Re: Actual Play

From: Mark Galeotti <mark_at_...>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:03:51 -0000

> This is very interesting -- I haven't yet played HQ (or HW), but
my
> hunch had been that they'd be a chunk longer than that, maybe 10+
> rounds.
>
> Is this typical of other peoples' experience? What do you think
causes
> the lengths you've experienced (do the players make large/small
bids?

Large bids and short extended contests, on the whole. 3-4 rounds sounds about right.

> do they spend HPs bumping results up?

oh yes -- generally, by definition, extended contests are important ones!

> are the conflicts mismatched?)?

If they are that mismatched, then it's generally not worth running the contest as extended, IMO.

All the best

Mark