semi blitz

anticipatient · #1 July 16th, 2008, 05:34 AM

It might be interesting to play a game that limited players to sending in 2/3 3/4 turns, I.E. at least 25% (or 33.3-% of your turns must be stales).

That way, it'd add a bizarre, extra strategic element, advance the game a little more quickly anyway (income still occurs), and allow a flexible time schedule. Players would be have to be somewhat honest. I mean, it wouldn't be hard to monitor (check stale records), just to police.

It could be set to host every 8 hours or something. That'd be semi-blitz.

anticipatient · #2 July 16th, 2008, 05:36 AM

Also possible might be a PBEM game with bi-daily-or-so sit down play times. It'd again be limited by time zone, but you could play one turn on off-days and between 5 and 10 turns on on-days. Downside of course is that if someone doesn't show (and doesn't announce it), either everyone's kept waiting, or the person that doesn't show basically gets eliminated (missing 5-10 turns is too big a handicap, obviously).