I'm thinking of playing the Tomb of Annihilation through with my group. We like to play 4 hour one-shots quite frequently but also run longer term campaigns, of which we are currently in the middle of two (without the time to start another).
How long does it take to play through the ToA, presuming you don't all die rapidly? Or even maybe, is there an average time for everyone to die? I've seen people having competitions, doing speed runs, etc. with this adventure, so I got the impression it was likely shorter than other published adventures.
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Starting from level 1 and running the full wilderness survival hex crawl, it's a full length campaign, probably taking anywhere from 6 months to over a year for most groups. You can shorten it by starting at level 9 and going straight to Omu, focusing on the events there and the tomb itself, which could probably be done in a shorter time frame. This part of the adventure is very heavy on puzzles and riddles though (each of the six floors of the final dungeon could easily take up a 4-hour session on its own as the party figures out its particular tricks) so it's hard to really rush it.