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Message: <blockquote data-quote="schnee" data-source="post: 7716940" data-attributes="member: 16728">You know, there's a saying in the product development / design field:"One test is worth 50 opinions."Someone already posted 'I tried it and it actually works'. All due respect (from a fellow graybeard with about as much gaming time) but I think I give their words more weight.--Each initiative style rewards certain behaviors and punishes others - and makes some things more efficient and others less. And, my bet is, that for *most* groups, saying 'you have a few simple choices of what you can do, declare now before anyone else can do anything, we are all waiting' probably forces people who normally get stuck in analysis paralysis just choose NOW. Because they're just not delaying the next player...they're delaying EVERYONE. At the same time. Don't underestimate social pressure.When making that choice, they can't analyze the entire map, studiously examining positions of figures and hazards, calculating odds - because it will be significantly different when they do finally act. So you're taking away their ability to metagame.And, when they do get their chance to act, they are forced into a much smaller set of choices: I said hit something, so now I hit something. Or else they forfeit their ability to act now.If they do change their mind, they roll again, act later, and risk being punished for it by having even more people go before they do. Odds are, when that turn arrives, their new choice isn't better enough to make it worth the wait. So, the more they meta-game and change their mind, the worse off they are. They are incentivized to make their original choice work, even if it's sub-optimal. TLDR: This initiative system is quite interesting to me because it:a) Causes 'information blindness' that prevents analysis paralysisb) Structures the communication to peer pressure players into declaring actions quicklyc) Inflicts negative mechanical consequences to people who can't make up their mindThis initiative system is made to change how people behave. I totally see why it could be faster.I'm going to give it a shot once it's a bit more polished.</blockquote>

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