Open Access to Virtual Battlemat

[AbelCodeMonk]

A couple months back, we offered to build a tool for RPGs. You all asked for a web-based virtual tabletop designed for forum games. We launched it here a month or so ago and got some beta players. We've improved it based on their feedback, and are now opening up the beta.

My favorite new capability is to easily to embed a snapshot of the current map. Here's one from our recent Scales of War game:



http://www.virtualbattlemat.com is designed to be simple. It provides your game with a shared map and nothing else. We assume that your game also has a forum, blog, chatroom, or wiki where you're logging the running commentary. We try to work with your current game aids, rather than requiring you to change everything over to our tools.

We invite one and all to join our beta. We want a lot of feedback to help make this simpler.

Please feel free to give us feedback on this thread or by sending me a direct message. I want to hear anything you can tell me - good or bad - so that we can make this a more useful tool.

 

[Jemal]

might just be me, but all I see is a white box with an X in the middle where the maps supposed to be.

 

[renau1g]

me too....

 

[s@squ@tch]

I saw the map earlier, when it was first posted.

I also clicked on the link and just got a white screen of Index/

I would be interested in trying this out, as currently I use Maptools for my games. Would be curious to see the benefits/drawbacks of the virtual battlemap.

 

[renau1g]

Agreed. They must be doing some maintanence as the site appears to be down. It works out as I'm about to start a new game shortly and it would be perfect to try something new.

 

[Rhun]

Pretty cool map. If I've got some spare time this weekend, I may join as a beta tested and check it out.

 

[Jemal]

Well, I can see the map now.. And I must admit this would be so much better than having to rely on my leet Ascii skills. *L*

 

[Rhun]

I do my maps in Excel right now, but they seem to take me longer than they should, and don't have near this level of detail.