How often do you play?

[Thomas Shey]

Not me, the folks I play with. They can only commit to that time frame if its a planned convention trip.

So, still, time. There are advantages to being old and having no lives, which describes a lot of my gaming group.

 

[payn]

So, still, time. There are advantages to being old and having no lives, which describes a lot of my gaming group.

I will say tho, if I really wanted to I could probably find an online group to do it. Though, I wouldnt want to VTT for 8 hours anyways.

 

[Kannik]

I put down weekly, though it's closer to 1.23 times per week, as I have a weekly group + a monthly group.

(Ok, in reality since we do miss some weekly games it averages out to less than weekly... )

 

[MNblockhead]

I still marvel at the 8 hour gaming sessions. I dont think Ill ever see the return of those days.

I just like the immersion it lends. But, to be honest, I probably get 6 hours of gaming in an 8 hour session. It is a time to hang out with friends, so there is time to grab lunch, some chat at the top and at the end. But I feel I get that in 6, 4, or 3 hours. I don't like feeling that we are "on the clock." Longer sessions let you ease into and out of the game and give more flexibility to end on a high note. I'm surprise at how often we go over time, but I guess when you schedule for 8 hours, you've already made a day of it.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I will say tho, if I really wanted to I could probably find an online group to do it. Though, I wouldnt want to VTT for 8 hours anyways.

I'd probably call that lack of energy, but I might be misrepresenting you accidentally.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I just like the immersion it lends. But, to be honest, I probably get 6 hours of gaming in an 8 hour session. It is a time to hang out with friends, so there is time to grab lunch, some chat at the top and at the end. But I feel I get that in 6, 4, or 3 hours. I don't like feeling that we are "on the clock." Longer sessions let you ease into and out of the game and give more flexibility to end on a high note. I'm surprise at how often we go over time, but I guess when you schedule for 8 hours, you've already made a day of it.

Yeah, we go from 1:30PM to about 9-10, but there's a dinner break in there and various side business. Its probably more accurate to say we do 5-6 hours of actual gaming. I'd probably run about an hour longer but I'm constrained at both ends.

 

[Reynard]

I just like the immersion it lends.

There is definitely something to be said for how a long session really invites investment in a way short sessions can't. Ironically, I think that unless the group makes an effort otherwise, long sessions can often result in less "progress" that multiple short sessions. That immersion leads to in depth NPC interactions, and in-character party roleplaying you don't see when folks feel like they have limited time.

 

[payn]

I'd probably call that lack of energy, but I might be misrepresenting you accidentally.

Sort of, I find online play taxing but I probably get the amount of gsme done in 3 hours what I get done on 6 of F2F.

As convenient as VTT is, I also work all week on a PC it’s just too much.

 

[Jolly Ruby]

I voted biweekly but it's not exactly that. We play once every three weeks (it was once every two weeks but work schedules got in our way).

We play four to five hours sessions, and sometimes we play between the scheduled sessions.

 

[Thomas Shey]

There is definitely something to be said for how a long session really invites investment in a way short sessions can't. Ironically, I think that unless the group makes an effort otherwise, long sessions can often result in less "progress" that multiple short sessions. That immersion leads to in depth NPC interactions, and in-character party roleplaying you don't see when folks feel like they have limited time.

I can see an argument there, though it risks the problem of "what did we do two sessions back?" (which I find can be an issue even with long semi-weekly sessions) being even more of an thing.