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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Emirikol" data-source="post: 4001924" data-attributes="member: 10638">Bacon:I felt the same way when my friend showed me Klooge..so I mulled over learning one of these for a long time.  Then I finally decided I was tired of not being able to game as often as I'd like because of "get together difficulties."When I first downloaded RPTools-Maptool, I pulled a miniature out onto the map and started moving it around.  SImple enough.  THat's all the ordinary user needs to know how to do.  If you're a DM,all you REALLY need to do is put your .jpg maps into the maps folder and drag some pictures into the tokens folder. I'd already been testing "text based mushes" but I"m highly dissatisfied with text-only games as I"m a visual and kinesthetic person (rather than audio..I don't listen well).  The only thing that I just didn't know how to do and had to ask for help on was when you want to host a game (DM), you have to know how to allow the RPTools server into your internet port (firewall exception).  Since there are sooooo many people out there playing online games nowadays, it wasn't hard to get help.  Plus there's a website that shows you:Step 1.  Open your firewall settings for your routerStep 2.  Allow the exception for the RPTools-maptoolStep 3.  OPen the maptools platform and fire up the server.I actually use my wife's computer as the main and then run the game from my wireless in our basement.  Works great.ANYONE INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW TO USE FREE RPTools MAPTOOL, EMAIL ME:  hafner.jay @ gmail.com (remove spaces).  I'll fire up the server and you can link in and chat with anyone on there and test out the funcitons AS A GM.JayP.S.  I learned some advanced functions last night:1)  Screen capturing and dragging that into the character sheet or picture section of the tokens2)  the status bar at the bottom shows the instructions as you scroll over each function (e.g. the topo or fog-of-war tools)3)  the topo tools keep your players' light sources from seeing beyond walls4)  YOu can change the grid size and start with a HUGE map..e.g. I uploaded the Isle of Dread map and then shrunk the grid so that you could see the whole island and then pan down to PC size..so PC's can walk around the island and then I can upload individual maps per location.  Random encounters can be run on the BIG map.5)  Using Paint Shop Pro (or other graphics program), I can drag stuff from there too.6)  When you put statistics in the stat blocks, they come up when you scroll over the creatures.7)  right click on a token and click "view character sheet" (if one is on there, it will come up)</blockquote>

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