Coming from pathfinder 1e, I set my sessions at 4 hours with a 10 min break midway, weekly. It has proven to be successful in 3 campaigns thus far by providing ample time to roleplay, while still progressing the story. I was in a 2 hour or less campaign and we would crawl maybe 1 hex maybe every couple weeks. It was grueling.
TL;DR 4 hours weekly = sufficient for a year long campaign
Online 2-3, dming online drains my energy a lot. In person 4-7 hours. I don't really play that much though
I can understand that. The games I run are online and as odd as it sounds I am usually standing the whole time and walking around the room as I am telling the story elements of the game to keep my energy up.
If I'm DMing, 3.5 to 4 hours, whether online or in person. I've played with DMs who liked 2-2.5 hour sessions due to childcare, and those games went fine too.
My sessions last around 3.5 hours, but actual time spent playing is considerably less.
Coming from pathfinder 1e, I set my sessions at 4 hours with a 10 min break midway, weekly. It has proven to be successful in 3 campaigns thus far by providing ample time to roleplay, while still progressing the story. I was in a 2 hour or less campaign and we would crawl maybe 1 hex maybe every couple weeks. It was grueling.
TL;DR 4 hours weekly = sufficient for a year long campaign
Call me Knives.
Online 2-3, dming online drains my energy a lot. In person 4-7 hours. I don't really play that much though
I run two sessions a week with the same party. The first session runs from 3 to 3.5 hours and the second one runs 1.5 hours.
I can understand that. The games I run are online and as odd as it sounds I am usually standing the whole time and walking around the room as I am telling the story elements of the game to keep my energy up.
If I'm DMing, 3.5 to 4 hours, whether online or in person. I've played with DMs who liked 2-2.5 hour sessions due to childcare, and those games went fine too.
4 hours for our group, 7 pm to 11 pm.
I DM 12 hours minimum, every Saturday afternoon (in person). I wouldn't bother for less than 5-6 hours.
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usually about 5-6 hours is the standard, and then when we are really into it there is the rare 7 hour session