by ghbell
anextiomarus wrote:
We recently had a game. Two new players (but seasoned board game players) and 7 total wanted to play. Therefore we used the 7-9 variant, which was a first time for everyone involved.
We left simultaneous play out so everyone and the new players especially could follow everything. To say the least that was a mistake. It was a long game (over 7.5 hours), as a lot of questions and thinking was being done on everyone's turn which led to a lot of waiting.
It probably would have been better to introduce the game to the new players in a fewer player game, but we obviously weren't going to tell people they couldn't play.
If you are going to play 7+, be sure to use those pink and grey action markers!
We left simultaneous play out so everyone and the new players especially could follow everything. To say the least that was a mistake. It was a long game (over 7.5 hours), as a lot of questions and thinking was being done on everyone's turn which led to a lot of waiting.
It probably would have been better to introduce the game to the new players in a fewer player game, but we obviously weren't going to tell people they couldn't play.
If you are going to play 7+, be sure to use those pink and grey action markers!
wow. 7.5 hours. Dude.