I've had about 70 games ranging from the 50s to the 2000s, only one I've EVER set to 3 ball is my Fast Draw (and liberalizing the drain posts). Games last about as long as 5 ball with conservative post settings but the game rules that are changed on 3 ball just plain make it more fun. 3 ball tends to make a lot of objectives too easy, to make up for the two less balls IMO.