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Table Insights and trends from Recap Raven
How long does combat last? How much does the GM speak? Who gets a memorable moment? Explore the patterns behind D&D and other tabletop RPG sessions, through anonymous Recap Raven statistics. Free to use with citation.
Combat & pacing
Consecutive combat scenes are combined to estimate how long a fight lasts. These timings describe continuous combat blocks; a fight can still be split if another activity appears between its scenes.
The headline measure
45.7 minutes
Mean · consecutive combat scenes
Use this as a rough planning reference, alongside the encounters your own group enjoys.
Combine adjacent timed scenes whose main activity is combat, sum their classified durations, then average the block lengths. A different or unclassified scene ends the block.
Share of consecutive combat blocks
See how often continuous combat occupies an hour or more of the recording.
Combine consecutive timed combat scenes, then compare blocks shorter than 60 minutes with blocks lasting at least 60 minutes. This measures the combined blocks, not individual scene segments.
Of sessions with classified scenes
A way to discuss whether your players want a fight every game or are happy with some evenings without one.
The percentage of classified sessions containing at least one combat scene. Sessions without combat remain in the denominator.
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