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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 4350939" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>I just moved back to the area I went to high school (after 16 years) and I am trying to convince an old fellow gamer to play in a 4E I would run, but we're both very busy (kids, work, marriage, etc) and the very most I could play would be once every two weeks, while he said "at most once a month," with a dubious-but-wistful tone to his voice.</p><p></p><p>So I'm thinking of two options (other than just not doing it): </p><p></p><p>1) Play once a month for a long session, 6-8 hours.</p><p>2) Play twice a month for a shorter session, 4-5 hours.</p><p></p><p>Now unless I can convince him otherwise--not to mention that another old gamer friend might be able to make an hour and a half commute once a month, but probably not twice--its going to be once a month or not at all. But I've never played that way. I've always done weekly, twice-monthly, or every couple months, but for an entire weekend (thus a complete adventure in one extended weekend session).</p><p></p><p>Does anyone play once a month? Does it work? How can I make it work and keep campaign continuity and some kind of overarching plot? Or should I not bother and just run short adventures that could be wrapped up in six or seven hours? Anything to keep in mind, advice, etc?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 4350939, member: 59082"] I just moved back to the area I went to high school (after 16 years) and I am trying to convince an old fellow gamer to play in a 4E I would run, but we're both very busy (kids, work, marriage, etc) and the very most I could play would be once every two weeks, while he said "at most once a month," with a dubious-but-wistful tone to his voice. So I'm thinking of two options (other than just not doing it): 1) Play once a month for a long session, 6-8 hours. 2) Play twice a month for a shorter session, 4-5 hours. Now unless I can convince him otherwise--not to mention that another old gamer friend might be able to make an hour and a half commute once a month, but probably not twice--its going to be once a month or not at all. But I've never played that way. I've always done weekly, twice-monthly, or every couple months, but for an entire weekend (thus a complete adventure in one extended weekend session). Does anyone play once a month? Does it work? How can I make it work and keep campaign continuity and some kind of overarching plot? Or should I not bother and just run short adventures that could be wrapped up in six or seven hours? Anything to keep in mind, advice, etc? [/QUOTE]
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