Electronic Timers
Due to the technological boom which has happened in the past few decades, electronic devices are available cheaply to people and products of all forms. This means that board games can easily employ this technology to help players enjoy their games with relative easy and little stress. Formerly, board games used to give sand timers which were perfectly formed to match the length of time needed for the round. They could run from thirty seconds to five minutes, or anywhere in between. Once the makers of the game established how long they needed the round to last, timers would be formed which would run for that length of time and were placed in each copy of the board game.
These timers were very accurate and worked well, but could pose a few problems in their own right. If they broke by any means, the timer was rendered useless and the game could not be played until another accurate timer was found. Additionally, the timer would not alert anyone when the round was finished. Therefore, players had to pay attention to where the timer stood and that could cost them precious seconds within the game.
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