D&D 5E How Much D&D is To Much?

[Zardnaar]

The last few weeks have been a bit hectic in terms of D&D. On Friday night I played in a sessions that lasted 5 hours (6:30-11:30pm approx), and then on Sunday DMed a 10 hour session (1:30pm-11:30pm). Monday was a public holiday but we often do an 8 our session on Sunday as opposed to a 10 hour one.

So 15 hours of 5E this week, the previous effort was around 14 hours. 42.5 hours is my working week, and I do a 4 hour MP online game as well. Last year we pulled off 5 sessions in one week. Multiple DMs kind of help in this regard.

My addiction gets worse. I might be looking at another 4 hour session in the mid week. This means 4 gaming nights a week. I'm not sure if this is a good idea though. The gmaing record so far is mostly home brewed but.

2 aborted attempts at HotDQ (TPK in Greenest)
Completed LMoP
Quest of Doom Volume 1 and 2 and QoD2.
Starting PotA (as a player)
Looking at buying OotA(+SCAG+PotA).

 

[Rabbitbait]

Woah dude. That seems like an awful lot of D&D. It's meant to be escapism, but you are leaving no time to have anything to escape from (apart from work). I note that your gaming time does not include prep time either. Do you sleep? When do you have any other sort of fun?

I thought I used to play a lot when when had 2 sessions per week back in my early 20's.

 

[pukunui]

As much as I'd love to play D&D more often, I think one fortnightly game as a player and two as a DM is enough for me. In fact, it may be a little too much, as I struggle to juggle two games sometimes. I can't do any advance prep really. I just take it one session at a time.

That being said, I wouldn't mind have a chance to actually play more than just once a fortnight.

 

[nerfherder]

Is it affecting other parts of your life?

 

[delericho]

When it stops being enjoyable, it's too much.

When it starts negatively impacting on the rest of your life, it's too much.

Otherwise, it boils down to a fairly simple question: would you rather be doing that, or something else instead?

 

[Mishihari Lord]

When you start caring more about what happens to your PC in-game than what happens to your life out of game you have a problem. Or if you find yourself saying things like "No! Blackleaf!" I've only ever seen this become a real problem for one person in my many years of gaming. (And thankfully, it wasn't me)

 

[wedgeski]

If you have that much leisure time, then whether you fill it with reams of D&D, or other pursuits, matters only if it leads to burn-out.

If you *don't* have that much leisure time, and you're way over-budget on D&D, it's time to scale back...but then that would apply to anything!

So the question to ask yourself is, do you have that much leisure time?

 

[Delazar]

No wife and kids, I guess?

With a full-time job, wife, and kids, I consider myself fortunate to play twice a week (Thursday 19-23, and Sunday 15-19).

But hey, if it makes you happy, why stop? I mean, it's not like you're on drugs... are you???

 

[GameOgre]

I play 8-12 hours a week in one long session. I play with my wife and adult kids though so.....it also doubles as family time.

If you can find a good group...grow your own!

 

[Uchawi]

When you have to ask, it is the first step to addressing an addiction