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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 7998602" data-attributes="member: 83242">We used to play like that way when we started 4e, but just felt like it was breaking the immersion of a 6 second round for the players to perseverate on their options, tactics, and actions. We tried a few options and settled on 30 seconds per turn and it works great for us.  It has been a game changer for us in that it has made combat encounters feel much more real and tense (to us).  I mean, when a combat was taking 2 hours in real time and only 30 sec. in game time it just felt wrong.  There was only so much we could stretch our dissociation, but everyone/group has different issues and tolerances to be addressed.Now, to clarify, I should state the typical combat encounter might be 10 minutes, but the average is higher as we have some that push 30 minutes or even an hour.   Social encounters are typically loner too.  Finally, I should also note that I've been playing with this group for 30 yrs so we make game decisions (house rules, time management, etc.) as a group, therefore there is no issue of buy-in.  We all agree before we do something and we are happy to change if it isn't working.</blockquote>