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How do you deal with the situation where you are invited to play a game, only to find it's wildly complex and takes 4 hours to finish, and you find yourself not wanting to play it within minute 5? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This has happened to me a few times. One I remember was the game Alchemist, where I just sat there confused as hell for 4 and a half hours while three guys were all talking about strategies. Tonight it was Terraforming Mars, where I was told it would be a 3 hour game, but by hour 4 we were halfway done. This time I said "it's 11pm, I have work in the morning, this will be my last hand" and the host got very passive aggressive with me. I just don't know what to do in these situations.

^Also is there a word for this? My girlfriend said I was "held game hostage" but I don't see that used in my searches.^

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem here is this friend communicated it was a 4 hour game but it's actually 8 hours.

It's so unreasonable to just expect people to stay longer then what everyone agreed upon

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Going by BGG Terraforming Mars is a 2 hour game. New players learning the rules and building engines instead of pushing objectives can lengthen the game, but 4 hours is pushing it and there's either a problem with AP, people not paying attention, or people not taking their turn.

If that's regularly the case I can see why OP doesn't want to play longer heavier games. 2 hours of Terraforming Mars is fun, 4 hours is a slog.