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<blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 5199383" data-attributes="member: 3448">There have been several recent threads about TPKs.&nbsp; Some of the comments have made it clear that the frequency of TPKs varies a lot from group to group.&nbsp; I was curious about some overall patterns.For purposes of the poll, I suggest the following definitions:1.&nbsp; A TPK is literally that--if one PC survives, or the group almost all died but survived somehow, don't count it.2.&nbsp; Don't count unusual games with really high frequencies-- Paranoia, Call of Cthulhu in convention settings, etc.3.&nbsp; If you run really long or really short sessions, you may need to adjust the frequency categories.&nbsp; A 3-5 hour session is what I think of as normal, so I would count an 8 hour marathon as two, and a weekend of gaming might count as 5 or more.&nbsp; Be reasonable, but obviously precision isn't necessary. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />4.&nbsp; Count both games GMing and PCing.5.&nbsp; Never means it has literally never happened in a game you were running/playing in, except for the exclusions suggested in rule 2.For my experience, I put never.&nbsp; I've been in some almost TPKs, but no actual TPKs.&nbsp; I've probably played roughly 1000 sessions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cerebral Paladin, post: 5199383, member: 3448"] There have been several recent threads about TPKs. Some of the comments have made it clear that the frequency of TPKs varies a lot from group to group. I was curious about some overall patterns. For purposes of the poll, I suggest the following definitions: 1. A TPK is literally that--if one PC survives, or the group almost all died but survived somehow, don't count it. 2. Don't count unusual games with really high frequencies-- Paranoia, Call of Cthulhu in convention settings, etc. 3. If you run really long or really short sessions, you may need to adjust the frequency categories. A 3-5 hour session is what I think of as normal, so I would count an 8 hour marathon as two, and a weekend of gaming might count as 5 or more. Be reasonable, but obviously precision isn't necessary. :) 4. Count both games GMing and PCing. 5. Never means it has literally never happened in a game you were running/playing in, except for the exclusions suggested in rule 2. For my experience, I put never. I've been in some almost TPKs, but no actual TPKs. I've probably played roughly 1000 sessions. [/QUOTE]

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