# Living campaign

- Term: Tabletop term
- Canonical: https://www.lanternhall.org/lexicon/living-campaign/

> An organized-play format in which thousands of players run characters through a shared, persistent setting at conventions and game stores, with results carried from table to table. The RPGA's Living City and later Pathfinder Society and D&D Adventurers League followed this model.

An organized-play format in which thousands of players run characters through a shared, persistent setting at conventions and game stores, with results carried from table to table. The RPGA's Living City and later Pathfinder Society and D&D Adventurers League followed this model.

**Origin:** Developed by TSR's Role Playing Game Association (RPGA), which ran large programs at Gen Con from the 1980s.

## Quick answers

**What does "Living campaign" mean?**
An organized-play format in which thousands of players run characters through a shared, persistent setting at conventions and game stores, with results carried from table to table. The RPGA's Living City and later Pathfinder Society and D&D Adventurers League followed this model.

**Where does the term "Living campaign" come from?**
Developed by TSR's Role Playing Game Association (RPGA), which ran large programs at Gen Con from the 1980s.

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