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<blockquote data-quote="sckeener" data-source="post: 3065204" data-attributes="member: 8801">I am not sure about others but I tend to think of campaigns that run that long as worlds and not campaigns.A campaign should have a theme, plot, or goal and a campaign that lasts for 14 years hopefully had more than one goal or theme that entire time.Have I run the same homebrewed world that lasted for years with the same characters, yes.&nbsp; I ran one world called Tellior with 3 other DMs for 26 years (my DMing part was only 8 years.)One problem we ran into was converting characters.&nbsp; Some of the characters were very high level which for 3rd edition at the beginning was strange (ELH wasn't out yet).Most campaigns\worlds that last that long are RP games.&nbsp; The players and the DM feel connected to the characters/npcs...their stories.&nbsp; A random die roll (crunch games) usually do not generate memorable events.&nbsp; All that one will remember is I survived the Age of Worms if you play a crunch game...but if the players interacted with the NPCs...they will have stories.I tend to write soap operas into my games.&nbsp; I want the players so distracted by the game that it affects their real world lives.&nbsp; (I can remember a time when I couldn't use any IMs at work for awhile because I was getting bombed by 3 of my 7 players all day long)&nbsp; The nice thing about soap opera writing is that the players usually then start writing my adventures for me...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sckeener, post: 3065204, member: 8801"] I am not sure about others but I tend to think of campaigns that run that long as worlds and not campaigns. A campaign should have a theme, plot, or goal and a campaign that lasts for 14 years hopefully had more than one goal or theme that entire time. Have I run the same homebrewed world that lasted for years with the same characters, yes. I ran one world called Tellior with 3 other DMs for 26 years (my DMing part was only 8 years.) One problem we ran into was converting characters. Some of the characters were very high level which for 3rd edition at the beginning was strange (ELH wasn't out yet). Most campaigns\worlds that last that long are RP games. The players and the DM feel connected to the characters/npcs...their stories. A random die roll (crunch games) usually do not generate memorable events. All that one will remember is I survived the Age of Worms if you play a crunch game...but if the players interacted with the NPCs...they will have stories. I tend to write soap operas into my games. I want the players so distracted by the game that it affects their real world lives. (I can remember a time when I couldn't use any IMs at work for awhile because I was getting bombed by 3 of my 7 players all day long) The nice thing about soap opera writing is that the players usually then start writing my adventures for me... [/QUOTE]

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