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<blockquote data-quote="Jan van Leyden" data-source="post: 3978050" data-attributes="member: 20307"><p>Hmmh, where's the 'Other' option? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>I regularly bought Dungeon and I'll <em>think </em> I'll give DDI a try, but ... I'm not very optimistic.</p><p></p><p>First, a purely elecronic version of Dungeon is of diminished value to me. I don't like reading long texts at the computer, especially when the typesetting has been done with prtinted pages in mind.</p><p></p><p>Second, the Character Creator, while possibly being very useful, might be nothing more than a form where you can select items from drop-down lists, regardless of rules, prerequisites, etc.</p><p></p><p>The DM Toolkit? Up to now only a name.</p><p></p><p>The Virtual Tabletop? Might be a chance for me to play instead of only DM'ming. I'm not thrilled that it is a rules-free application. Fiddling around with books, sheets and dice on my already cluttered desk doesn't sound too god.</p><p></p><p>But my greatest trepidation is a barrage of 'not yet', 'we're working on it' and 'we are planning to do this in the future'.</p><p></p><p>May be that DDI is a cool tool-suite in 2011, but why should I pay for a simplified basic version in 2008?</p><p></p><p>Test it, I will. Buth wether I'll be a subscriber one year from now remains to be seen.</p><p></p><p>---</p><p>Huldvoll</p><p></p><p>Jan van Leyden</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jan van Leyden, post: 3978050, member: 20307"] Hmmh, where's the 'Other' option? ;) I regularly bought Dungeon and I'll [I]think [/I] I'll give DDI a try, but ... I'm not very optimistic. First, a purely elecronic version of Dungeon is of diminished value to me. I don't like reading long texts at the computer, especially when the typesetting has been done with prtinted pages in mind. Second, the Character Creator, while possibly being very useful, might be nothing more than a form where you can select items from drop-down lists, regardless of rules, prerequisites, etc. The DM Toolkit? Up to now only a name. The Virtual Tabletop? Might be a chance for me to play instead of only DM'ming. I'm not thrilled that it is a rules-free application. Fiddling around with books, sheets and dice on my already cluttered desk doesn't sound too god. But my greatest trepidation is a barrage of 'not yet', 'we're working on it' and 'we are planning to do this in the future'. May be that DDI is a cool tool-suite in 2011, but why should I pay for a simplified basic version in 2008? Test it, I will. Buth wether I'll be a subscriber one year from now remains to be seen. --- Huldvoll Jan van Leyden [/QUOTE]
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