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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glamdring" data-source="post: 373524" data-attributes="member: 4835">A few years back I would DM for upwards of 10 hours.  I had two campaigns, and my college campaign's Friday games would often last from 6PM 'til 4 AM (before I was 21, before I had a girlfriend, before I had a "life," etc.).  My other campaign (back home) would meet about once a month, and those were Saturday gigs where we would start at 2 PM and go until about 11 PM.Now, I have only one campaign, and we start every Sunday at about 1 PM.  The first two hours is spent getting set up, and discussing any novel or game-based information.  Depending on what I'm reading, I'll bring in an excerpt, or I'll read a passage straight from a recent novel, just to get everyone in the mood, and to share favorite passages of mine.  Then we begin, and go until about 8:30.  So about 5 hours of solid gaming.I've found that after about 6 hours of DMing, my face begins to hurt, and my mind goes to mush, and I must throw in the towel.  My players, of course, are ready to continue until the wee hours of the morn, but I must be firm!  I used to be able to go for hours and hours, but no more.  I never run out of things to game with, since I'm always writing, and I have material put away that I sometimes don't get to until months after I put it down on paper (which allows me to constantly revise due to released books and novels, and whatever inspiration hits me from movies, other books, TV, and life in general.).  There you have it!</blockquote>

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