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Just watched the trailer video, was nostalgia-bombed by the drop-in import of the note from the beginning of CotCT: Edge of Anarchy. The quality of the trailer gives me high hopes for the project. Any idea when the closed beta will open up to supporters?

It's not necessarily a matter of distrust. Maybe I want to see what magic items they have so that I can tailor the next encounter's treasure accordingly. Maybe I want to get an idea of the party's total surges without tipping them off to the fact that I'll be taking the next encounter down a...

It's not about emulating the very act of sitting around a table. It's about negating the immense gulf that exists between how games play in real life and how games play on the internet. When the DM needs to check your sheet to make sure you're keeping track of your surges/HP/spells/item uses...

I think what people need is a user experience that makes it no more difficult and no less enjoyable to play a game over the internet in front of their computers and webcams than playing a game over a kitchen table with everyone in the same room. The closer we can get to that experience, the better.

But they succeed in providing an integrated character sheet option. I'd like for this new project to be a clear step forward, not a step sideways. Replacing common features with a less common feature is not, to my mind, a step forward. It's just a reconfiguring of priorities.

You don't need video chat either, but it's much nicer to have it integrated into the program than be forced to figure out an external solution to what most VTTs have already solved internally. I don't see any reason to treat VTTs as literal virtual tabletops. They have the potential to be so...

I've been messing around with VTTs since WebRPG came out last millennium. Even back then they not only had character sheet functionality built in, but they had a modular system where you could design your own functional character sheets, including graphics and macros! This is a feature that's...

Again, given the nigh-ubiquity of in-VTT character sheets in modern VTTs, it really would feel like it was missing a key feature if no character sheet support were present upon release. I'd like to see this project become a go-to for all VTT play, rather than simply being a good option for a...

I mean a document (the word "document" here used loosely) that contains your character's information that is viewable by everyone playing in the same game as you, or at the very least viewable by both you (the player) and the DM. As a DM, it is critical that both my players and I be able to look...

It's not a matter of figuring out a system that I can use. It's a matter of figuring out how to make this easiest for people who don't have time to figure out standalone voice/video apps.

Ease of use is definitely a noble goal, and very few VTTs have made significant headway in that department (the DDI VTT being one of the few). I guess what I'm getting at is that I don't see any reason not to include things like character sheet handling systems, or stat block integration, etc...

I'm not sure what you mean here by "focused on storytelling." The only novel feature that I can see is built-in video chat, and maybe background music. In addition, I'm a little concerned by the line, "Other virtual tabletop software tries to turn pen and paper into a video game." That's a...

This is only a valid observation if the dev team is working with a massive budget (enough to develop an entire new game with modern standards) or a shoestring budget (not enough to do a quality update to an old game). The reality is that they probably have something in between that is sufficient...

Because if you buy the enhanced editions, you'll be supporting the narrative that a Baldur's Gate 3 would be a worthwhile project to fund. Trent Oster stated today that he wants to see a Baldur's Gate 3, and that the Enhanced Editions are part of the "master plan". It's not just new content...

The Baldur's Gate website now features a countdown clock set to expire around noon PST tomorrow. The page source easter egg now reads simply, "It is coming."

There is also an upcoming Steam platform release, I believe. That ought to be Win 7 compatible.

D&D Online is, as you probably know, receiving an expansion in the near future that introduces the Forgotten Realms. So D&D Online will become another Forgotten Realms MMORPG. On top of Heroes of Neverwinter. And Neverwinter. The idea of four currently-supported MMORPGs in the same setting...

Aside from the side-scrolling aspect, that sounds pretty much exactly like the other current Forgotten Realms MMO I forgot to mention - the Facebook-platform Heroes of Neverwinter. Right down to the play-for-an-hour, free-to-play, microtransaction-based details. Like I said, the D&D MMO field...

I'd be astounded. There is already a D&D MMORPG on the market (D&D Online) with a new expansion pack just announced, and an upcoming D&D MMORPG (Neverwinter) currently in development. I can't see them licensing the IP out for another title right now. I also don't think an Infinity Engine MMO...

News is circulating today about the revival of the Baldur's Gate official website. The teaser is reportedly unrelated to the upcoming Steam release of the Baldur's Gate series, so whatever it is will be an exciting reveal. The Kotaku article discusses the possibility of an iOS port of the...