Mike Shea, otherwise known as Sly Flourish, held a survey over recent months to look at how Dungeons & Dragons DMs prepare and run their games. The results have now been released, and they make for some interesting reading. For example, most people play weekly for about four hours (as expected) with about an hour to two-hours preparation time. Over half play at home, about 10% in public, and about 20% play online. Over half use their own settings, 38% play in the Realms, and 5% in other D&D settings. Two thirds run their own adventures, with one third running published adventures. Check out Mike's full report (it's long!) for all the data!
Some key points:
If you want to analysis the data yourself, you can do so here (CSV file).
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Some key points:
- 6,600 respondents.
- Most people play weekly for about four hours (as expected) with about an hour to two-hours preparation time.
- Over half play at home, about 10% in public, and about 20% play online.
- Over half use their own settings, 38% play in the Realms, and 5% in other D&D settings.
- Two thirds run their own adventures, with one third running published adventures.
- The Kobold Fight Club online encounter builder is the most used tool. Ahead of dice, apparently!
If you want to analysis the data yourself, you can do so here (CSV file).
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