How long does your typical game last?

[Mezz]

With all this micro managing and changing which tiles my pop works (cause the comp changes it every time the city grows) my games lengths have extended dramatically. I usually play one or two levels above Noble and a typical game (domination win.... i only play domination, conquest and culture).

Dont know how to do a poll but are you in the range of

< 1hour
1hour <> 2hours
2hours <> 4 hours
4hours <> 5hours
>5hours
>>>>>5hours

Just wondering cause some games i feel like im spreading them out too long, while others i feel im rushing.

before micro managing my games would last ~2hours........ now they last between 4 and 5.

 

[Axios]

min 8 hr, max 20+ hr

 

[uberben]

Depends on the game an your comfort at the difficulty level. I'm finishing up a game on monarch that i probably have at least 4-5 hours invested, but it's my first time winning at that difficulty. I can breeze through prince or noble in a couple hours.

 

[King Flevance]

I range between 10-20+ hours. Although settings have much to do with it. I play on marathon on a XXL map (modded larger than Huge... I think 1.5-2x the size of "Huge") WHen I play huge maps, it is usually around 10-12 hr games. (Averaged)

 

[Mathalamus]

if i can complete a full game, which i rarely do anymore, anywhere from 3-5 hours.

right now im playing a game that lasted for 3 hours 20 minutes. right now Sumeria is steam rolling over my best ally, Hattie of Egypt. i purposely canceled a defensive pact beforehand. i don't want to be (prematurely) destroyed.

yes i intend to be destroyed by sumeria. i just want to see how long ill last.

 

[Artful]

I guess I'm really slow, typically takes me > 40 hr to win a game by domination, playing on epic speed, emporer. I'm trying to get faster, but I do enjoy micromanaging things a lot, and some times I'll reply parts of the game to try a different strategy and see how it works out. by the time I win it's usually around tanks.

 

[Sincro]

I am a prince level player, and I normally do standard maps at normal speed. A typical game for me is in the 7-10 hour range. Usually at the upper end of that range.

 

[Galadrion]

Two to five hours, mostly right around the four-hour mark. I'm mostly playing epic-length games right now (running a personal ALC, so outside of the leader, no other settings change), and I tend to play long-range games, planning for the game to last into the Modern Era. (The only two I've had end prior to the Mod Era both ended as AP victories - I don't usually plan for those, and they just sort of... came together for me.) Most games end in either conquest or diplomation wins, usually with a backup victory condition (frequently space, less frequently culture) in the works. (Conquest/diplomation victories tend to be completable in less time from kick-off. To be honest, I usually don't care which sort of victory I get.)

 

[TheMeInTeam]

~3 hours. I can and do sub 1 hour games but that requires some micro sacrifices and a fast victory condition like AP, culture, or peaceful UN.

 

[Deckhand]

20+ hours

Waste a lot of time with indecision.
for example Where should I build cities? Where to put Great Person Farm? Oh, it's 1700 and no GPF so far - hmmn, where would be a good place to put it?
What do I want to build here?

There was a funny thread last year on how to play slow. I do a lot of that stuff.

 

[bestbrian]

Playing the bigger maps on Immortal/Marathon = 20+ hours of "game time" which equates to about a month of RL time.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

My average is about 12 hours of actual play time. Prince or Monarch, Standard, Epic.

I tend to think about what I'm doing as I go, and since I'm approaching 40, I now have to take notes to remember everything.

 

[karadoc]

I'm not sure about play time, because I often leave the game running while I do something else and that makes the reported play time inaccurate. Typically it takes me a few long sessions to finish a game. So probably somewhere between 6 and 12 hours; longer for bigger-than-normal maps.

 

[bestbrian]

My average is about 12 hours of actual play time. Prince or Monarch, Standard, Epic.

I tend to think about what I'm doing as I go, and since I'm approaching 40, I now have to take notes to remember everything.

Yeah, Grandma, pretty soon when the diplo screen opens you'll think you have company and offer Monty some hard candy.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Really, really long. I only play large and huge maps with 18 civs and only allow Conquest.
So you can guess that it takes forever to complete.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Yeah, Grandma, pretty soon when the diplo screen opens you'll think you have company and offer Monty some hard candy.

Nope. "Grandma" is going to bash him with her cane.

 

[Rodman49]

I personally play on Small (or smaller) maps with anyway from 3 to 16 civs. Games typically take me 1 to 4 hours. Multiplayer games at this level typically take 3 to 6 hours.

 

[kochman]

~3 hours. I can and do sub 1 hour games but that requires some micro sacrifices and a fast victory condition like AP, culture, or peaceful UN.

Speed? That's pretty fast... I am guessing Normal or Quick.

 

[kochman]

I play on Huge maps at Marathon... it takes a LONG TIME...
I don't even know how long, but it takes several multi-hour sessions.

 

[Berkobob]

4 or 5 hours.

two or three hours of actual gameplay and 1-2 hours of loading / lag in post -~1000 AD turns

seriously dont know how you guys put up with the slowness late game playing huge maps and slow speeds, does my head in

guess thats a good thing about civ is that it caters to many different tastes.