Series 2 Quest run time ranking

[Talon Stormwarden]

I'm considering scheduling 2 Series 2 quests in one of our store slots, and if I'm going to do that, I definitely don't want to schedule 2 long ones together. I'd like to get community opinions on ranking of adventure length so that I at least have a chance to get 2 done in a slot.

I've played or run all of these, some only once, but from what I recall this might be a rough order of longest to shortest. I'd love to get other inputs.

#20 The Dacilane Academy's Show Must Go On
#15 In the Footsteps of Horror
#16 The Winter Queen's Dollhouse
#18 Student Exchange
#17 Escorting a Mirage
#19 The Elsewhere Feast
#14 The Swordlord's Challenge

[Hilary Moon Murphy]

Oh yeah. This is a much needed thread!

In my opinion, Q20 The Show Must Go On cannot be run in less than 3 hours. It's fun, but it should have been a full scenario rather than a Quest.

[BretI]

I have not played all of them yet, but agree that Q20 The Dacilane Academy's Show Must Go On is the longest of them. I also agree it is about three hours.

We have been able to run Q14 The Swordlord’s Challenge and Q16 The Winter Queen’s Dollhouse in a two hour slot reliably.

One and a half to two hours is definitely a sweet spot for scheduling these quests. If they run much longer than that it becomes more difficult to sell them as short adventures. This can be a big deal for conventions and stores with limited hours.

[Kittyburger]

What HMM and Bret said. 1.5 to 2 hours is great for Quests, when it gets to 3 hours or so it's REALLY hard to sell for players.

[Squark]

I concur with your rankings as far as the quests I've played go. I've been hoping to run Q20 soon, so I'll have to remember to request a short one to go with it.

[Malevolent_Maple]

First run of Q21 was about 1.5 hours (on VTT, so YMMV). They did manage to skip an encounter, so I can see 2 hours being the average.