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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9376385" data-attributes="member: 7044704">It's pretty variable depending on the number of PCs, how well the players know their characters, and the types of scene elements in use (oh hey, I have <a href="https://villainyunpublished.blogspot.com/2023/05/more-maunderings-types-of-scene-elements.html" target="_blank">a blog article on that subject</a> too) but IME a scene with 4-6 players will usually last between an hour or two and rarely end with a tracker timing out rather than the heroes managing to pull off a win of some kind or a TPKO (Total Party Knock-Out, that is - death is pretty much optional on the game, which is another factor that makes it feel like a comic book to me).  I'd say five-six rounds on a normal eight-round tracker is about average, but like I said, it's wildly variable.I think I'm also somewhat more prone to have my villains make Overcomes to escape the scene when things go south for them than most GMs (at least the ones I've had - I play about as much as I run), which shortens my scenes.  Also fond of using villain actions for things other than just their abilities, which can speed things up - and predictably, I have <a href="https://villainyunpublished.blogspot.com/2023/12/villains-more-than-sum-of-their.html" target="_blank">a blog article about that subject</a> too. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Doesn't hurt that the core die mechanic is pretty simple.  You declare what you're trying to do (often using a character sheet action ability, but sometimes a basic action which you might beef up by making it "risky" and taking a twist in exchange), build a pool of three dice (a power, a quality, and your status), one or two of which are predefined, and declare if you're using any available bonuses.  Then you roll, see which are your highest, middle, and lowest results, apply any mods (bonuses or penalties) and determine effects, with the middle die (before mods) being the default.  Once you're used to it the process takes maybe a minute tops, less when there are no bonuses to think about.  And that's PCs and major villains.  Minions and lieutenants (tough minions, effectively) roll a single status die, which is also their current "Health" of sorts, so even easier.</blockquote>

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