D&D General Do you play in person or online?

[Stormonu]

I much prefer in-person, but have done online during Covid and after.

For some reason, I can't tolerate playing online for long; those sessions are generally short.

Though, even when playing in person I've pulled up the likes of Roll20/One More Multiverse to do battlemap combats rather than pull out the physical stuff.

 

[GrimCo]

Funnily enough, I find the opposite. In person play is characterized by a lot of gaffing around time and no one ever playing in character.

Whereas online play features virtually zero gaffing around time and players will stay in character far better.

I noticed something similar. When we played online during covid, there was lot less joking around. But it's mostly cause we were all at home, with wives and kids around. Can't really go all out like we do when we are in person and alone (no SO, no kids, we can let loose our inner teenage boys crude humor). Also, it was, at least for my group, harder to focus on the game. Every session, at least one of us had to take brake or two ( diaper duty, help out wife, or put kid to bed etc, family stuff). We even tried late evening sessions from 21 till midnight, but around 22:30 everyone was on autopilot and half asleep.

In person, sure, we joke more, have more side conversations, but that's what makes it fun, at least for me and my group. For us, playing d&d is first and foremost form of social gathering, spending time alone with friends, have break from adulting. Game itself is just medium that enables it, shared activity. Some play football, some go to bar, we play d&d.

 

[el-remmen]

For some reason, I can't tolerate playing online for long; those sessions are generally short.

Yeah. I find that about 3 hours of online play is my max, while I can play in person for 5 to 6 hours (with breaks, of course), not including travel, and still be less tired afterwards.

 

[Burnside]

75% online, 25% in person (pro DM; average 3 games/week; I have ~40 regular players).

3 hours for me is right for online, 4 hours in person.

Generally speaking, my in-person games are either groups that play monthly, one-shots, or special occasions where an online group meets in person 1-3 times/year. Weekly, ongoing, in-person games just wouldn't happen for me and most of my players; weekly online games rarely miss a week.

 

[Umbran]

I run a game in person. Until just recently, I also played in two online games, one of them D&D, which ended a short while ago.

 

[Xenophon223]

We played online during lockdown and the majority of us hated it, so we're 100% in person. Besides, I have so much printed terrain, I need to use it!

 

[Bagpuss]

Do you play Dungeons and Dragons online or in person? Or does it change depending on what is most convenient?

I don't play D&D.

Currently I play Star Trek and Dune in person.

I previously played D&D online during Covid, but as soon as being in person was an opinion switched back to that.

 

[Hussar]

Now, about the time, I tend to agree here. Three, maybe four hours is as long as I can play online. But, again, I think that's because in 3-4 hours, all we actually do is play. There's no "pizza" time. No off topic chatter (or at least very little). Play tends to be really focused, so, we actually accomplish rather a lot in that amount of time.

 

[Cadence]

Currently one in person and one online.

 

[Doc_Klueless]

I do stress it because it is superior

For you? Sure.

For me? Nope. Hard nope.