Laptop DM - What do I need?

[WingOver]

Yeah, well...not an actual material...but you can take a large sheet of plexi-glass and spray on...I don't know what it's called...but you use it to faux-frost glass. Spray it on the bottom and project from the bottom. Then you can use overhead projector markers to scribble on the top, etc. Should work...AND it'll keep people from getting blinded.

We do the individual room reveals too. It rules.

Wow... these are some pretty cool concepts. Maybe you could mount the projector high and have it shine into a mirror that reflects to the table? But I suppose you'd still have a shadow problem when players leaned over it.

How do you play with the map projected against the wall? Do you move the character icons on the CC2 map for your players? Doesn't that make extra work for you and slow the game down?

You know what would be cool? When digital paper is produced in mass quantities and the cost goes down. Maybe we'll start seeing poster-sized rolls of this stuff in 5 years. Plug your notebook into it and load your map on it. You'd have a dynamically loaded map that could scroll and players could use minis on top of.

 

[GodPhoenix]

How do you play with the map projected against the wall? Do you move the character icons on the CC2 map for your players?

Yup, agaisnt a wall...or a hanging screen/sheet...or just use a TV instead of a projector. If you don't have a projector or TV you can use, it's easy to print maps to scale. (and free when you print from work)

Doesn't that make extra work for you and slow the game down?

No, not really...you can put the character squares/symbols on a separate layer, then freeze all the other layers...that way when you select one to move, you don't move background stuff with them. It takes no time at all once you're used to it...and we don't even use the keyboard shortcuts. It's also useful for spell effects...ex. - the wall of fire is here (draw orange line)