Live game phase length
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:26 am
First off: Hey all, I'm fairly new here. Thanks for checking out my post.
My question: what are people's feelings on the optimal live game phase length? With and without press? 1v1 vs classic (vs any other variant)?
My thoughts:
I've played a few live games, but all have been either 1v1s or gunboats (so basically no press). I've found that 5 minutes gets a little short towards the end of the game when you have 10+ units on a couple fronts and need to analyze and input moves. Seven minutes is a little better but still hard with 15+ units. I think 8 minutes would be my preferred no press phase length (hopefully with people readying on the earlier phases that don't need that much time). I can't imagine playing a press game with only 7 minutes. Would guess at least double that would be needed.
Additionally, does anyone have move input strategies to make things faster? Usually, I give the board a quick once over and input the moves I know I will forsure make (simple reinforcement moves/supports). Then, I start analyzing little regions of the board and try to reason out tactics for each part and input each move. Then I look at the board as a whole again for general strategy and check over my inputted moves.
My question: what are people's feelings on the optimal live game phase length? With and without press? 1v1 vs classic (vs any other variant)?
My thoughts:
I've played a few live games, but all have been either 1v1s or gunboats (so basically no press). I've found that 5 minutes gets a little short towards the end of the game when you have 10+ units on a couple fronts and need to analyze and input moves. Seven minutes is a little better but still hard with 15+ units. I think 8 minutes would be my preferred no press phase length (hopefully with people readying on the earlier phases that don't need that much time). I can't imagine playing a press game with only 7 minutes. Would guess at least double that would be needed.
Additionally, does anyone have move input strategies to make things faster? Usually, I give the board a quick once over and input the moves I know I will forsure make (simple reinforcement moves/supports). Then, I start analyzing little regions of the board and try to reason out tactics for each part and input each move. Then I look at the board as a whole again for general strategy and check over my inputted moves.