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I followed links to find out more about the games referenced and I’m astonished to see a two player game that advertises 180 minute duration. Anything that long

by zingar 6y ago

I followed links to find out more about the games referenced and I’m astonished to see a two player game that advertises 180 minute duration. Anything that long would have to be multiplayer to justify its existence in my schedule. Terra mystica is hitting the multiplayer sweet spot at 90ish minutes, and I’m a beginner.

busterarm 6y ago
A lot of two player war games are a full 8 hours of play for experienced players, if not multi-session. In my Battletech tabletop (which is a very simple game...) group, with 6 players around the table and a full day we can usually only get 12-15 turns in, without advanced rules. That's partly why the "Grinder" format is so fun. If there's such an event at any conventions you attend, I strongly suggest trying it.
cableshaft 6y ago
It's a war game. War games are allowed to be that long. I've played games of Terra Mystica that have taken 3+ hours, just depends on the group. Although they were at least 4 player games. Twilight Struggle can easily take that long, and it's only a 2 player game. If it doesn't take that long, someone probably lost early on, or both players know the game really well and can play it quickly. Longest multiplayer game I've ever played was Diplomacy. We played for 12 hours, and had to call it early at that point. Even with it being that long, I felt the game was going at a breakneck pace and I didn't feel like I had hardly any time to grab food or go to the bathroom, because I had to talk to everyone and figure out what the hell to do for my next turn (and make sure I heard as much as I could from other people talking). It was an awesome experience I'm not in a hurry to do again anytime soon.
- busterarm 6y ago
  In college we would have marathon weekends where we'd stay up for three days and play multiple games of Diplomacy, Big Two and Mahjong. We generally ended up with a 2 or 3 player victory in Dip after about 7 or 8 hours. Very rarely did we push those solo victory games, but we would play a few times a week besides those weekends. I must have played 50 in-person Diplomacy games in one year and another 100 or so online. It became an addiction. Lost thousands playing mj too. Fun times.

by zingar 6y ago

busterarm 6y ago

A lot of two player war games are a full 8 hours of play for experienced players, if not multi-session. In my Battletech tabletop (which is a very simple game...) group, with 6 players around the table and a full day we can usually only get 12-15 turns in, without advanced rules. That's partly why the "Grinder" format is so fun. If there's such an event at any conventions you attend, I strongly suggest trying it.

cableshaft 6y ago

It's a war game. War games are allowed to be that long. I've played games of Terra Mystica that have taken 3+ hours, just depends on the group. Although they were at least 4 player games. Twilight Struggle can easily take that long, and it's only a 2 player game. If it doesn't take that long, someone probably lost early on, or both players know the game really well and can play it quickly. Longest multiplayer game I've ever played was Diplomacy. We played for 12 hours, and had to call it early at that point. Even with it being that long, I felt the game was going at a breakneck pace and I didn't feel like I had hardly any time to grab food or go to the bathroom, because I had to talk to everyone and figure out what the hell to do for my next turn (and make sure I heard as much as I could from other people talking). It was an awesome experience I'm not in a hurry to do again anytime soon.

busterarm 6y ago
In college we would have marathon weekends where we'd stay up for three days and play multiple games of Diplomacy, Big Two and Mahjong. We generally ended up with a 2 or 3 player victory in Dip after about 7 or 8 hours. Very rarely did we push those solo victory games, but we would play a few times a week besides those weekends. I must have played 50 in-person Diplomacy games in one year and another 100 or so online. It became an addiction. Lost thousands playing mj too. Fun times.