[TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

[dAnceguy117]

I left the poll options ambiguous on purpose. I just want to get a rough impression of where everyone stands.

We just played a game with 96-hour day phases, 24-hour twilight phases, and 48-hour night phases.

Long day phases give busy players more time to participate instead of having to be glued to a computer screen for hours at a time. Short day phases spur players to act quickly.

Long twilight/night phases give everyone more time to think things through. Short twilight/night phases keep a more consistent flow, where everyone is used to checking the game thread regularly and submitting new posts.

Phase lengths are game-dependent for sure, but a general idea of which direction we should go could help hosts design games better suited for our community.

What do you all think?

[YoshL]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

poll doesn't exist first of all caught you too early

[dAnceguy117]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

bastard

[Xiz]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

I feel as though an average day length should not exceed 24 - 72 hours depending greatly on participants in the group.

The more forcing players to not talk really kills game moods. I'm not speaking just about the previous game, but games in general.

[dAnceguy117]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

96/24/48

just a quick heads up: most games won't have designated twilight phases. most cycle only between night/day.

[dAnceguy117]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

I like long phases personally. we already play LTWG once in a while. forum games are very different, and I like it that way.


really think we should go with whatever more people would prefer, though.

[mellonxcollie]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

I prefer medium-length phases. I think 24 hr days/24 hr nights is good. Then again, it all depends on what type of game you want to play. I've also played "real time" TWG with 12 hr day/night phases and that was really fun and quick, but everyone needs to be free and active for that sort of thing to work.

Either way, if you are going to have long phases, there needs to be SOMETHING to do during them. Night talking needs to be allowed if the night phase is longer than 24-hrs. I am never signing up for a game that doesn't fit that requirement again!

[dAnceguy117]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

I'm gonna be pretty damn happy if there's a clear consensus here

[Tps222]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

I'd like progressively shorter phases in a game.

IE Day 1 is 72 hours, Day 3 is 48 hours, Day 5 is 24 hours.

It makes those late game activity dives less prevalent, and provides hope and excitement for people who get mercilessly murdered early on.

[dAnceguy117]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

I'd like progressively shorter phases in a game.

IE Day 1 is 72 hours, Day 3 is 48 hours, Day 5 is 24 hours.

It makes those late game activity dives less prevalent, and provides hope and excitement for people who get mercilessly murdered early on.

BDN suggested that too. I'm a fan

[Charu]

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I much prefer shorter.

I like the hybrid idea of long first then short. This would definitely help make end game be way more active.

[Vendetta21]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

I'd like progressively shorter phases in a game.

IE Day 1 is 72 hours, Day 3 is 48 hours, Day 5 is 24 hours.

It makes those late game activity dives less prevalent, and provides hope and excitement for people who get mercilessly murdered early on.

holy shit thats awesome

[mellonxcollie]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

I'd like progressively shorter phases in a game.

IE Day 1 is 72 hours, Day 3 is 48 hours, Day 5 is 24 hours.

It makes those late game activity dives less prevalent, and provides hope and excitement for people who get mercilessly murdered early on.

This is a really good idea, and I wouldn't mind playing long phases at all in a setup like this.

[Brilliant Dynamite Neon]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

the idea I suggested specifically was Player-Pool-Dependent deadlines for Days. I'd say something around N/3 is right, where N is the number of players alive at Day start. 15 players = 5 day deadline, 10 players = 3 day deadline (from 3.33), etc. Only thing is there should be a minimum deadline of at least 2 days.

[DarkManticoreX2]

Re: [TWG Discussion] Phase Lengths

I'd like progressively shorter phases in a game.

IE Day 1 is 72 hours, Day 3 is 48 hours, Day 5 is 24 hours.

It makes those late game activity dives less prevalent, and provides hope and excitement for people who get mercilessly murdered early on.

the icon on my post agrees with this