What is the longest you've gamed with a group?

[Rechan]

It's always a shock to me to see people gaming with the same people. I've never been in an in-person group (not campaign, group) that lasted more than 7 months. Anything I've ever had for a longer time was online, which based on the livelihood of online games, is a miracle.

 

[Crazy Jerome]

Primary group together for 24 calendar years and counting, though with a two year layoff in the middle when I was transferred cross country. Six of us started together in college. I'm the only guy in that six. Since then, we've added five other guys, from 18 years ago to about 4 years ago. In the last few years, two or three have played very infrequently, and we finally lost one to a move after the last session. Of course, we've had a few layoffs over the years with people moving away, but they always seem to end up moving back eventually.

Having two married couples in a group, whot get along fine, really makes for a stable core.

I had a parallel group in the mid '90s that lasted for a few years, but a move across state killed that one.

 

[El Mahdi]

I started gaming while in the Air Force. So the length of time a group lasted was dependent upon people getting orders to new assignments.

The longest consistent group I was a part of was the first one I was in at RAF Mildenhall. It lasted a little over three years with most of the original group intact (though there were temporary absences due to deployments).

 

[Treebore]

My longest lived group is my wife, kids, and I, at about 8 years now. Aside from that my longest lived face to face group it around 5 years, and my online SKYPE/Maptools group is 4.5 years old, with over 50% original members, meaning 4 out of 7 of us.

 

[scourger]

There are 3 of us left in our core group. I've been gaming with 1 since 1991 and the other since 2001. Since that is both happy and sad, I'm focusing on the happy aspects of it.

 

[SkredlitheOgre]

Let's see.

I had a group in college that met for three years with all of the same players.

I was part of a GURPS group that lasted about four and a half to five years before one guy left for a tour of duty in Afghanistan (RIP, Aaron) and then personal problems cause the group to implode. The GM, one other player and I (out of a group of eight) kept playing for about another six months.

A 3e group that lasted a couple of years. A few of those players want to 'put the band back together.' I'll have to see how my schedule is in the new year.

Another GURPS group that was the same people left over from the original GURPS group with a rotating fourth person for...I dunno...two years?

My current Pathfinder group has been playing for about a year.

I think that's everything.

 

[OnlineDM]

Well, I'm still new to the game (only started at the beginning of 2010). I have one group that I've gamed with in-person since January 2010 (we've added two players, but the original five are all still there - and we just played today!). I also have my online group that's been running since July 2010 (three of the original five are still in it, and I think a fourth might be back soon).

So, a good start!

 

[Stormonu]

I've had several groups come and go, often with members of one group becoming core members of another.

1st - 3 core players, lasted 4 years
2nd - 3 core players, lasted 2 years
3rd - 7 core players, lasted 5 years
4th - 5 core players, lasted 2 years
(2 year gap of steady play)
5th - 3 core players, lasted 2 years
6th - 4 core players, lasted 1 year
7th (overlap during 6th group) - 2 core players, lasted 2 years
8th - 5 core players, lasted 3 years
9th (and current) - 5 core players, lasted 2 years so far

I've also been playing off an on with my kids & wife of late, and some short stints with my brother and some of his friends (usually about 3-4 players)