Elapsed time playing league games.

[loki]

I wondered if anyone has kept a record of how long it takes to play the average league game?  It would be interesting (at least to me , but then I do not have much of a life) to see how these times compared to the estimates given on the Carcassonne box documentation.

Just wondering if anyone has this information already.  thanks

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[Andrew the Ambo]

45 minutes seems about average for my games.

[loki]

Thanks for the reply, which  expansions are you using and does it affect the game time?

[danisthirty]

This is an interesting question. 

I find that my amount of personal "thinking time" seems to depend on how long my opponent takes to place their tiles. If I'm playing a relatively fast player I usually respond just as quickly (often to my detriment) whereas those who like to take a bit more time to consider their options will usually inspire me to do the same. It often depends on how close the scores are too. If I'm in a losing position and don't consider there to be enough tiles left to recover I can tend to lose heart, and don't always close the gap by as much as I might be able to if a win seems like an impossibility.

A typical time for a basic game (2-players) is around 30 - 40 minutes with that time being evenly split between players. My last game in the Abbey & Mayor league took almost exactly an hour although some were considerably shorter (my game against berchio for example took around 25 minutes I think) and others can be longer.

It isn't uncommon for a weekly game to take as long as 2 hours to play but these are usually between 3 or 4 players and typically include at least two large expansions and a mini or two.

So, in summary I'd say it depends on 3 things:

1) Type of player
2) Number of players
3) Number of tiles

Those are my thoughts anyway. 

[loki]

I don't suppose that you can compare JCloister game tie to regular card tile play time as JCloister does narrow down where you can place each tile and greatly speeds up the scoring process.

[jma03]

I don't suppose that you can compare JCloister game tie to regular card tile play time as JCloister does narrow down where you can place each tile and greatly speeds up the scoring process.

accurate, also know the punctuation at all times ,
making it easier ( and also in long games with multiple players even more )

[rfielder]

One thing is very try - it takes a LOT longer to arrange a game, than to play the game!