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<blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 9640756" data-attributes="member: 67296"><p>I used to be a sucker for slow adventure pace and long campaigns but I’m starting to appreciate more and more short campaigns.</p><p></p><p>For me, a campaign is defined by a series of distinct adventures. Our Blades in the Dark games are pretty much 1 night = 1 adventure, so a short ark over 3-4 session would qualify as a short campaign.</p><p></p><p>Conversely, I had D&D games that spanned over several years that essentially were one long adventure and would not qualify as a “campaign” according to my definition. Single adventure books like Curse of Stradh for example are not campaigns; the same PCs would need to complete at least two to qualify as a campaign.</p><p></p><p>Now “short” is harder to define but I’d half-hazardly say one or two school semesters because even at 48, my life is very much paced by when students (be they elementary or college level) are in school or not.</p><p></p><p>So a short campaign would probably require an episodic structure to qualify as such; a series of one-and-done or two-part episodes with a recurring cast of characters. I’m more and more warming up to this concept because it’s something we CAN do, whereas long campaigns these days always die off prematurely because life gets in the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Laurefindel, post: 9640756, member: 67296"] I used to be a sucker for slow adventure pace and long campaigns but I’m starting to appreciate more and more short campaigns. For me, a campaign is defined by a series of distinct adventures. Our Blades in the Dark games are pretty much 1 night = 1 adventure, so a short ark over 3-4 session would qualify as a short campaign. Conversely, I had D&D games that spanned over several years that essentially were one long adventure and would not qualify as a “campaign” according to my definition. Single adventure books like Curse of Stradh for example are not campaigns; the same PCs would need to complete at least two to qualify as a campaign. Now “short” is harder to define but I’d half-hazardly say one or two school semesters because even at 48, my life is very much paced by when students (be they elementary or college level) are in school or not. So a short campaign would probably require an episodic structure to qualify as such; a series of one-and-done or two-part episodes with a recurring cast of characters. I’m more and more warming up to this concept because it’s something we CAN do, whereas long campaigns these days always die off prematurely because life gets in the way. [/QUOTE]
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