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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 8848422" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p>Quite true. That's a function of age-groups of target markets as much as anything though - and we have seen that change from 2E through 3.x, PF1/2, 4e, and 5e. The rules reflect the changes -- and ages -- in the player base.</p><p></p><p>I started playing in 1979-80 and through the early 80s, we played <em>several</em> times a week. I remember in high school we often had 24 hour game sessions where we stayed up for that long just playing 1st ed. No responsibilities? No problem!</p><p></p><p>40+ years later, I run 2 campaigns, each every other week. Even when running PF Adv Paths, most of those campaigns took about 2 years to finish; from 1st to ~14th+ level. Some took more, much more. As a player, I played every other Friday night for ~3 hour sessions. It took <strong><em>6 years</em></strong> in RL for us to finish <em>Iron Gods</em>, from 1st to 18th level. (For the record - that was <em><strong>WAY</strong></em> to effin long! Most of us couldn't wait for that damn campaign to finish!)</p><p></p><p>Modern play requires faster levelling to suit the tastes of most players. We are simply older and we have less time to play. The nice thing is, milestone levelling also means we can stop and smell the roses for as long as is required without the power balance getting out of whack. Go as fast - or as slow - as you reasonably need to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 8848422, member: 20741"] Quite true. That's a function of age-groups of target markets as much as anything though - and we have seen that change from 2E through 3.x, PF1/2, 4e, and 5e. The rules reflect the changes -- and ages -- in the player base. I started playing in 1979-80 and through the early 80s, we played [I]several[/I] times a week. I remember in high school we often had 24 hour game sessions where we stayed up for that long just playing 1st ed. No responsibilities? No problem! 40+ years later, I run 2 campaigns, each every other week. Even when running PF Adv Paths, most of those campaigns took about 2 years to finish; from 1st to ~14th+ level. Some took more, much more. As a player, I played every other Friday night for ~3 hour sessions. It took [B][I]6 years[/I][/B] in RL for us to finish [I]Iron Gods[/I], from 1st to 18th level. (For the record - that was [I][B]WAY[/B][/I] to effin long! Most of us couldn't wait for that damn campaign to finish!) Modern play requires faster levelling to suit the tastes of most players. We are simply older and we have less time to play. The nice thing is, milestone levelling also means we can stop and smell the roses for as long as is required without the power balance getting out of whack. Go as fast - or as slow - as you reasonably need to go. [/QUOTE]
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