Federation Commander

bolenbr · Lieutenant JG Joined: 01 Jul 2011 Posts: 35

a buddy of mine plays world in flames http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1499/world-in-flames. It takes him six months to finish a game. Is this comparable in compexity to fed & empire?

jmt · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:36 pm Post subject:

Close, maybe.

Someone once said that Federation and Empire is not a complex game in and of itself, rather it has lots of simple mechanics that, when combined, make the overall game complex.

In this manner, it is more like Empires and Arms or Europa than WiF.

The time it takes to play it really depends on how often you play. For me, I manage about 1 gaming session every 2 weeks. This usually works out to one full turn of the game, depending on the number of battles, for my regular opponent and I. It also gives us time between sessions to handle the economics phases which can eat up a lot of time.
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bolenbr · Lieutenant JG Joined: 01 Jul 2011 Posts: 35

so playing one turn every two weeks. How long until a game is over?

Scoutdad · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:23 pm Post subject:

jmt · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:35 pm Post subject:

So far, its taken half a year... I figure for the full thing it will take us 2 years.

But with ISC War it may take more than 36 turns... Smile

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Scoutdad · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:39 pm Post subject:

jmt · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:49 pm Post subject:

edfactor · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:42 pm Post subject:

Hey I love both these games, but they both work best when you can knock out at least 1 game session a week.