Each gaming group will form its own protocol. I recommend that Torres, like the fine Knizia games cited above, should be played in the spirit of detecting changing patterns with relative dispatch. Indeed, that is the very beauty of Torres. The structural pattern moves delicately but profoundly throughout a turn, always challenging your game-playing instincts. With four players the full richness and complexity of the game is most evident.
Torres truly deserves the accolades it has received.
I add my voice to the choir. It demonstrates the wonderful potential of the tower-building genre, and does so with remarkable balance, aesthetic appeal, and variety. All contents 2001 the respective authors or The Games Journal unless otherwise noted.