RE: Speeding up multi-player games.

Pre-written orders in a semi-double blind format tend to work well.  
I run a huge multiplayer Battletech game at Conquest every year (Easter
Weekend here in Melbourne) and we average 15 minutes per turn with 10
players.  As anyone who plays Battletech knows, you're often lucky to
get
that with *two* players.

'Tech Orders are written as:
Fire Orders,
Close Combat Resolution
Movement Orders
Heat Phase.

Translating this to SG/DS formats:

All players write down two part orders.  
All players resolve Action One (with Fire Actions resolved before Move
Actions).
All players resolve Action Two and Close Assaults (and op.fire from
failed
assault actions in Action One).

It may break down when you start including C&C from multiple teirs. 
Single
transfers would still work the same (with bonus actions), but the
transfer
orders would need to be written at the same time.

Brendan
'Neath Southern Skies

> -----Original Message-----
> From: agoodall@att.net [SMTP:agoodall@att.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 4:47 AM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Re: After Con Report - ECC VII
> 
> Indy wrote (along with a good AAR):
> 
> > Waiting now eagerly for ECC VIII. Got lots of ideas for scenarios
that
> > I can do... (15mm OGRE, anyone? ;-D )
> 
> At GenCon a few years ago I played in a 25mm Ogre game. *grin*
> 
> It sounds like a number of the con games were too long. Do you have
any
> suggestions for running shorter games? I realize that it's very hard
to
> make a multi-player game where everyone has some chance to play and
_not_
> have it take all day. Perhaps the same, smaller scenario run
> simultaneously is the key (though this means that you need more
terrain).
> I'd be interested in your take on this.
> 
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