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<blockquote data-quote="sckeener" data-source="post: 3070328" data-attributes="member: 8801">Agreed.&nbsp; I was the first in my old group and since then all the players in the group are using them.&nbsp; Usually one laptop per couple.As for some of the comments talking about laptops being a distraction, I have seen them used as distractions by the same people that found other things as distractions.&nbsp; One player who always either was away from the table or was reading a book at the table started using her laptop to work on other projects....her husband would tell her when and what she needed to roll when the time came.&nbsp; However it really was no different when she'd read or walk away from the table...The only time I, as the DM, had her total attention was when I was running a more Soap Opera game.&nbsp; Unfortunately her husband likes more crunch games.....can't please everyone...in other words some people will get bored at the gaming table...might as well give them a tool that they can do quietly and still be at the table.One person mentioned the negatives of IMing at the gaming table.&nbsp; Like any tool Instant messengers are both good and bad.&nbsp; Private IMs to other gamers asking game related questions....private notes to the DM [much better than all the players seeing the piece of paper]..all good.&nbsp; IMs to people not at the gaming table...not so good....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sckeener, post: 3070328, member: 8801"] Agreed. I was the first in my old group and since then all the players in the group are using them. Usually one laptop per couple. As for some of the comments talking about laptops being a distraction, I have seen them used as distractions by the same people that found other things as distractions. One player who always either was away from the table or was reading a book at the table started using her laptop to work on other projects....her husband would tell her when and what she needed to roll when the time came. However it really was no different when she'd read or walk away from the table...The only time I, as the DM, had her total attention was when I was running a more Soap Opera game. Unfortunately her husband likes more crunch games.....can't please everyone...in other words some people will get bored at the gaming table...might as well give them a tool that they can do quietly and still be at the table. One person mentioned the negatives of IMing at the gaming table. Like any tool Instant messengers are both good and bad. Private IMs to other gamers asking game related questions....private notes to the DM [much better than all the players seeing the piece of paper]..all good. IMs to people not at the gaming table...not so good.... [/QUOTE]

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