The Future of Computers in D&D

[UngainlyTitan]

I find interesting how many people are taking tech into their tables. Personally, I like the complete opposite approach, even considering most of the people in my table are tech freaks with Ph.D. titles.

I see D&D as a social game and thus I see crunch as an obstacle and not as a tool. For that reason I ditched 3e long ago and never tried 4e, restricting my self to the older editions that, despite the several quirks are much simpler than the newer ones. Not surprisingly, I don't actually need any automation as I keep playing simpler games.

To not say my table is firmly set in the 20th Century, my players often checked the Internet when playing Call of Cthulhu to find out facts about exotic locations and I don't mind people reading rules on a tablet but, as much as my experience tells, it is quicker to check actual books, as long as you are familiar woth them.

I have recently brough a pc and graphics tablet to the table not so much to automatethe action but the record my notes in a way that I won't loose them.

 

[Henry]

You have IMAX movie theaters with modern conveniences, but you still have plenty of people getting together to tell ghost stories around actual campfires.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

You have IMAX movie theaters with modern conveniences, but you still have plenty of people getting together to tell ghost stories around actual campfires.

I would not be surprised if somewhere right now somone is telling a ghost story over Skype.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Deus ex Macintosh...

 

[Agamon]

I, for one, will welcome our new AI overlords.