August 26, 2025

Episode 330: Play Styles, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

55 minutes

Saul was reading and thinking about long campaigns and what it took to keep them going for extended period of time. Saul ran two D&D to Pathfinder Campaigns from 2001 to 2009. Then he started running campaigns for his 6 year old son and his friends. Saul ran another 2 campaigns starting with Pathfinder to D&D 5th edition which concluded right before the pandemic. What kept these 4 different campaigns going for an average of 4 and a half years each?

The answer to that question is Style. Each player in those 4 groups by chance or work approached the campaigns with a similar style. What kind of Styles are there? There is probably more than anyone could discuss but Saul group players in to a few rather general groups. He discussed it with Jolene and they recorded a podcast episode about it.

This one runs a bit longer than usual.

Thanks for listening.

Website Art by Jim Foster

Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones

Music by Shu Dee Low, song is Style off the album De Musiques.

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