Re: [FT] Huge games? Yikes!!

You can check out the Monster Game we played for the making of Adler Tag
here:
 http://www.erols.com/los1/ft/sawmill.htm

It was played to completion in	less than a day...

Los

-MWS- wrote:

> I've been reading posts on the list about games with 20, 30, and even
60 (!!)
> ships *per side*, and I'm starting to wonder if anyone actually plays
the
> games out to completion. :)  Also, how many of you playing these huge
games
> are taking an entire weekend to run these monstrosities?  It would be
an
> interesting correlation to see if the nominal allocation of gaming
time is the
> determining factor on the game size <g>.  The games that I find myself
playing
> tend to be on the small size - 500 to 1000 points (fleet book) per
side.  Part
> of that *is* determined by alloted game time - I'm normally limited to
gaming
> after hours during the week, so our normal maximum game length is in
the 2.5
> to 3 hour range.  It *is* rather difficult to play a good game with a
large
> number of ships per side when you run out of time after the 2nd or 3rd
turn .
> . . .
>
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