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<blockquote data-quote="ProphetSword" data-source="post: 7063240" data-attributes="member: 79912">I completely understand.&nbsp; I didn't put up any of the money for this table.&nbsp; One of the guys in my group did it, with another of the guys pitching in.&nbsp; They pretty much bought the wood to build the table.&nbsp; The TV happened to be one that one of the guys didn't know what to do with, since he had bought a new, larger size TV.&nbsp; We got lucky there.&nbsp; Prior to that, we had experimented with using a 20&quot; widescreen monitor lying on a table.&nbsp; It worked, but the area was quite small.Since we're all computer geeks, for a while we used an old computer inside the table.&nbsp; One of the guys recently purchased a stick computer that runs Windows 10 that's connected to the TV inside (I think he paid around $100 for it).&nbsp; He bought it because the old computer we were using was having some issues.&nbsp; But, really, you could get along with any computer you could make work.We didn't go fully digital either.&nbsp; Even though we use the TV to project nice background images of the locations where the PCs have their battles, you may notice that we're still using dice and miniatures (sometimes I use digital miniatures to make my life easier, but my players all insist on having real physical miniatures).&nbsp; We don't utilize it during the roleplaying sections of the game...just the battles.&nbsp; And, I have plenty of generic maps that I've made in advance in case a battle happens somewhere unexpected...like generic forests, roads, building interiors, etc.&nbsp; I've made a lot of them to keep my bases covered (and have shared a lot of them here).I'm surprised you have issues like that with MapTools.&nbsp; I don't have those issues, and it's what I use on my digital table.You might be able to use Roll20, which wouldn't be any more resource draining than displaying any other webpage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProphetSword, post: 7063240, member: 79912"] I completely understand. I didn't put up any of the money for this table. One of the guys in my group did it, with another of the guys pitching in. They pretty much bought the wood to build the table. The TV happened to be one that one of the guys didn't know what to do with, since he had bought a new, larger size TV. We got lucky there. Prior to that, we had experimented with using a 20" widescreen monitor lying on a table. It worked, but the area was quite small. Since we're all computer geeks, for a while we used an old computer inside the table. One of the guys recently purchased a stick computer that runs Windows 10 that's connected to the TV inside (I think he paid around $100 for it). He bought it because the old computer we were using was having some issues. But, really, you could get along with any computer you could make work. We didn't go fully digital either. Even though we use the TV to project nice background images of the locations where the PCs have their battles, you may notice that we're still using dice and miniatures (sometimes I use digital miniatures to make my life easier, but my players all insist on having real physical miniatures). We don't utilize it during the roleplaying sections of the game...just the battles. And, I have plenty of generic maps that I've made in advance in case a battle happens somewhere unexpected...like generic forests, roads, building interiors, etc. I've made a lot of them to keep my bases covered (and have shared a lot of them here). I'm surprised you have issues like that with MapTools. I don't have those issues, and it's what I use on my digital table. You might be able to use Roll20, which wouldn't be any more resource draining than displaying any other webpage. [/QUOTE]

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