Switching from round-based turns to simultaneous picks changed our game nights

For like 5 years we ran every drafting game the same way, everyone takes turns picking one card then passing. Last month a buddy in Seattle suggested trying simultaneous selection with hidden tokens, and it cut our downtime by half. Now games like sushi go and 7 wonders feel way snappier, and people actually pay attention instead of zoning out. Has anyone else made this switch and how did your group handle the first few chaotic rounds?

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laura1894d ago

Tried this once with a group and it backfired hard because half the folks picked the same cards and the other half just stared at their phones... we ended up adding a rule where you had to snap your fingers before locking in your pick, which turned it into a weird rhythm game but honestly that chaos is kind of memorable now.