How long does your TTRPG gaming sessions usually last?

[atanakar]

How long does your TTRPG gaming sessions usually last? This includes VTT games. You can make multiple votes.

My sessions usually last 4 hours. But lately they have gone down to 2.5 hours due to a complicated schedule.

 

[Blackrat]

The usual game time has been saturday evening from 2pm forward. Normally ending somewhere between 7pm-11pm, depending on everyone’s schedule. This usually consists of about 6 hours of actual playing and few hours of just hanging with the group.

 

[iserith]

4 hours, hard stop, every Friday without fail.

 

[cmad1977]

2.5 hours every Thursday night.

 

[AaronOfBarbaria]

I used to run with just a start time and no definitive end time... but once I ended up in a situation of trying to "sneak in" another session each weak and it was hard-limited to ending at a particular time because people involved had obligations like class and work and sleep before those, I noticed that session was consistently the most productive of all of them throughout the week - people showed up ready to focus on playing, got back to playing in less time when distractions arose, and were clearly trying to get the most out of their time because it was limited.

So I changed to scheduling 4 hour sessions and haven't regretted it yet (it's been working for years now). I do sometimes run less than that, but usually it's because the session didn't start on time and me stopping at the normally scheduled end time, or because some other activity has popped up at an unfortunate time.

 

[Reynard]

We play weekly on Fantasy Grounds and usually end up playing for about 3 hours. Our weekly IRL game actually averaged less because we kibitzed and such for longer before getting going usually.

 

[5atbu]

I like 3 hours, drifting to 3.5.
However some of my friends fade out at 2.5
Online it seems to need to shorter, so 2.5 for me, 2 for others.
But.. at a con I can play 14 hours in 3 sessions with an hour in-between.
I just need power naps every three hours really, but I am in my mid fifties so that's ok.

 

[Zaukrie]

2-3 hours.

 

[Deset Gled]

My currently active game involves mostly 9-12 year olds over Zoom. I think we've only had one session last to the 2 hour mark.

With my previous adult group, the entire get-together could be as long as 6 hours. But gaming was probably only about 3ish.

 

[CleverNickName]

Mine usually last 5-7 hours, so those are the boxes I checked.