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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 9387323" data-attributes="member: 3586">There are a few campaigns that go on and on! And they're great.I've been continuously running games in my version of Greyhawk for over 20 years at this point (getting close to 25), but they're not all one &quot;campaign&quot;. And I have a stable Friday group which I've been playing with for just over 20 years (a few people have come and gone, but a few players have been there all through that).But those aren't these massive campaigns you hear about. Most of my individual campaigns run from 1st level to high levels over the course of 2-3 years, then end and we start a new game in a different part of Greyhawk a little later in the timeline.In the &quot;modern&quot; period, the longest campaign I ran last six years (mostly fortnightly session) in 4E, of all systems!The original long-running campaign I participated in back in the 80s intended to run through the three compilation modules (T1-4, A1-4, GDQ1-7) and then finish in H1-4 Bloodstone Pass. We got to the end of A1-4 before breaking up.One of the odd things (lies, damned lies, and statistics) is by its very nature, more D&amp;D campaigns will be shorter than longer. Because in the time it takes one group to play a 10-year campaign, another group can play ten 1-year campaigns!But yes, based on what I've seen of Wizards' research, long-running campaigns aren't the most common. (And it's worth noting that the big Wizards survey was done before 3E was released). Here's a link: <a href="https://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/wotcdemo.html" target="_blank">RPGnet News</a>Of note:[ATTACH=full]369654[/ATTACH]The &quot;year&quot; column is how long they've been playing the game. See that even with the most experienced gamers, they're averaging below 20 sessions for a campaign! (There is a caveat: There's a cap on the age of the gamers surveyed.)Cheers,Merric</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 9387323, member: 3586"] There are a few campaigns that go on and on! And they're great. I've been continuously running games in my version of Greyhawk for over 20 years at this point (getting close to 25), but they're not all one "campaign". And I have a stable Friday group which I've been playing with for just over 20 years (a few people have come and gone, but a few players have been there all through that). But those aren't these massive campaigns you hear about. Most of my individual campaigns run from 1st level to high levels over the course of 2-3 years, then end and we start a new game in a different part of Greyhawk a little later in the timeline. In the "modern" period, the longest campaign I ran last six years (mostly fortnightly session) in 4E, of all systems! The original long-running campaign I participated in back in the 80s intended to run through the three compilation modules (T1-4, A1-4, GDQ1-7) and then finish in H1-4 Bloodstone Pass. We got to the end of A1-4 before breaking up. One of the odd things (lies, damned lies, and statistics) is by its very nature, more D&D campaigns will be shorter than longer. Because in the time it takes one group to play a 10-year campaign, another group can play ten 1-year campaigns! But yes, based on what I've seen of Wizards' research, long-running campaigns aren't the most common. (And it's worth noting that the big Wizards survey was done [I]before[/I] 3E was released). Here's a link: [URL='https://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/wotcdemo.html']RPGnet News[/URL] Of note: [ATTACH type="full" alt="1719532303263.png"]369654[/ATTACH] The "year" column is how long they've been playing the game. See that even with the most experienced gamers, they're averaging below 20 sessions for a campaign! (There is a caveat: There's a cap on the age of the gamers surveyed.) Cheers, Merric [/QUOTE]

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