How long are your weekly rpg sessions?

[cthulhu_duck]

My primary rpg group is currently discussing our scheduling, and discussion elsewhere mentioning a weekly 7 hour session got me wondering what the average duration for a weekly rpg session might be across the EN World community?

 

[Mouseferatu]

My sessions last more than four hours (usually from between noon and 1 to about 6). But unfortunately, I don't think we usually get more than three to four hours of actual gaming in. It's hard to get started, since many of us only see each other once a week. And our current DM is one of the chattier fellows in the group. (Not that that's a bad thing, if you're reading this. )

 

[Anticitizen One]

My current group usually plays from 7 p.m. to midnight, sometime a little longer.

 

[ivocaliban]

Sadly my group hasn't met in about two months now. We were meeting bi-weekly, then once a month...and now it's sort of fallen apart. Scheduling is a b-word.

 

[Thurbane]

My primary group generally plays once a week from about 8.30pm to midninght, so around 3.5 hours (on average).

My secondary group plays once a week from about 5.30pm to 10.30pm, so 5 hours.

 

[Treebore]

My "face to face" games are generally 6 to 8 hours. The online games are 3 to 4 hours. Sometimes longer.

 

[STARP_Social_Officer]

Weekly sessions?
"Luxury..."

 

[Fenes]

I voted three hours, counting actual playing time. We usually spend an hour or so talking (about the game and other stuff) and eating dinner before we start to play.

 

[Jhaelen]

Unfortunately, it's quite impossible to have a gaming session more often than every 3-4 weeks. When we do meet, it's typically for at least 8 hours (the current maximum being 14 hours after an extended boss fight...).
About two hours of these are spent with chatting, eating, etc. There's also typically some book-keeping to do (buying/selling stuff, character creation/advancement) so I'd say we get a minimum of about 5 hours of actual game-play.

 

[Donovan Morningfire]

Actual play time averages 3 hours, as we tend to spend time socializing, not to mention food orders as soon as there's an available lull in the action as well as recuperation time when someone makes a particulary funny wisecrack/remark, either IC or OOC.

And after having gone without a weekly session for months prior to helping wrangle the current group together, I truly appreciate the luxury of having such.