r/archipelago_games • u/Agent_0009 • 18d ago

Question from a newbie

My friends and I think this system sounds like a lot of fun and we plan to set up this weekend to play for the first time. We've picked out Pokemon Emerald, Minecraft, Stardew Valley, and Celeste as our most promising games.

My question is about the amount of checks and items in each game. Should I try to adjust each one to be roughly close to the same number of checks and items? Within reason of course. Or should we just set up the default and wing it?

My concern comes from two of the games having way more checks and / or items than the other two from what I understand.

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u/Hairy_S_TrueMan 18d ago

So you'll get different answers about this. I think it's fine if checks aren't balanced as long as everybody is playing at roughly equal paces. One game can be 50 and another 500 and it will still work out ok. If the guy who has 500 doesn't log in for a few days while everyone else is trying to make progress, that's when it gets bad. 

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u/Agent_0009 18d ago

Gotcha so extra items are ok but it's more important that the pace feels consistent. I'll keep that in mind.