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u/wakasm · 2 pointsr/JourneysInTheDark

I would venture to say that it's hard to conclude anything with the details you've given. From a pure "time" standpoint, 4 hours does seem long, but for a finale quest, I can see that taking longer because the stakes are higher.

I know with our group, in the beginning, a lot of time was eaten up understanding how the AI works, making sure we made good decisions for the AI, and questioning all the rules that made no sense or were different than the base game. This is/was also exasperated by owning all the things in Descent (new monsters, new minor rules to look up, etc). Games took 3+ hours when we started.

However, our last session, we blew through 2 full quests + purchased skills + everything in between in about 3.5 hours because we are a lot more familiar with everything.

We've found:

  • Playing earlier in the day can actually help speed the game up
  • Training everyone to use the app helps a lot too, vs one person being in control all the time, because people then tend to help out more with fetching new monster groups, etc
  • Having everyone really think about their roles after the first quest helps a ton, because your skills should really be mostly planned out by the time you earn the XP to buy them
  • Have hard rules about taking back turns should eliminate some time
  • Have less quarterbacking, let people make their own decisions. Co-op games take longer when people tell other people what to do (at least, i've found).
  • Stop worrying about winning/losing. This is probably the biggest time saver/waster in coop games. Descent tries to be designed in a way that you won't win 100% of the time. Especially when playing with a human overlord (The AI is a bit easier unfortunately).

    Try playing with one of these (https://www.amazon.com/Cube-Timer-Chess-Clock-Book/dp/B004S56RJG) or a timer of your choice and see if there is one particular person who takes longer than others. Just having a timer of some sort will usually push people to play faster.
u/Morgify · 2 pointsr/JourneysInTheDark

My collection started off that way in labeled ziplock bags but I recently switched over to this cd binder that fit every tile with room to spare. Next step are hero and overlord card binders and perhaps a miniature case.

u/optimal_play · 4 pointsr/JourneysInTheDark

Crown of Destiny appears to also be very cheap on US Amazon at the moment, at $16.04.