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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 9753887" data-attributes="member: 42040"><p>In an interview with Tomas Harenstam, the Free League CEO, he suggests between 20-30 sessions (at about the 10 minute mark). "The core game works for short to medium campaigns."</p><p></p><p>Essentially, what the core of Dragonbane designed similar to the experience as expected by Basic D&D and there isn't an "Expert" equivalent yet. [Even though the original Swedish version had different boxed sets to cover expanded tiers of play.]</p><p></p><p>For me, it's hard to have long campaigns in a level-less system. You don't really get better gear, more HP, more powerful abilities, or face more dangerous foes. Your character won't see much growth if you've played 1 session or 20. For me, that's not exciting for long-term play. That said, we played through the entirety of the boxed set adventure compilation in 12-15 sessions and had a good time.</p><p></p><p>Not every game has to last for years like a Paizo Adventure Path to be an excellent time.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I can't share the link to the YouTube interview. Try searching for Knights of Last Call and Tomas Harenstam.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 9753887, member: 42040"] In an interview with Tomas Harenstam, the Free League CEO, he suggests between 20-30 sessions (at about the 10 minute mark). "The core game works for short to medium campaigns." Essentially, what the core of Dragonbane designed similar to the experience as expected by Basic D&D and there isn't an "Expert" equivalent yet. [Even though the original Swedish version had different boxed sets to cover expanded tiers of play.] For me, it's hard to have long campaigns in a level-less system. You don't really get better gear, more HP, more powerful abilities, or face more dangerous foes. Your character won't see much growth if you've played 1 session or 20. For me, that's not exciting for long-term play. That said, we played through the entirety of the boxed set adventure compilation in 12-15 sessions and had a good time. Not every game has to last for years like a Paizo Adventure Path to be an excellent time. Edit: I can't share the link to the YouTube interview. Try searching for Knights of Last Call and Tomas Harenstam. [/QUOTE]
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