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<blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 6985796" data-attributes="member: 85870"><p>Another option similar to this is to use Tabletop Simulator on Steam. Compatible with Windows, MacOS, and Linux. </p><p></p><p>I'd been wanting to do something similar to this for AGES, but all of the other options, like Roll20, Fantasygrounds, etc., were all more about the "campaign management" aspects than the battlemap. I couldn't care less about campaign management; the free OneNote application that comes with my hotmail account more than covers anything I could want and more for that side of things. I just wanted an easy to use, digital battlemat that would get out of my way, while still giving more "immersion" into scenarios. </p><p></p><p>With Tabletop Simulator, you can easily pull any image hosted on the web on to a game 'board' which acts as the battlemat. Can resize the image, add or remove a grid (square or hex), drop tokens on, recolor the tokens to show conditions, etc. </p><p></p><p>The only thing it doesn't do well is to do fog of war on a local display. But otherwise, if you've already got a laptop to hook up to a TV or projector, it's a great investment. It does require a laptop or desktop to be connected to the display device though (or have a chromecast, etc.). </p><p></p><p>It's regularly $20, but I've consistently seen it on sale for $10; you just have to find it during one of Steam's many on-sale events.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="innerdude, post: 6985796, member: 85870"] Another option similar to this is to use Tabletop Simulator on Steam. Compatible with Windows, MacOS, and Linux. I'd been wanting to do something similar to this for AGES, but all of the other options, like Roll20, Fantasygrounds, etc., were all more about the "campaign management" aspects than the battlemap. I couldn't care less about campaign management; the free OneNote application that comes with my hotmail account more than covers anything I could want and more for that side of things. I just wanted an easy to use, digital battlemat that would get out of my way, while still giving more "immersion" into scenarios. With Tabletop Simulator, you can easily pull any image hosted on the web on to a game 'board' which acts as the battlemat. Can resize the image, add or remove a grid (square or hex), drop tokens on, recolor the tokens to show conditions, etc. The only thing it doesn't do well is to do fog of war on a local display. But otherwise, if you've already got a laptop to hook up to a TV or projector, it's a great investment. It does require a laptop or desktop to be connected to the display device though (or have a chromecast, etc.). It's regularly $20, but I've consistently seen it on sale for $10; you just have to find it during one of Steam's many on-sale events. [/QUOTE]
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