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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 8686901" data-attributes="member: 11">I prefer in person play and think a VTT would be way too much work for my style of play/prep and also make all my minis and terrain useless, but when the pandemic hit in 2020 two sessions into our new campaign, we moved the game to zoom, used a table camera, and had a lot of success. I have also used Owlbear Rodeo a little bit when slowly revealing a map is more convenient without having to draw it all out on the table - and then we move to the table/minis when an encounter happens.Finally in May of 2021 after we were all vaccinated we moved back to in-person play without a hitch. Once, in January of this year, one player got Covid, but was not feeling too bad, so we zoomed him to the in-person game, putting a laptop at his place at the table, so we could see him and he could see both us and the view from above of the table - and it worked pretty well.We have a session scheduled today, one of my players woke up feeling crappy - and while she awaits the results of her PCR test (which won't be back til late today or tomorrow), she and her husband (another player) are going to Zoom in for the game in order to be safe and avoid potential exposure. Heck, one of the other players is even gonna drop off a pizza at their doorstep on the way to the game so they can partake in our usual custom of trying pizza from different places on game day.Anyway, I don't have any big point, except that I really appreciate the option and it has really helped keeping a group going that can only meet every 3 to 5 weeks at most, and I think - whether you use a VTT or just discord, use minis or tokens or just play Theatre of the Mind style or some hybrid - having access to these mix/match options for how to play allows use to maintain momentum and maintain the bonds of our little community when other stuff interferes with actually getting together in person.</blockquote>

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