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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Varianor Abroad" data-source="post: 2021438" data-attributes="member: 12425">I roll everything for the players and fill them in. That way you're dealing with the rich roleplaying and story environment and not bogging down on minutia. Keep in mind that with 2-4 players, it can take literally weeks to finish a combat in email or on a message board. If someone gets sick, takes vacation, or just vanishes, it goes even longer. I've checked out some online whiteboard applications. They seem to work okay for a group running an IRC game, but they weren't helpful for my group, many of whom are checking on a break from work or at lunch and can't launch such things. My solution was twofold. One, a player suggested quick hand-typed maps using the Courier font (so that everything spaces evenly). Second, when I have time, I whip up a map in Fractal Mapper (never bought CC, but am thinking about it) and email that around as an image. One advantage to using the computer is that I can Google search for images, and send a link to an image. "You see this." Or "Imagine this is the Chancery, but just edit out that car in the foreground."</blockquote>