How long does a typical game of 40k usually last for you?

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**legoburner**

As requested by rubiksnoob in the suggest a poll thread...

**Yggdrasil**

Nothing much to say...

We enjoy having some quick patrol games, for about 500pts, that's quick and can yield some surprising results, from a total draw to an utter annihilation!!!

**lord_blackfang**

I find that experienced gamers need 20-30 minutes per 500 pts.

**Yggdrasil**

Yeah, but we're not that experienced with the new rules....

We still have a gap between the 2nd ed. and the current one... Most hadn't played for years before this summer...

So it's a bit hard to get used to huh....

But I like 5th Ed alot, much faster all in all (even though you cannot customize your troops as thoroughly as before

... )

**barlio**

Most our local games go 3+ hours and that is because of spectators and side-bar conversations. In tournaments I am generally done in 2 hours (be it 40k or Fantasy).

**Typeline**

It usually takes about an hour for 1000 to 1500 point games. But it can take up to three hours (not kidding) if people start to walk around the table and argue rules and back seat general for someone.

**Deuce11**

You should include a point value for reference... i usually play 2000 pt. its highly strategic and takes 3 hrs about. I have on the other hand played a 20 minute 1250 point game against Crons hahaha

**Emperors Faithful**

Anywhere between 1-2 hours for the average 1000-1500pts game. But some larger Apoc games can last 5 or more hours.

**Great Unclean One**

Usually about 3 hours, I play 1500-3000 and they mainly take this long because of conversations, rules discussion and general arguments over fluff and rules.

**Death Gear**

yes conversations make it long

**starwoof**

Usually it takes about two hours, but I know a few eldar and tau players that I can get defeated by in about 30 minutes. When your opponent does nothing but move away from you until turn 5 when he takes all the objectives, games don't take very long. -_-

**darkkt**

2-3 Hours, but getting shorter as we learn the rules better, learn our codexes better, and learn when we are in an unwinnable position, and call it a day!

**Lt Scary Badger**

It takes us about 4+ hours, although that's including getting food, playing the N64, and other general screwing around.

**aflax1**

2 Hours, nice time

**Jupiter**

We play mostly 1500 points around here. A game lasts about 2 hours...

**Ridcully**

We usually have 2000 point games and that'll take us upwards of 3 hours.

**Armandloft**

Our league escalates +250 pts from an initial 1000 pts, every week of the month. (i.e. - Week 1 - 1000 pts, Week 2 - 1250, etc.) I'm usually done in an hour at the beginning of the month, and come in under 2 toward the end. I haven't played all the folk in my league, but it doesn't look like most games go much past 2 hours.

**ArbitorIan**

Three hours including table setup and pizza time

**rzsanguine**

Two to three hours for 1000 points. We are still learning 5th edition so there is no hurry to play a lot games in one day.

**Ravenous D**

I can do a 1700pt game with another rules savvy player in about 1 hour.

There are a few "for fun" gamers that take upwards of 4 hours for 1 game because they have to ask about the rules every 5 minutes.

**Elnicko5**

I find this poll to be abit odd, because it definitely depends on points. At 1000 points my average is an hour an a half, but I have had games last as long as 3 hours (stupid horde orks vs horde orks) and once, about 15 mins (He was playing assault footslogging eldar, and expected me to move at his harlequins, I was sitting back shooting at what I could see, game ended turn 5, neither of us moved our squads an inch.)

**solidus**

maybe you should just add in the points vs time that is selected so lets say i choose 3 hours then you should just think that its about a 2000 point game haha

**Shake Zoola**

About 4 for me...but we spend at least an hour of that just bsing and trying to figure out fluffwise how feeder tendrils would work on necrons...

**Miss Dee**

not played yet.

**DX3**

1500-2000 pts for me is about two hours..

**Dakka-Dakka-Waaaagh!**

I said about two hours as well on average it is i can range from a week to 5 mins xD

Not that have played a week game

**warpcrafter**

From terrain setup to the inevitable conclusion, 2,000 points in about 2 hours. I play Orks, but I also use lots of transports so the first two or three turns don't require long movement phases.

**Dakka-Dakka-Waaaagh!**

I try to do that and i do but both my trukks are brriming with burna boyz

**gretar**

About one or two ...

But i barely play , and when i do , i go for the smallest games ...

**Dedrith**

While me and my friends often play 1250 point games, which should not last more than an hour, we often get sidetracked and it takes us the whole evening to finish the game