We were able to get together a 4-player game of Here I Stand: Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555 from GMT Games a few months ago and had a blast. We shot this mock battle report after each turn of our day long game. Ultimately, the game was called at the end of turn 6 with a Hapsburg victory. Great game that really needs 6 players to really experience the full joy of the design.
-Grant
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This is great game – thanks for sharing!
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Very nice report! I don’t play HIS half as often as I’d like, so this is a great substitute 🙂
As for diplomacy: I’m wowed that you do all your diplomacy in five to ten minutes per turn! We tend to take 30min (no timer) – but that includes some very elaborate deals. Last time, I tried to introduce futures trading (based on the card events I might possibly draw from another deal) 😉 From my experience, diplomacy takes longer with more players – with three people, it was pretty brisk.
As for time in total: When we played with six players for the first time (all new), it took us 13 hours to do five turns. So I think your experience is pretty normal. Last time, six players (one newbie) took 2.5h for one turn (tournament scenario, ended after turn 4).
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It’s hard to do it so quickly but if we take 20-30 minutes we’ll never finish.
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