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<blockquote data-quote="Razz" data-source="post: 3486265" data-attributes="member: 3014">Actually I DM my old gaming buddies using the Internet. There is a way to accomplish this for free and with minimal costs in gear. We use OPEN RPG at <a href="http://www.openrpg.com" target="_blank">www.openrpg.com</a> for the room server, chat, and real-time dice rolling (to prevent fudges, of course). Free program to use.I use Campaign Cartographer to make the battlemaps, upload them onto my Geocities account as a JPG, then display the battlemap on OPEN RPG for all to see, because OPEN RPG has that cool feature (it also has a sound feature to play sounds or music for all in the room to hear and nice and clear, too). I do this every turn or every round. Doesn't take too much time if you leave a browser open on Geocities for quick and easy uploading. I suggest purchasing CC2 Pro along with Dungeon Designer and City Designer. Would cost about $70.We use Teamspeak and headsets to talk to each other and, of course, RP through it. That's free. What's neat is no one can see anyone else's character sheet and private messages can be sent between a player and DM without anyone else knowing. Headsets are between $20 and $35.There are disadvantages. Nothing beats personal tabletop RPing and nothing beats actually rolling the colorful dice in your hands, letting it go, and watching the suspense build up. But other than that, it works out great. Better than no D&amp;D at all, I say.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Razz, post: 3486265, member: 3014"] Actually I DM my old gaming buddies using the Internet. There is a way to accomplish this for free and with minimal costs in gear. We use OPEN RPG at [url]www.openrpg.com[/url] for the room server, chat, and real-time dice rolling (to prevent fudges, of course). Free program to use. I use [B]Campaign Cartographer[/B] to make the battlemaps, upload them onto my Geocities account as a JPG, then display the battlemap on OPEN RPG for all to see, because OPEN RPG has that cool feature (it also has a sound feature to play sounds or music for all in the room to hear and nice and clear, too). I do this every turn or every round. Doesn't take too much time if you leave a browser open on Geocities for quick and easy uploading. I suggest purchasing CC2 Pro along with Dungeon Designer and City Designer. Would cost about $70. We use Teamspeak and headsets to talk to each other and, of course, RP through it. That's free. What's neat is no one can see anyone else's character sheet and private messages can be sent between a player and DM without anyone else knowing. Headsets are between $20 and $35. There are disadvantages. Nothing beats personal tabletop RPing and nothing beats actually rolling the colorful dice in your hands, letting it go, and watching the suspense build up. But other than that, it works out great. Better than no D&D at all, I say. [/QUOTE]

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