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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 731572" data-attributes="member: 413">I'm about to kick of an on-line D&amp;D campaign.&nbsp; We ran two short adventures as a test a few months ago and it seemed to work really well.&nbsp; I use all free software available off the internet.Microsoft NetMeeting is used as a chat tool and to share applications.DungeonCrafter and MS Paint are used to draw maps for dungeons, encounter settings and other illustratoins (and then NetMeetings app sharing capability is used to display them to the players).RogerWilco or TeamSound are used for voice communications to the entire group.EditOops!&nbsp; TabletopMapper is used in conjuctiong with maps from DungeonCrafter to track locations of PCs, NPC, spell effects, etc.&nbsp; It is really slick and easy to use for a free app./editAlso, there are online dice rollers available (i think even the enworld chat can be used for dice rolling...) but I haven't used those because I just trust my players to roll real dice and report their results.So what I do is, I set up NetMeeting and invite my players to &quot;call&quot; me (you have to set up a hotmail account to do that).&nbsp; Then I share TMapper with a prepared map loaded for the next adventure or encounter or whatever.&nbsp;&nbsp; I use Excel (okay this isn't free) to track combat rounds, hit points, saves, skills etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; We can talk normally with Roger Wilco.&nbsp;&nbsp; In some ways, it goes more smoothly than when playing in person (less socializing).Enjoy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 731572, member: 413"] I'm about to kick of an on-line D&D campaign. We ran two short adventures as a test a few months ago and it seemed to work really well. I use all free software available off the internet. Microsoft NetMeeting is used as a chat tool and to share applications. DungeonCrafter and MS Paint are used to draw maps for dungeons, encounter settings and other illustratoins (and then NetMeetings app sharing capability is used to display them to the players). RogerWilco or TeamSound are used for voice communications to the entire group. Edit Oops! TabletopMapper is used in conjuctiong with maps from DungeonCrafter to track locations of PCs, NPC, spell effects, etc. It is really slick and easy to use for a free app. /edit Also, there are online dice rollers available (i think even the enworld chat can be used for dice rolling...) but I haven't used those because I just trust my players to roll real dice and report their results. So what I do is, I set up NetMeeting and invite my players to "call" me (you have to set up a hotmail account to do that). Then I share TMapper with a prepared map loaded for the next adventure or encounter or whatever. I use Excel (okay this isn't free) to track combat rounds, hit points, saves, skills etc. We can talk normally with Roger Wilco. In some ways, it goes more smoothly than when playing in person (less socializing). Enjoy. [/QUOTE]

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