probably means no bonus time for the game? However, I can't find any related bug reports. All this is indeed strange.

The tutorial is 30 mins.

The how to play is longer than the actual game? Hm.

I've seen the game irl, and even 120 min seems short. BGG says 180 minutes. But I'd assume it depends on player count.

You can play the solo game in about 10 minutes, but yes, 20 minutes is a bit too short. A 3-player game can be done in about 30-45 minutes with experienced players.

I will ask about fixing this.

I just found out from the programmer that BGA automatically calculates the average playing time from the sessions played. Up until recently we had played many solo games (and often aborted games early) to test the program. From those unusually short games BGA calculated a very low playing time of 20 minutes.

It will get more accurate over time as more "real" games are played with multiple players. It is already showing a play time of 36 minutes now.

BGA play times are usually ridiculous. Sometimes you reach their estimate in the first round of a game.