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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jan van Leyden" data-source="post: 4086564" data-attributes="member: 20307">A rules database is next to useless as source of first-hand information. It might be a decent tool for referencing rules during play - which I don't do because I don't have a laptop and the computer is too far away from the gaming table.A well done electronic version of the books would be much more useful due to the context of the rules, but I'm sure that those offerings will not be well done.For me to invest a substantial amount of money into additional electronic versions, they'll have to be easily researchable, thoroughly hyperlinked and set in landscape format instead of portrait.The other perks of DDI are not worth 10-15$ for me.Virtual Game Table? I prefer playing at my living room table. If I'd want to try it out as a player, I'd rather buy the 24h-tickets.Character Visualizer? See the first point. To build a character model for printing it out in a character sheet would be a tiny, additional perk.Character Creator? E-tools II for rent instead of purchase, anyone? I really want to see a positive track record with this before I consider it an asset.Dungeon & Dragon? 160 pages of PDFs hold no value for me. It would take more time to read it on-screen than I'm willing to spend. I'll rather buy the annual "Best ofs" of these magazines should they be published.DM Tools? These could be cool^H^H^H^H very usefull, but as I'm running only 2-3 sessions per month, the cost is too high. Sell me this for 30$ instead!So no, it looks like I'll keep playing a traditional game with no more computer assistance than today. Several months ago I was enthusiastic concerning this initiative, today I'm very pessimistic - and have sworn to better control my spending habits.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:"  data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> I'm looking very much forward to a public beta or a free test-run of DDI, nevertheless. ---HuldvollJan van Leyden</blockquote>

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