Online tools for remote gaming

[Dastari]

I have a bunch of friends who want to play but most of them live in different places. Does anyone know of good sites/resources for remote gaming? I know a friend who skypes in a remote player and they set up a webcam to look at the minis but that's only one player. All of mine except one would be remote and we're looking at 6 players. From previous experience with podcasts it seems that Skype has issues with quality once you get beyond four people on a call and that's with an audio-only conference.

I've heard that there are more D&D specific type tools to use and I'd like to try and experiment with several of them to see what works. Any help on this topic would be greatly appreciated.

 

[GMMichael]

penandpapergames.com

See: chatroom.

 

[Morrus]

For campaign management, groups here at EN World have a bunch of tools for that.

For actual play, Roll20 won an ENnie this year; it has a very good reputation.

 

[Dastari]

penandpapergames.com

See: chatroom.

I tried signing up there. The activation e-mail still hasn't hit my e-mail. I checked the spam folder and it's not there either. I even asked for another activation e-mail and still nothing.

 

[GMMichael]

I tried signing up there. The activation e-mail still hasn't hit my e-mail. I checked the spam folder and it's not there either. I even asked for another activation e-mail and still nothing.

PM me your email and/or the user name you chose. Maybe I can help push it through.

It's pretty cool for games, because it has a dice roller that can throw multiple sets of dice at a time, a shared deck of cards (all face up), and a shared whiteboard as well. My favorite GM tool: the ability to drop brief Youtube music-clips into the chat!

Cue combat music...