How Many Battles Per Gaming Session?

[Renshai]

I suppose it's possible, if the encounters are fairly small and there isn't much roleplaying to be had.

 

[Obryn]

So dramatic improvement in the speed of combat, at least for our group. I think it's because I've provided power cards for everyone, the wizard/cleric also don't spend too long deciding what they are going to do, which was a problem in 3rd Ed.

To speed things up in my 4e game, I'm thinking about ditching the cards and instead giving my players power sheets with checkboxes.

They love the cards, but flipping through them can take a while.

-O

 

[the Jester]

Generally 2-3 combat encounters, a skill test or two and some good roleplaying each session in my current 4e game. It depends, though- if we're on it, and more sober than usual, we could really hammer through a lot of encounters very quickly.

 

[crazy_cat]

Typically 2-3 per session.

We're playing 3.5/Pathfinder and normally game for 5-6 hours a session. Games are RP focussed and tend to involve a few bigger climatic battles rather than many smaller encounters.

 

[Krensky]

Running SC2.0: On average, using a year (12 sessions) as a sample, my games have 1 or few combats a session (3-4 hours). I've gotten through three different combat encounters in a single session, however.

 

[el-remmen]

EDIT: oops. That last poll option should read "20 or more."

Huh? That's what it says!

 

[Treebore]

I average one combat encounter every 90 minutes. Add in other encounter types and I average 1 per 20 minutes.

 

[El Mahdi]

I picked 2-3 because there's no 3-4 option. For a 6 hour game session, we consistently have 3-4 combats.

 

[Zsig]

Typically 2-3 per session.

We're playing 3.5/Pathfinder and normally game for 5-6 hours a session. Games are RP focussed and tend to involve a few bigger climatic battles rather than many smaller encounters.

This. Except we're playing 4E.

 

[jensun]

Between 0 and 3.