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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OchreJelly" data-source="post: 5151933" data-attributes="member: 62056">I agree with this sentiment.  As an early adopter of the iPad (you can see some of my DND uses in the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/274221-dungeons-dragons-insider-ipad-3.html#post5141238" target="_blank">other thread</a>), I find it's so far a great DM's tool.  For players it could be useful as character sheet apps, but I do sometimes fear that if everyone has gadgets out it will be too distracting.  Years ago, my coworkers and I attempted to run an after-hours campaign at the office.  It was pretty disastrous to run, mostly because everyone was too distracted.  We all sat at out desks (we didn't have a big conference room), and the players had a tendency to get drawn into their workstations to pick off small work tasks, check email, and such when it wasn't their turn.  Fast forward to today, and I see it happening to a lesser extent with players getting distracted by their smartphones.  They're either checking email, texting with SO's etc. when it isn't their turn.  This is possibly separate thread territory -- it's not enough that I want to ban the use of the devices.  Many players have kids / wives that they need to stay in touch with and we tend to play a light, beer-and-pretzels style anyway.   But I do like the notion that tech should unite, tempered by the caution that it can easily distract players.</blockquote>