Karl von Laudermann writes:
>On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:28 PM, David Artman wrote:
>> 2) Volcano - Yeah, sue me! I'll play it, but only if you don't spend
>> 50 moves avoiding eruption every turn.
>The group I used to play Looney games with regularly had a unique
>solution for handling the downtime inherent to playing Volcano with
>overly analytical players: we always played Volcano and Cosmic Wimpout
>simultaneously.
Now, me, I just prefer to play Volcano, with a clock (just as I prefer
to play Chess with a clock).
The problem is that players who aren't used to clocks will tend to
move -too- fast, not realizing how long a 15 minute clock actually is.
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