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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 4522690" data-attributes="member: 27051">If you are thinking about taking a hiatus for the currently pregnant couple, I think that it might be optimistic to expect it to last only a few months.  You might find that the parents aren't ready (or able) to return to gaming for quite a bit longer than that.  It all depends on their circumstances (maternity/paternity leave, family close at hand or not, how easy the baby is - some are a handful, some are not - etc.)After my first child was born I played no more than 5 or 6 games over the space of two years.  Didn't want to be away from the kid and I was fine with that.  After the second one, the hiatus was much shorter (about 6-8 months, iirc).  My gf had generous maternity leave second time around and I was full-time housefather by then, so circumstances were different.I wouldn't plan on anything other than being certain of the fact that you can't be certain how it will pan out <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  In my cases, as I am DM, my absence means no campaign- but the group went on and played other games in my absence, and I was able to slot back into things when I was able and willing to get back to the table.As for playing with kids/babies, I'd say that playing when they are in bed is the best way to approach things.  However, if several of you have kids, it might be possible to have game days where all the kids and non-gaming SOs can hang out.  I haven't tried this myself, but there are plenty of folks here who have.  In my current group, we all have kids of various ages and play at each other's houses in the evenings for 4-6 hours once the kids are in bed.You sound like you are pretty close with the pregnant couple and not willing to lose them from the game.  Talking over the options with them is a good approach - I'm sure you'll all settle on something that works.  As for the actual game, what about running a secondary party that follows a plot related to the main campaign for a while?  Although if you are near to the end, that might not be a satisfactory solution.  You could bring it to a penultimate season finale and then play something short-term for a while, before returning for a fully-fledged final season once things are more settled with the new parents.</blockquote>

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