How long is the typical tabletop session?

Mark CMG · May 2, 2007

wingsandsword said:
How long is the typical tabletop session?

3 to 6 hours for me.

Piratecat · May 2, 2007

About 3 - 3.5 hours. We try to be pretty focused, too.

Keldryn · May 2, 2007

The group I play in now meets on a two-weeks-on, one-week-off schedule, and the individual sessions are generally 4-6 hours.

I fondly remember the weekly gaming sessions when I was in high school that would often become 8-12+ hour sessions... but there's no way I could do that anymore. Nor do I have the desire or attention span for that -- I'd rather get home a little earlier and spend time with my wife.

el-remmen · May 2, 2007

From noon to 6:30 pm every other week. I would say that translates into 5.5 hours per session if you subtract 30 minutes at the beginning, and 30 in the middle for dealing with ordering food.

BV210 · May 2, 2007

Since my group can only get in one game day a month, we schedule it from 9-6.

sjmiller · May 2, 2007

My Tuesday night Basic D&D game goes for 2 hours, 7:00 to 9:00. That game runs every Tuesday throughout the year.

My main campaign, D&D 3.0, starts up every October and goes until May or early June. During that time we meet every other Sunday from Noon till 6:00pm.

Kae'Yoss · May 2, 2007

Something between 5 and 8 hours I'd say: We start at 4 and end when we want, usually around midnight.

pawsplay · May 2, 2007

About three hours of focused play, usually. Always at least 1 1/2 hours, rarely much more than four.

Emirikol · May 2, 2007

Ours is 4 hours. Most games I've ever played at are 4 hours.

They're about 2.5 hours if someone orders food.

They're about 1.5 hours if someone orders food and the group stops for the guy with the nicotine addiction.

It's about 20 minutes if someone orders food, stops for addictions, and the game degenerates down into monty python quotes.

jh