How to play a game of Dune Imperium faster

My brother and I like to play Dune: Imperium with anyone who is willing. It’s a very engrossing game that takes several hours to play, but it doesn’t feel overly long as you’re on the edge of your seat the whole time. That said, it’s still nice to complete the game in 2h or so to get onto other things in the day. You can shorten the game by starting with 1 or 2 victory points, the full game is most enjoyable.

We use the Quickgame app with a 1 minute turn timer to play. So everyone gets at most a minute per turn. There’s no rollover of unused time, it’s just a minute per turn. If someone exceeds their turn, there’s no penalty but they have to finish right away. During the combat resoution phases we pause the timer, and resume for the next round.

In our experience this keeps the game flowing without it feeling rushed or compromising the deep strategic thinking of the game.