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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 8148831" data-attributes="member: 6777737">We tried this. It only lasted one gaming session. It worked, and combats ran much faster and more smoothly. We went from 90 to 120 minute combats down to 60 to 75 minute combats. However, everyone also agreed that it made the game feel literally like a business meeting. It just stopped being fun, and turned combat into a chore of dice rolling to endure and grind through rather than an enjoyable pastime. People stopped paying attention to what others were doing, too, because they were focused on getting ready for their next turn rather than observing the game.As a player at a table with a typically combat-heavy, kick-in-the-door style of play, it was kind of a profound experience to play D&D and hate running the combat encounters. This was one of our last sessions before abandoning 4e and going back to 3e and Savage Worlds for a few years before 5e released. I don't think that's coincidence.</blockquote>