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<blockquote data-quote="Heathen72" data-source="post: 2096056" data-attributes="member: 7029">Go to the <a href="http://www.ghostorb.com/clientfunctions.htm" target="_blank">address </a> and check it out - If I remember correctly, your typing speed may not be an issue - they have Full Voice Conferencing.&nbsp; I've been looking at Ghostorb recently with a mix of interest and trepidation, mainly because one of the players in my game may be heading overseas soon. As I have been running the campaign for well over 10 years, I don't want to let something as petty as several thousand kilometres get in the way! I wondering if GhostOrb will be a solution?I remember when I was younger I began to fantasize about all the nifty ways we'd be able to use the blossoming technology to add to our games. Until recently though, it has had very little impact on the way I game. There have been few innovations that have been able to add to the simple joy of sitting around a table with my best friends rolling little polyhedrals and using silly voices. A little while ago, though, I started using my laptop to create maps via Dungenie, using my media player to organise and play mp3's for sound effects and mood music (for every situation) and started downloading the resources I need via vendors such as RPGnow. Soon, I will be able to project our maps onto the battlemap, and if need be, I will be able to run games with my players on the other side of the world. It's an exciting time to be a gamer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Heathen72, post: 2096056, member: 7029"] Go to the [URL=http://www.ghostorb.com/clientfunctions.htm]address [/URL] and check it out - If I remember correctly, your typing speed may not be an issue - they have Full Voice Conferencing. I've been looking at Ghostorb recently with a mix of interest and trepidation, mainly because one of the players in my game may be heading overseas soon. As I have been running the campaign for well over 10 years, I don't want to let something as petty as several thousand kilometres get in the way! I wondering if GhostOrb will be a solution? I remember when I was younger I began to fantasize about all the nifty ways we'd be able to use the blossoming technology to add to our games. Until recently though, it has had very little impact on the way I game. There have been few innovations that have been able to add to the simple joy of sitting around a table with my best friends rolling little polyhedrals and using silly voices. A little while ago, though, I started using my laptop to create maps via Dungenie, using my media player to organise and play mp3's for sound effects and mood music (for every situation) and started downloading the resources I need via vendors such as RPGnow. Soon, I will be able to project our maps onto the battlemap, and if need be, I will be able to run games with my players on the other side of the world. It's an exciting time to be a gamer. [/QUOTE]

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