tricks of the trade anyone??

[basaint]

Ok, so we've been playing for a few weeks now and for some ungodly reason, some games are taking forever....

Is there some trick or something to get past this?

tonite for ex.
5 Pt Battle and in 2.5 hrs we only got to the end of round 2.

 

[inq101]

Preperation. Get a printout for every ship ready before you start. Either bookmark or get a reference sheet of any tables.

 

[Greg Smith]

Know your ships. Constant checking of speeds and ranges takes time. This is only something that comes through repeated play, but knowing the ranges, AD, speeds etc can really speed things up.

Play smaller battles, skirmish level battles are often more fun than big ones.

Or simply limit the number of ships each player has. If you limit a 5-point battle to five ships, both players get to play with btheir big toys. Large numbers of ships will really contribute to long games.

 

[Digger]

Use lower PL ships, say 5 points skirmish!

 

[basaint]

Thx for all the advice guys. I try to know my stuff (plus i use the epicarmycards printed out) but its like someones always looking up something.

This was the first big battle and I think there was alot of pausing cuz he had guys all around him and was shooting every gun under the sun to keep me off him.

I think Ill try sticking to lower levels til we can get it down to a managable time limit.

 

[H]

also some fleets suit shorter duration games, shadows and vorlons spring to mind with few guns and limited special actions, whereas drop a narn fleet into a centauri, abbai, ea fleet, and you'll be grey by the time you finish!

 

[basaint]

Thanks Hiff--btw, check your email if you havent. Items shipped.

Well, at one point he had 2 Hyps, one Oracle and one Orestes by 5 Jashakurs so he was; this gun, then this gun, and then this gun.....where I was running Pentacons and trying to amass firepower.