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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gorok" data-source="post: 1990929" data-attributes="member: 16099">I agree with ROM.  I, too, have been using DM Genie quite heavily (2 years or so), and am more and more impressed with the features.One of the best things I like about the program is the ever-active Forum, where the programmer is quite receptive to user's requests for the next update.  Also, there are program updates quite regularly (every 1-2 months since I have bought the program).  And, rarely are these program updates required because of fatal program errors/bugs; mainly they add new user-requested features to the program.We have an active D&D campaign going on, and all 11 players are now using this program.  In fact, we have laughed a few times about whether or not we are playing a pen & paper game or a computer game when we play (right now, we have 4 laptops at the table typically, because the players can so easily modify their PC's with spells, conditions, etc....you try to figure out a slowed, raging, blessed, weakened, etc. PC "on the fly").Another example of how I used this program to ease my D&D playing was at a local gaming convention, where I had a 1st level character created and fully detailed in less than 5 minutes...all I then had to do was find a printer to get the character sheet printed.In fact, I had not realized how much I relied on the program until my laptop recently went in the shop (with me as the DM as well...doubly horrific!!).  I now have to rely on paper printouts from the program and hand-managing encounters, which I find quite challenging after using the program to manage the game so easily in the past.Please note that this program, even as stable as it currently is, still has enhancements and features remaining to be added.  One glaring example is that the program does not manage multiple damage resistance items properly (where the highest-powered item supersedes any lower-powered ones for the same type of resistance).  Still, this is a known problem and I'm sure it will be corrected in a future update (the developer hasn't disappointed me in the past).I have tried/bought all of the competitors (DM's Familiar, Roleplaying Master, Campaign Suite, PC Gen, come to mind), and have found none of the others come close.</blockquote>

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