Comments on: Downtime Isn’t a Four-Letter word

By: Jason GL

Jason GL — Wed, 11 May 2022 18:27:22 +0000

Very well put! I strongly agree.

By: RALF BRECHTEL

RALF BRECHTEL — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:21:30 +0000

We played 51st state recently this way. 30 seconds.
If you don’t make it in time, your turn is over.
Very tense game. You must plan your turn during the other player doing their turn.
We tried this for longer strategy games also. A game usually takes 120 – 150 minutes, we finished in 70 minutes. Pro : We made 2 ganes of it in the same time. And it is a lot of fun too.

By: Marc Davis

Marc Davis — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:35:44 +0000

In reply to RALF BRECHTEL. Yeah I've been tempted to get a chess clock for certain games to see how it changes the experience. I've heard of people playing 18xx games that way to force people to play by the gut rather than calculating out everything and it sounds fascinating.

By: RALF BRECHTEL

RALF BRECHTEL — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 14:02:07 +0000

The disturbance of downtime depends heavy on the game and the players. If you have 4 actions to play, depending on game and player this can be 2 minutes up to 10 minutes.
Usually, when we have games which are heavy on the downtime side, we use a chess clock and limit the time for a player. This minimizes downtime and create an interessting kind of pressure.