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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8362239">I have been playing exclusively on Skype and discord for years now. I love it. But I think it works best with the following approach: -Use theater of the mind. This isn't for everyone, but it really does make an online session feel much more like an in person session. I find online table top platforms and software, at least for me, tends to really reinforce the feeling that you are playing online and not in person. If you do theater of the mind, it isn't really that different from playing in person-Update everything all the time to avoid technical issues. This is I think the biggest hurdle to online gaming: the technical issues that can arise. Try to find something that works best for everyone. I have had very little trouble on discord. Skype has become increasingly buggy IMO. -Honor system and rolling your own dice will produce a more in person feel. So do that if you can. If you can't try to find a dice roller that won't slow things down. Honestly though we've been on the honor system for a while and its worked great. One solution is to just tilt the camera onto the rolls if you before they are made if you are worried about cheating -Some people will take online games less seriously than in person games so when you first start expect you might start with 6 people and end up with 4 by the end of the campaign. -Don't go crazy with handouts and things that take too much time to show everyone on the screen. If you do have any handouts or maps or whatever, try to set that up as far in advance as you can (like having emails drafted and ready to go at the push of a button) so you aren't slowing down the game. Slowing down to do stuff like that really is what kills online games because people just start looking at Facebook -Speaking of facebook: try to get people to refrain from checking emails and social media during play. Even if they are just waiting for their turn. This is a little difficult to do, but just have a conservation about it if you feel it is sinking the game</blockquote>

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