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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4898242" data-attributes="member: 19675">IME, most campaigns die with a whimper, not a TPK.  RW pressures simply take their toll, as do DMs or players who are off their game.I'm an active participant in a campaign that has lasted since the mid 1980s, and the guys in that group are the core for a much larger group of three different overlapping sets of gamers.In the past 15 years of gaming in that larger trio of groups, we have successfully completed a run through Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil.In the interim:1) My D&D campaign ran about 1 1/2 years, but died due to a combination of my being burned out as a FRPG DM and an extremely unlikely confluence of RW events- divorces, a death, a pedophile spouse, people moving out of state, roommates at odds, and the breakup of a coven.2) A 2Ed campaign ended when a PC got exiled, and the PC's player and the DM locked horns.  They're still buddies, but that was it.  I had 2 PCs in that game- Arion Dragomir and Johnny Bones (see post #4 here: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/152581-dont-you-hate-when.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/152581-dont-you-hate-when.html</a>)3) A 2Ed campaign ended after 3 months due to scheduling conflicts and DM work schedule.4) a RIFTS campaign died after about 6 months.5) One of the guys in the core group tried running a campaign based on the Black Company, one on the Garret, PI books, 3 homebrews and something based on a Goodman games thing full of wererats.  None lasted more than 3 sessions.  He tries to do well, but he's been off of his usual standards.6) One guy ended his successful campaign abruptly- as in, without ending it- to become a player in someone else's game.7) I've just started a M&M campaign detailed here: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-rules-discussion/255927-starting-new-m-m-campaign.html#post4787467" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-rules-discussion/255927-starting-new-m-m-campaign.html#post4787467</a>So far, this one is still going OK.</blockquote>

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