How Many Firefly Lost Episodes?

I've been rather enjoying my "Firefly: The Lost Episodes" games. In particular, the use of the 'known' characters allows people to slot in very quickly to their roles. However, this week it occurred to me that MWP (publishers of the game) have now produced more pre-gen episodes for the game than there actually were episodes of the show. When we add to that possible conversions of the old Serenity adventures, and any Episodes that I generate myself (of which I hope there will be many), that very quickly starts to add up.

And so I found myself wondering how many Lost Episodes there could reasonably be, before we have to start moving beyond the film?

Firefly aired its single season in 2002. There were fourteen episodes, one of which was the double-length pilot episode. If we extrapolate that to a full 2002/03 season, then, we get a further seven episodes.

We can then add a full season for 2003/04, giving another 22 episodes, and then most of a 2004/05 season. This last gives 19 episodes, as the film is essentially a triple-length episode. So, a total of 48 Lost Episodes, of which I've run six. That's enough for about three and a half years of gaming, which is probably plenty!

There's a certain story oddity to that, since the film is in many ways a conclusion to the first season of the show rather than the third, resolving as it does the issues surrounding the Reavers, and Simon and River being on the run. It also fits best if it occurs just a few months after Inara leaves, which should be rights be shortly after the last episode of the show. Indeed, in a perfect world I'd just jump beyond the film and start there. The problem with that can be summed up in one word: Wash.

Another possibility is to run another year or so of Lost Episodes, handling Inara and Book leaving at some point, and then bringing that series to an end. And then advancing the timeline to catch up with my Christmas Games to start "Firefly: Phase II".

Or a third option would be to simply ignore the film entirely, and just run indefinitely. Book never leaves, Wash never dies, and all is shiny.

Or something. I'm probably over-thinking things, since who knows what my thinking might be in three years time?