Comments on: Prepping for the long war: TI3 preparations http://www.scienceofboardgames.com/2010/01/prepping-for-the-long-war-ti3-preparations/ Rants and raves about board games, cards, randomness, and stuff Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: elc http://www.scienceofboardgames.com/2010/01/prepping-for-the-long-war-ti3-preparations/comment-page-1/#comment-750 elc Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:44:42 +0000 http://www.scienceofboardgames.com/?p=242#comment-750 Use player aids to eliminate tech cards and to track combat upgrades for units (see bgg) We wrapped up an 8 player game in 7 hours recently despite a couple slow players and I think the player aids were key (that and Age of Imperialism which does speed things up) Also...wow I didn't know anyone still played with the original Imperialism card! We almost always use the pure expansion set with Bureaucracy but if we went back we'd certainly use Imperialism 2. Have two turns (Initiative and Imperialism) where your 'choice' is automatic is a terrible waste. Use player aids to eliminate tech cards and to track combat upgrades for units (see bgg) We wrapped up an 8 player game in 7 hours recently despite a couple slow players and I think the player aids were key (that and Age of Imperialism which does speed things up)

Also…wow I didn’t know anyone still played with the original Imperialism card! We almost always use the pure expansion set with Bureaucracy but if we went back we’d certainly use Imperialism 2. Have two turns (Initiative and Imperialism) where your ‘choice’ is automatic is a terrible waste.

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