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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 4761386" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>Howdy,</p><p></p><p>I'm looking to getting my gaming group into using an online tool. While I've done some research a few years back, things have changed, and I figure it'll be easier to get some opinions from folks who've used the tools, scoped to account my user requirements.</p><p></p><p>I've got 3 friends scattered in Minnesota, and 3 friends in TX (2 are nearby, 1 is an hour away).</p><p></p><p>1 MN friend is on an old dial-up Windows box</p><p>1 MN friend is on a new Macintosh laptop (supposedly with a windows VM installed)</p><p>1 MN friend has a laptop AND a desktop box</p><p></p><p>Everybody else has a Windows XP or better client with broad-band (including the Mac guy).</p><p>Everybody but the dial-up guy have laptops</p><p></p><p>I'm looking for a solution that is OS-neutral (Java or web based, or has clients for both mac and windows).</p><p></p><p>We're also price-sensitive, free is good.</p><p></p><p>We're also looking for something that is easy to setup technically. It's a pain helping folks do complicated setup over a phone...</p><p></p><p>Google Talk, Skype, and IRC are possibilities</p><p></p><p>Other free tools might be good.</p><p></p><p>It's possible we could do a 2 site video-conference, or have all the MN players meet at the two PC player's house, so all three could sit on the same network with their own modern computer.</p><p></p><p>My local friends all have Xboxes, and 1 MN friend has one. We could use the Live Party system for a conference call (possibly with video). It's certainly easy to setup.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I've done IRC gaming in the past (I even had some nice scripts for mIRC). It is one of the easiest things to setup for all the players. We could bump that up a notch with Skype so we can get voice/video, but we probably lose scripting/macro support for dice rollers/stat trackers</p><p></p><p>We could get a more dedicated tool, but I know less about those, and many like Fantasy Grounds and Battlegrounds are not free.</p><p></p><p>So, based on our situation and requirements, what solutions would you recommend?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 4761386, member: 8835"] Howdy, I'm looking to getting my gaming group into using an online tool. While I've done some research a few years back, things have changed, and I figure it'll be easier to get some opinions from folks who've used the tools, scoped to account my user requirements. I've got 3 friends scattered in Minnesota, and 3 friends in TX (2 are nearby, 1 is an hour away). 1 MN friend is on an old dial-up Windows box 1 MN friend is on a new Macintosh laptop (supposedly with a windows VM installed) 1 MN friend has a laptop AND a desktop box Everybody else has a Windows XP or better client with broad-band (including the Mac guy). Everybody but the dial-up guy have laptops I'm looking for a solution that is OS-neutral (Java or web based, or has clients for both mac and windows). We're also price-sensitive, free is good. We're also looking for something that is easy to setup technically. It's a pain helping folks do complicated setup over a phone... Google Talk, Skype, and IRC are possibilities Other free tools might be good. It's possible we could do a 2 site video-conference, or have all the MN players meet at the two PC player's house, so all three could sit on the same network with their own modern computer. My local friends all have Xboxes, and 1 MN friend has one. We could use the Live Party system for a conference call (possibly with video). It's certainly easy to setup. I've done IRC gaming in the past (I even had some nice scripts for mIRC). It is one of the easiest things to setup for all the players. We could bump that up a notch with Skype so we can get voice/video, but we probably lose scripting/macro support for dice rollers/stat trackers We could get a more dedicated tool, but I know less about those, and many like Fantasy Grounds and Battlegrounds are not free. So, based on our situation and requirements, what solutions would you recommend? [/QUOTE]
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