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<blockquote data-quote="Alarian" data-source="post: 7662700" data-attributes="member: 24407"><p>I'll give you my thoughts on how I plan on using it. I did pledge in the Kickstarter and knew going in that it was going to be a work in progress. Are they as far along now as I thought they would be? Honestly no, but I'm also not that worried as I've watched Hero Lab develop and know they put out great (if not the best out there) digital rpg products. I think Realm Works is going to be in that same category. They best Campaign manager out there and probably is already. </p><p></p><p>For me, I don't envision using it at the table really at all. I see myself taking notes as the night goes on and then entering it in after the session is over. I don't feel players need to be looking stuff in real time while we're playing as they can simply ask me if they are trying to remember something or have another question. The value to me is that I have the database with my entire campaign and if we're away from the table and a player is trying to remember something then they could look it up online any time they want. Is there a value in being able to print stuff out? Most certainly. Mainly I could see creating your adventure for the night in Realm Work and then Printing it out and bringing it with you so you don't have to bring your computer/tablet with you. I do create my adventures on my computer (in Word) so in that respect there will be a bit of extra work as I will still have to create it in Word so I can bring it with me to the game, and then enter it in Realm Works if I want it in there as well, but at least at this point I don't really have plans to do that. I will enter in anything important that may have happened during the adventure, perhaps enter in any NPC's they encounter and things like that but I don't know how much beyond that.</p><p></p><p>As to features not yet implemented, other than the store, I'm probably not the best person to ask as I haven't really had a chance to start using Realm Works like I planned. After pledging for the program in KS we (my wife and I) had a 2 year old girl come to live with us unexpectedly (all our other kids are older) and as of a few months ago we adopted her, with me being the stay-at-home dad, all my expected free time disappeared. I do try and keep up with whats going on by reading the newsletters and checking out the forums periodically, but I haven't had the time yet to start entering in my campaign. </p><p></p><p>I will say in the places I've been, (which must be different than where pickin_grinnin hangs out) while I have definitely seen some disappointment in what's being developed coming up, (I was really hoping for weather and custom calendars) I certainly haven't seen the masses of dissatisfied customers he has. By far and large most of what I've seen is positive in pretty much all aspects.</p><p></p><p>I will also say if it's so easy to do it "right" perhaps you could corner the market pickin_grinnin and whip out this full featured program in a few months and show them how to do it. Perhaps you'll make a fortune.</p><p></p><p>PS. I apologise if I come across a bit negative at pickin_grinnin I just get annoyed sometimes when someone shows up and tells another successful company they don't know how to run a business (and basically calls them crooks).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alarian, post: 7662700, member: 24407"] I'll give you my thoughts on how I plan on using it. I did pledge in the Kickstarter and knew going in that it was going to be a work in progress. Are they as far along now as I thought they would be? Honestly no, but I'm also not that worried as I've watched Hero Lab develop and know they put out great (if not the best out there) digital rpg products. I think Realm Works is going to be in that same category. They best Campaign manager out there and probably is already. For me, I don't envision using it at the table really at all. I see myself taking notes as the night goes on and then entering it in after the session is over. I don't feel players need to be looking stuff in real time while we're playing as they can simply ask me if they are trying to remember something or have another question. The value to me is that I have the database with my entire campaign and if we're away from the table and a player is trying to remember something then they could look it up online any time they want. Is there a value in being able to print stuff out? Most certainly. Mainly I could see creating your adventure for the night in Realm Work and then Printing it out and bringing it with you so you don't have to bring your computer/tablet with you. I do create my adventures on my computer (in Word) so in that respect there will be a bit of extra work as I will still have to create it in Word so I can bring it with me to the game, and then enter it in Realm Works if I want it in there as well, but at least at this point I don't really have plans to do that. I will enter in anything important that may have happened during the adventure, perhaps enter in any NPC's they encounter and things like that but I don't know how much beyond that. As to features not yet implemented, other than the store, I'm probably not the best person to ask as I haven't really had a chance to start using Realm Works like I planned. After pledging for the program in KS we (my wife and I) had a 2 year old girl come to live with us unexpectedly (all our other kids are older) and as of a few months ago we adopted her, with me being the stay-at-home dad, all my expected free time disappeared. I do try and keep up with whats going on by reading the newsletters and checking out the forums periodically, but I haven't had the time yet to start entering in my campaign. I will say in the places I've been, (which must be different than where pickin_grinnin hangs out) while I have definitely seen some disappointment in what's being developed coming up, (I was really hoping for weather and custom calendars) I certainly haven't seen the masses of dissatisfied customers he has. By far and large most of what I've seen is positive in pretty much all aspects. I will also say if it's so easy to do it "right" perhaps you could corner the market pickin_grinnin and whip out this full featured program in a few months and show them how to do it. Perhaps you'll make a fortune. PS. I apologise if I come across a bit negative at pickin_grinnin I just get annoyed sometimes when someone shows up and tells another successful company they don't know how to run a business (and basically calls them crooks). [/QUOTE]
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