Escape Velocity is a fan expansion that introduces penalties when players take too long.

When you enable EV, you control the base time a player gets, and the penalty for going over that time.

In the example above, a player has 30 minutes to complete the game. Once a player reaches 32 minutes, their final score will include a -1VP penalty.

However, every action you take also gives you an additional 2 seconds. (This is currently not configurable, but shouldn't it be?) So in the example above, if a player has taken 60 actions, they will have received 120 seconds of extra time, so they wouldn't get a penalty u ntil their timer reaches 34 minutes.