I've been here for nearly the entire D&D ride, and at first I was concerned about "today's news". Cause I'm a big fan of Dancey and his efforts.
But I realized that it doesn't matter. I am just going to keep on gaming. Ninjas will not come to my house and take my books (and even if they did I could probably reproduce enough from memory to still keep playing).
There were times in the late 70s and 80s were it was hard to find gamers in the environments I was in, but we met each other and played, made house rules, and had fun. If the whole thing crashes (and I doubt it will) we will just press on....which is the point of this "plus" thread.
How Would You Keep Gaming and What Good Methods Would Your Group Adopt?
For us, since due to schedules, travel, and job moves, we have become spread out and mostly game together online;
a. Probably create Excel or equivalent character sheets. Could use hand written, but in the last decade or so we have really gotten used to at least basic calculations.
b. Discord for chat, definitely. (Maybe dice roller, maybe not, we are trusting sorts.
c. Theater of the mind for the play? We love us some maps though. Hmmmm.
d. We have used Roll20 for nothing but token position and maps, could continue in that manner. Or I could draw a map and have a camera pointed at it, and move stuff for folks.
So really, assuming the sky is falling and the Armageddon has commenced, what cool ideas do you have for playing in "isolation" if you had to?*
(no OGL debates/arguments here please)
But I realized that it doesn't matter. I am just going to keep on gaming. Ninjas will not come to my house and take my books (and even if they did I could probably reproduce enough from memory to still keep playing).
There were times in the late 70s and 80s were it was hard to find gamers in the environments I was in, but we met each other and played, made house rules, and had fun. If the whole thing crashes (and I doubt it will) we will just press on....which is the point of this "plus" thread.
How Would You Keep Gaming and What Good Methods Would Your Group Adopt?
For us, since due to schedules, travel, and job moves, we have become spread out and mostly game together online;
a. Probably create Excel or equivalent character sheets. Could use hand written, but in the last decade or so we have really gotten used to at least basic calculations.
b. Discord for chat, definitely. (Maybe dice roller, maybe not, we are trusting sorts.
c. Theater of the mind for the play? We love us some maps though. Hmmmm.
d. We have used Roll20 for nothing but token position and maps, could continue in that manner. Or I could draw a map and have a camera pointed at it, and move stuff for folks.
So really, assuming the sky is falling and the Armageddon has commenced, what cool ideas do you have for playing in "isolation" if you had to?*
(no OGL debates/arguments here please)