Campaign Duration Considerations & Logistics ⏳📆 #DMRoundtable

What do you weigh most when you're planning out a campaign's real-life considerations and logistics? How do you save or end a campaign? #DND5e #TTRPG I'm joined by these DM specimens to discuss our thoughts and experiences with imparting special tasks to players: 🎩Fred from How to D&D: https://www.youtube.com/c/HowtoDD 🛅Wally DM: https://www.youtube.com/c/WallyDM 🎒Josh from Dungeoneer's Pack: https://www.youtube.com/c/DungeoneersPack Want more DM roundtable discussions? Check out this list of our collaborators' videos! https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/dmroundtable ⏰Time Stamps: 00:00​ What to consider when planning a campaign's duration? 00:34 Loosey-goosey 02:02 Find your personal rhythm 02:36 Prewritten adventures are easier to estimate the endpoint 03:23 Natural endings don't have to end your character 04:00 Session zero duration expectations 04:45 You don't have to rush level 20 05:24 The longer you play, the more you want a change 05:55 DM being upfront 06:23 Natural conclusions 07:02 Start new campaigns, allow characters to continue 07:27 Adjust along the way 07:59 How much effort for the DM? (homebrew = more) 08:25 Online vs in-person games 09:12 Reusing characters from ended campaigns 09:46 Practical considerations from experience 10:27 Frequency and length of sessions 10:53 Favoritism and feeling obligated to play 12:07 Cancellations vs player spotlight 12:44 Session zero never ends 13:34 When a player doesn't want to play their character anymore 14:08 Retraining and ignoring suspension of disbelief 14:38 Relationship of suspension of disbelief and fun 15:05 You know our friends better than we do --------- 🎈 Shop our loot on Redbubble: flutesloot.redbubble.com 🎈 Cast Friendship on Flutes Loot: 👔Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flutesloot 📱Twitter: https://twitter.com/Flutes_Loot​​​​ 📘Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flutesloot​​​​ 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flutesloot​​​​ 📌Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/flutesloot​​​​ 👀Read more articles: https://www.flutesloot.com​​​​?utm_source=youtube Affiliate Links (a portion of sales provide gold to our coffers)! 💰 • 📔Players Handbook (D&D 5e): https://amzn.to/2PAeJW7 • 😈Monster Manual (D&D 5e): https://amzn.to/2PWuLJI • 👑Dungeon Master's Guide (D&D 5e): https://amzn.to/3fFnIzY • 🎁D&D 5e Rules Expansion Gift Set: https://amzn.to/3zPWQ6P • 🐠Xanathar's Guide to Everything: https://amzn.to/3fDfbxH • 🐸Tasha's Cauldron of Everything: https://amzn.to/3sRX7DB • 💀Curse of Strahd: https://amzn.to/3dxAI8n • 💀Curse of Strahd reVamped (get it?): https://amzn.to/2PUaiWf • 💀Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft: https://amzn.to/39Ke5MC • 🐙Volo's Guide to Monsters: https://amzn.to/31NKe1q • 🎓Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos: https://amzn.to/3kF1KiD • 🐇The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure: https://amzn.to/3AJcSkk • 🐉Fizban's Treasury of Dragons: https://amzn.to/3zHexpd • 🖊dScryb (finely crafted boxed text) https://dscryb.com/?aff=213 ---------- Flutes Loot Theme by the incredibly talented Max Wardle: http://maxwmusic.com/​​​​ 🎧 🎼 🎹 Star assets derivative of FreePik.com asset.⭐️ -------------- ©2021, Flutes Loot is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy and is not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. Use, modification, and distribution of Wizards of the Coast's content is under the Open Game License v 1.0a Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.