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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8117794" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>When starting a new campaign, if someone asks me how long I intend to run it my usual answer is "Ideally, the rest of my life; no fixed end point. In practice, let's see how it goes."</p><p></p><p>So far I've had three. </p><p></p><p>The first went 10 years before a) I (and others) realized our system had trouble with high-level play and b) I-as-DM finally got fed up with my own setting, I'd written myself into too many annoying corners. I was able to bring it to a story-based conclusion and close the book on it.</p><p></p><p>The second went well over 12 years, and ended because I'd pretty much run out of ideas for it...except I didn't bring it to a conclusion, and in theory we could start it up again sometime. And the rules system was starting to wobble again as well.</p><p></p><p>The third is now well over 11 years and still has legs, though covid has put a bit of a hole in it as I have absolutely no interest in running anything online. But, at the moment down to one player and me, it's still going... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>There's a small core of us who have been involved through most of these, and numerous other players have come and gone over the years.</p><p></p><p>It can be done, provided the DM is in the situation of being able to live long-term in the same town or close and has long-term friends who want to play. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8117794, member: 29398"] When starting a new campaign, if someone asks me how long I intend to run it my usual answer is "Ideally, the rest of my life; no fixed end point. In practice, let's see how it goes." So far I've had three. The first went 10 years before a) I (and others) realized our system had trouble with high-level play and b) I-as-DM finally got fed up with my own setting, I'd written myself into too many annoying corners. I was able to bring it to a story-based conclusion and close the book on it. The second went well over 12 years, and ended because I'd pretty much run out of ideas for it...except I didn't bring it to a conclusion, and in theory we could start it up again sometime. And the rules system was starting to wobble again as well. The third is now well over 11 years and still has legs, though covid has put a bit of a hole in it as I have absolutely no interest in running anything online. But, at the moment down to one player and me, it's still going... :) There's a small core of us who have been involved through most of these, and numerous other players have come and gone over the years. It can be done, provided the DM is in the situation of being able to live long-term in the same town or close and has long-term friends who want to play. :) [/QUOTE]
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