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<blockquote data-quote="Alan Shutko" data-source="post: 5153232" data-attributes="member: 23694">I use a laptop at the table in one game, and I used it to the side when I GMed.In the game, I use Illustrator to <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/273820-mapping-old-new-way.html" target="_blank">map our trip through ToEE</a>.&nbsp; My character sheet and notes are all on paper, I just use the laptop to map.&nbsp; I also purchased copies of the 1e books on PDF back when they were available, so when we were creating characters I had that as a reference.&nbsp; (We don't have enough hardcopies for the whole group.)&nbsp; I just picked up an iPad, and that'll be a second screen I'll toss the map on so we can hand it around the table.&nbsp; I prefer mapping with Illustrator to paper since it's much easier to fix mistakes.&nbsp; We have another player who's mapping on paper, and digital is faster.&nbsp; When we're exploring, the laptop's open, when we aren't, I close it up.When I GMed, I had notes on my laptop in a Mac program called DEVONthink which lets me load in all sorts of files (including PDFs), link between them, etc.&nbsp; I mostly used it to take session notes since I type faster than I write.&nbsp; I also had a campaign time tracker I wrote that keeps track of RCD&amp;D rounds, turns, days, using the Mystara calendar.In a third game, we've got a player who has her character sheet on a laptop.&nbsp; We haven't had any problems of focus in the games with these.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alan Shutko, post: 5153232, member: 23694"] I use a laptop at the table in one game, and I used it to the side when I GMed. In the game, I use Illustrator to [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/273820-mapping-old-new-way.html"]map our trip through ToEE[/URL]. My character sheet and notes are all on paper, I just use the laptop to map. I also purchased copies of the 1e books on PDF back when they were available, so when we were creating characters I had that as a reference. (We don't have enough hardcopies for the whole group.) I just picked up an iPad, and that'll be a second screen I'll toss the map on so we can hand it around the table. I prefer mapping with Illustrator to paper since it's much easier to fix mistakes. We have another player who's mapping on paper, and digital is faster. When we're exploring, the laptop's open, when we aren't, I close it up. When I GMed, I had notes on my laptop in a Mac program called DEVONthink which lets me load in all sorts of files (including PDFs), link between them, etc. I mostly used it to take session notes since I type faster than I write. I also had a campaign time tracker I wrote that keeps track of RCD&D rounds, turns, days, using the Mystara calendar. In a third game, we've got a player who has her character sheet on a laptop. We haven't had any problems of focus in the games with these. [/QUOTE]

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