Talk:Dragon Tales/@comment-27013092-20150925233400/@comment-26524026-20150926085005

The timer:

You can start the Tales any time between now and September 29th. Once you start, your timer begins counting down. If you don't start the Tales before then, the timer starts automatically on Sept 29th. The timer lasts 10 days, and it unlocks one chapter per day at a set time (not chosen by you - it depends on what time zone you are in). So if you complete Chapter 1 quickly, Chapter 2 remains locked until the "beginning" of Day 2 (when the set time is reached). If you want to pay gold to unlock Chapter 2 early you can get a head start, but be aware that Chapter 3 will remain locked until the beginning of Day 3 either way. Paying to speed through a chapter makes no difference to the start time for each day, you are only changing the start time of the Chapter you're paying for.

If you fall behind, or start one or two days after the timer has started, the Chapters are already unlocked. So if you start your timer but do nothing until Day 3 (or wait until Oct 1st) you can play all the Chapters back-to-back until you catch up. If/when you catch up, the later chapters will be locked in the usual manner, so if you catch up on Day 7 (or Oct 5th), Chapter 8 will be locked until the beginning of Day 8 (or Oct 6th).

If you fall behind in the middle of the Tales, the same rule applies. So if you miss playing altogether on Day 4, you can complete Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 on Day 5. And if you manage that, Chapter 6 will stay locked until the beginning of Day 6.