We've been playing Sentinels over lunch here and there, and we've finished maybe 1/3 of them before the "time limit" hit and we had to go back to work. I've been trying to figure out what matchups we can plan for that might make for shorter, but still fun, games.
We took down Mad Bomber Blade in 30 minutes with 4 players, but we couldn't finish regular Blade in an hour with 3. 4 players couldn't finish Kismet, but then, that was two of the players' first game.
I know some villains seem to take longer than others. Matriarch, Chairman, Ennead, etc. But if there are some villains or villain/environment combos that are more likely to finish in roughly an hour, it'd be awesome to start out with those.
We can leave the game up if we don't finish, but if we're not guaranteed to finish it the next day, things get awkward, as people are more likely to need that table space for something else.
And I know Iron Legacy can be super-quick, but I do want a few villains to fight that we could win against from time to time. ;)
Ambuscade and Kismet seem to go fairly quickly, in my experience. Plague Rat, too.
Most of the damage-race type villains should work fairly well under a strict time limit. I definitely wouldn't recommend Citizen Dawn or the Chairman in a lunch hour, though.
EDIT: Miss Information is right out.
Infinitor is also rather quick. You can see in the abandoned PBF advanced challenge game that everyone was nearly dead by the second round. I'd avoid Akash'bhuta, though.
While I don't think that game would have ended in victory we might have survived a little longer. Normal Infinitor games can go on a lot longer. Deadline is a villain that has a built in timer especially if you can't consistently destroy his Ongoings. Hero selection can make a difference too. If you all play heroes who typically have a longer setup like Bunker, Unity, or AZ it can make the game longer and similar can occur if you don't have any heroes who deal consistent damage.
Deadline. Gotta take him down quick, before he blows the world.
Well, Legacy, Ra, Unity, and Rook City Wraith just took down Ambuscade in record time in The Block. It was pretty hairy as far as our hit points, but I think it all happened in about 4 rounds, and Ambie never cloaked at all.
Iron Legacy is also pretty quick, but from my experience 4 out of 5 times it ends up badly for the heros. That being said, it still is a quick game
I'm going to have to second Iron Legacy, as he really is a glass cannon: Either you take him down quickly, or he takes you down quickly.