Do you suffer from Post Campaign Depression?

[Stormborn]

Yes. Last weekend we ended the longest running campaign my group has ever played at a little over two years (with a significant hiatus in the middle). I, frankly, was tired of running it. I wanted to do new things, but I also wanted to finish the story. So, we played up to the climax -"the destruction of the Ring" as I called it - but I simply narrated the aftermath "the Scouring of the Shire" so to speak (which would have been several more months of gaming.) I am on the one hand glad it is done, on the other I and the player really enjoyed it and it is unlikely any of us will get to the level of satisfaction that an on going campaign will produce for a while. Gripping Hand: There is some degree of PCD in that there is a void in my thoughts where planning that game used to be. Quickly being filled in with a 1000 other things, but its not the same.


I roll up a Conan character this afternoon, but I doubt that will last as long.

 

[Woas]

Look at it this way, you can be happy in looking foward to all the new "remember when"s in the next game you run/play.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

My SINCERE regrets and sympathy to you, barsoomcore, and to your players.

Edena_of_Neith

 

[barsoomcore]

The worst thing is... You'll have to change your ENworld handle...

What? Holy crap.

Holy crap.

I can't change that. I use it all over the web.

Holy crap.

Well, I guess all my campaigns from now just have to be called "Barsoom".

"Hey, Core, what's with all the Iron Kingdoms books? I thought we were playing Barsoom."

"Um. Iron Barsoom."

 

[barsoomcore]

The next question is, B-Core, how far behind is your storyhour?

Far enough behind, I guess. I still poke at my Season Two drafts, but there's a lot to get done before it can be posted. But I do have more time, now.

 

[fusangite]

Anyone else suffer from PCD? Any tips or tricks on how to avoid it? Or should I just embrace, suffer and pass through this necessary period of my life?

By the end of any campaign I run, I'm so bored with my world and sick of the party dynamic that's developed I experience no grief at all. 2-3 years is my limit. You have an impressive attention span.

Of course there's only one way to deal with your depression: get to work immediately on a new campaign world; think of all the cool things you have thought up in the past 7 years but couldn't include in Barsoom for one reason or another.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

I've hit PCD - though usually when a game ended before I wanted it to. "Time heals all wounds." If it's there, why not have a party -a Barsoom Wake. A little more celebration can't hurt. This is - as you already point out - your chance to catch up on your Story Hour and a lot of other projects if that will help you over the hump.

 

[the Jester]

I had post-campaign depression when my old world was eaten by Tharizdun (the good guys failed to stop him from awakening and being freed). That campaign ran from 1981-1995 or thereabouts! A good decade and a half... centuries of game time. :\

It's great to have a campaign that ends on a high note! Congratulations!

 

[MonsterMash]

Something worse - Interrupted Campaign Depression, which is what I've got with my Wilderlands campaign at the moment. Thinking about starting another campaign as a two player one in the Wilderlands again, but using C&C rather than modded 3.5 (no doubt it will turn into modded C&C, but hey I like to tinker).

 

[Aust Diamondew]

Get a few beers drink 'em and just move on