How long are your gaming sessions?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm asking about traditional games, either in person or online here, rather than play by mail or play by post or play by email or play by smoke signal or whatever. LARP is probably a different thing, with its own time frames, but I'd be curious in hearing those answers in the comments.

 

[DragonBelow]

my range is actualy larger, but my vote is closer to the average

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

my range is actualy larger, but my vote is closer to the average

Yeah, I couldn't figure out how to structure the poll to accompany that, but I imagine you're not alone in having it be variable.

 

[ichabod]

I was going to say you left out the "not long enough" option, but then I realized it might swamp all the other options.

 

[Reynard]

I wish they were more like 3-4 hours but in reality we end up playing about 2.5 hours. We play using fantasy Grounds and Discord for reference.

 

[schneeland]

Since I switched to online play, the new default is about 3 hours, with an effective play time of about 2.5 hours. This is something that everybody can fit into their schedules on week days. Sessions typically happen every two weeks.
When I still played at the table, we used to play 4 to 6 hours (with an effective play time of 3 to 5 hours). However, sessions happened less frequent (typically once every other month) because of schedules and distance.

 

[Scottius]

In my campaigns the standard session length is 4 to 4 1/2 hours. These are all in person sessions hosted at my home. We play weekly save for weeks where we have multiple cancelations or holidays and the like intrude.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

My group plays about 5 and 6 hours per session. Sometimes we can stretch that another hour or two if we are in a really intense combat that we can’t comfortably pause at or if we lose track of time and just don’t stop until someone mentions the time.

 

[ninjayeti]

The game I play in is 4 hours. I tend to have less stamina when I am running things, so the game I DM for is scheduled for 3 hours.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I tend to have less stamina when I am running things, so the game I DM for is scheduled for 3 hours.

I totally get this. Even when it's going easily and the game is just flowing as a DM, I am mentally exhausted the moment I stop.