I’m part of a game group that plays only axis and allies games; we have very few “new bees” to A&A. Our group played the global game for the first time last weekend. We had two tables set up each with a game of global on them.
Table one had the same 4 players on it the entire time.
Table two had two of us on it the entire time, and 4 people rotated in and out of the game as the day went on kind of like a LONG tag team wrestling match!
We started set up at noon, started playing at 2 pm due to the fact the most players had never seen the board or the set up or read through he new rules before.
I kept logs of the games, time each round took to play, IPC collected, bonus, IPC, facility repairs, convoy disruptions, etc, etc, etc. NO…I’m not an accountant just a stats freak and…Well… an AA junkie!
Anyway…
Both games started being played at 2 pm, and both games ended at midnight. SO, both games lasted for 10 hours and both games made it to the 10th round. One of those games was no where NEAR being finished and the other game just lost Italy to the USA and looked like it was going to be over in a few more turns.
Next week end we are starting at 11 am Saturday morning and players are encouraged to stay till their eyes bleed or the sun comes up Sunday morning (which ever comes first). Should be a LONG war, but it promises to be a great time! I’ll let you know how those games go and how long they last.