* * * Wizards Community Thread * * * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thread : Longest Running Classic Campaign? Started at 12-20-06 12:10 AM by Therese404 Visit at http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=758684 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 1] Author : Therese404 Date : 12-20-06 12:10 AM Thread Title : Longest Running Classic Campaign? Currently playing a First Edt Campaign called "Bloodstone" & wanted to know what was the longest running campaign anybody had. So far 12 months is the longest. My husband claims he had one run for 3 years, way back when he was at high school. Cheers Therese -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 2] Author : Extempus Date : 12-20-06 12:34 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? My Greyhawk campaign has been running since September 1981, when I first started playing AD&D. Granted, I was just a player then and had entered a campaign that started some months prior, but I took over DMing in January/February 1982, and while the players have changed (I used to live in Australia and moved back here in 1984, so none of them are around anymore! LOL) and the campaign was kinda quiet while I was in the Air Force (1985-88), my characters have always been in it either as NPCs (usually) or PCs (when someone else decides to DM a new adventure). If that doesn't completely count, then it's definitely been running since late 1988, with my dad and brother as regular players in the same campaign since then. That's still 18 years, but I consider it to be 25... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 3] Author : realmaster Date : 12-20-06 02:11 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? we had a greyhawk campaign going for about 5 years. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 4] Author : GoriceXII Date : 12-20-06 09:57 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? Since 1981...that is a LONG time. My longest was about 3 years as well, but I've been gaming with my current group for about 11 years. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 5] Author : thorian Date : 12-20-06 07:37 PM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? We have one campaign that has been running since 1991. We just finished part of the Bloodstone series, and are about to get into some mass combat in another part of the series. The characters started as 1st level in 2E, and are now ~25th level in 3.5E. We have one other campaign which has been running for about 10 years, and those characters have made it to ~14th level. Pretty much the same players and characters. I consider our group lucky to have been able to play together for so long. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 6] Author : red_scare87 Date : 12-22-06 08:01 PM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? Eh, my longest is a 2nd Edition ADnD campaign that's been going on since 1999. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 7] Author : Lord Gwydion Date : 12-24-06 02:34 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? From when I got the red Basic Set until roughly about the time I graduated from college, my friends and I had a game going that lasted about 11 years (with a Star Frontiers game going as well that lasted about 8 years during the same time). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 8] Author : Llwch Date : 12-28-06 12:55 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? My longest running campaign is my current PBEM. We (my players and I) started it in February 2000, and have been through a lot. Even with RL issues causing stoppages (we had a nearly 2 year hiatus, once), the game is still going strong. Granted, the slower pace on PBeMs makes a poor comparison to tabletop gaming, when one talks of longevity. The longest tabletop campaign I ran was back in high school. Nearly 2 years in total. Crazy days, those... Had to end it when I went to college in 1992. Laterz. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 9] Author : LordBrightheart Date : 12-28-06 10:46 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? I have been running my Campaign since 1985. It is called the Mystic Ilse. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 10] Author : Elendur Date : 12-28-06 01:40 PM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? So far it's taken us 4 years to run through B2, A1-4, G1-3, D1 and we're currently on D2. While I'd like to wrap up the campaign this year by finishing D3 and Q1, but I'm guessing it will take closer to two years. Back in high school things usually didn't last longer than a semester or two. Of we had a lot more marathon sessions, so we still got in a good bit of gaming. As an adult things are more stable. Same 6 people (3 married couples), playing about 6 to 8 hours every other weekend. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 11] Author : havard Date : 12-29-06 06:44 PM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? Although divided into four distinctively separate chapters, my Mystara campaign has been going on since 1988. It can only arguably be called a "classic campaign" though since different rule systems have been used along the way including Classic D&D, GURPS, MasterBook, TORG, Dragonlance SAGA and 3E. Settingwise it covers the years AC 990-AC1020, plus a current side trek to the Blackmoor Era BC ca 5000. Havard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 12] Author : ZolDarklock Date : 01-03-07 02:20 PM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? 4 years real world time, 24 years game world time... and yes my players played damn near every day, and damn near 8+ hours at a time...it was like having a full time job as a DM, it's a wonder I ever graduated school at all... they started at 3rd level "every creature was at least 3hd, and had classes if they had a high enough intelligence, and we used a 4,6,8,10,12,& 16 hp per hd rule based on size of creature "4 tiny, 6 small, 8 med, 10 large, 12 huge, 16 gargantuan" yes my dragons had 16 hp per hd, and class levels, and were never afraid to use magical items to their best...and they party ended around 30th level...my levels were based on a very hard system of achievement, you had to prove through actions that you were good enough to advance a level, basically about 4x the experience points for a normal game, in the end even avatars feared my pc's... my pc's dealiest foes were slarkrethal an 24 arm double size 36hd kraken with 20 priest calss levels and a chosen of umberlee, fzoul a 28th level priest chosen of bane, zol darklock a shade prince wiz20/ftr20/thf20 demi-power, radoc wiz25/pre25, xvim son of bane, high hands adventures, fangs of set adventurers, dragons like inferno, gotha, brimstone, maledore rex, kizzap and the undead cabal whose members included shoon, sadi, kartek, and other notable powers like artemis, naeros, mellifluer, kalchesis, drumorg... my world of fr had an almost dark sun/ravenloft feel to it, especially after my ToT world devastation, for awhile even the good guys couldn't be trusted not to stab you in the back, it was a dog eat dog world where survival by any means trumpted everything, poor paladins didn't stand a chance. ;-) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 13] Author : Monteblanco Date : 01-04-07 04:08 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? My longest campaigns took a little more than a year. However, I have a friend who is running the same campaign for the last ten years or so, although he take regular breaks not to tire his players (I've participated but not recently). Still, the record is for Dave Arneson. His Blackmoore campaign, from which D&D was developed, is still going own for more than 30 years. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 14] Author : Extempus Date : 01-04-07 04:57 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? 4 years real world time, 24 years game world time... Interesting... my campaign has been going on for 25 years real time (September 1981-present), but only 20 years game time (581 CY-601 CY)... every few years, once the current lot of adventures are over, I advance game time anywhere from 6 months to 2 years (ie, the characters are actually getting back to their real jobs of running their respective nations, researching new spells, creating new magic items and so on during this down time)... Still, the record is for Dave Arneson. His Blackmoore campaign, from which D&D was developed, is still going own for more than 30 years.Good point... very true. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 15] Author : ZolDarklock Date : 01-05-07 01:59 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? How the hell does a dm advance game time, only the players can control the time, the dm's can only count it.... it's the players not the dm that decide how much time they spend doing anything... FYI if your players change then it's not the same campaign, it's a new one, with different players.... 25 levels in 15 years...damn lol my players had to get about 4 times the xp required for each level as just one of the conditions they had to meet and I still had to find extraordinary ways to keep them from gaining levels every freakin day....it took them "7 days a week, 8+ hours a day, for 4 years straight" to gain an average of 25 levels seems like a lot of the games here are extremely long running but apparently go nowhere -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 16] Author : Extempus Date : 01-05-07 04:07 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? How the hell does a dm advance game time, only the players can control the time, the dm's can only count it.... it's the players not the dm that decide how much time they spend doing anything...The DM runs the game and can easily advance game time, I've done it many times before. I don't know about anyone else, but roleplaying the typical daily routine of ruling one's nation can get pretty dull and boring (unless you love political crap, listening to citizens' complaints, dealing with economic problems and so on), which is why I move things along upwards of 2 years at a time. The adventure is where the excitement's at! FYI if your players change then it's not the same campaign, it's a new one, with different players....Considering my dad has been a player from 1981-84 and 1988-present, that makes it the same campaign as far as I'm concerned, especially since my characters have always been part of it too, as both PCs and NPCs. Even if the first 7 years don't count in your book, it's still 18+ years and counting. 25 levels in 15 years...damn lol my players had to get about 4 times the xp required for each level as just one of the conditions they had to meet and I still had to find extraordinary ways to keep them from gaining levels every freakin day....it took them "7 days a week, 8+ hours a day, for 4 years straight" to gain an average of 25 levelsMy highest level character is a 24th level priest, and I think that's perfect for 25 years real time/20 years game time. I got tired of keeping track of experience points for my own characters, so after every year or so of play, I decide everyone's had enough experience to advance another level. It's actually not unlike Dave Hargrave's idea for level advancement (The Compleat Arduin, Book One: The Rules, p. 103) seems like a lot of the games here are extremely long running but apparently go nowhere I'm curious, where do you think a game has to go? My idea for my campaign is that it is just like real life, you never know what's going to happen. There are good guys, bad guys, and everything in between, and there is always adventure. Just because an adventure ends doesn't mean you have to end the campaign and start a new one! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 17] Author : Dochenor Date : 01-06-07 02:40 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? When me, two of my cousins and my brother-in-law first created my world it was back in 1989. We played the same seven major character, switching GMs for 4 years. Then i moved and got a new group who played as the children and younger sibling of three of the original characters. That lasted about a year and half. I played on the same world since 1989 and three of the original seven are still around (as NPC obviously). I considered it an ongoing extended campaign. Several of the smaller campigns in my world have lasted for a year or more. I don't know how you would count it. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 18] Author : Therese404 Date : 01-06-07 05:59 AM Thread Title : Re: Longest Running Classic Campaign? Thanks guys & gals Therese -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Downloaded from Wizards Community (http://forums.gleemax.com) at 05-10-08 08:21 AM.