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No offence to anybody in particular, but that turn chat was a farce. Over 2 hours of playing, we got through mabee 1/2 of a turn. Not acceptable. There was miscommunication all over the place; people were not prepaired; and overall organization did not exist.
To all those present, I wish to appologize. To some extent, I was to blame. We all were.
How to fix it is what this thread is about.
Please. I would like this to be a constructive thread on how to make turn chats work. Chats can be fun. We generally enjoy them. Yet with only 1/2 of a turn played, and with some ministers orders not carried out the way they wanted them, obviously something needs to be changed.
Some recomendations:
Show up on time. MWIA showed up almost an hour late. Many people left before he did show up. MWIA did appologize, and we accept the appology. Lets not do it again. If so, there needs to be contingincy in place to move forward. Can a minister start, if either the prez or VP are not present? If so, in what order do the ministers take? How much athority do they have to continue and make decisions outside of their jurisdiction?
Ministers orders. They need to be simple and clear. No matter how many times it was stated, until the chat many people didn't realize that the settler going to uber isle no longer had any moves left. We almost double risked in deep water one of the gallies because of this.
By simple, there should be no attached maps, or complicated sets of moves all jumbled together. We should list them turn by turn. I have been guilty of this many times. It is real easy to look at a single city and give all the orders for the next 5 turns at once. Now I am thinking we all need to do more of a spread sheet.
......................turn 1..............turn 2............turn 3...
Apolyton......work whale.........................build spear...
Timeline.......Build temple....work forest.....
This is the only way to keep it organized that I can see. A lot more work for us ministers, particularly for city planning, war department, and for public works.
One last item that came up in the chat was an idea that all the ministers, the prez and the VP all get together for a chat BEFORE the actual game. This way we can all communicate what we need to do as a team prior to playing the game.
What do you all think?
To all those present, I wish to appologize. To some extent, I was to blame. We all were.
How to fix it is what this thread is about.
Please. I would like this to be a constructive thread on how to make turn chats work. Chats can be fun. We generally enjoy them. Yet with only 1/2 of a turn played, and with some ministers orders not carried out the way they wanted them, obviously something needs to be changed.
Some recomendations:
Show up on time. MWIA showed up almost an hour late. Many people left before he did show up. MWIA did appologize, and we accept the appology. Lets not do it again. If so, there needs to be contingincy in place to move forward. Can a minister start, if either the prez or VP are not present? If so, in what order do the ministers take? How much athority do they have to continue and make decisions outside of their jurisdiction?
Ministers orders. They need to be simple and clear. No matter how many times it was stated, until the chat many people didn't realize that the settler going to uber isle no longer had any moves left. We almost double risked in deep water one of the gallies because of this.
By simple, there should be no attached maps, or complicated sets of moves all jumbled together. We should list them turn by turn. I have been guilty of this many times. It is real easy to look at a single city and give all the orders for the next 5 turns at once. Now I am thinking we all need to do more of a spread sheet.
......................turn 1..............turn 2............turn 3...
Apolyton......work whale.........................build spear...
Timeline.......Build temple....work forest.....
This is the only way to keep it organized that I can see. A lot more work for us ministers, particularly for city planning, war department, and for public works.
One last item that came up in the chat was an idea that all the ministers, the prez and the VP all get together for a chat BEFORE the actual game. This way we can all communicate what we need to do as a team prior to playing the game.
What do you all think?
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