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<blockquote data-quote="Flexor the Mighty!" data-source="post: 8264550" data-attributes="member: 1013">Its kind of how my group has been for over a year as I don't think two of the members have left their house in that time.&nbsp; So since last March we have 5 at the table, with two remote.&nbsp; Its...not ideal IME.&nbsp; Of course we run a more casual game so the players are cracking jokes about what is happening that round, having drinks, and talking among themselves a lot which makes it difficult for the remote players to hear what is going on or feel like they are &quot;part of the group&quot;.&nbsp; At first I tried to cut down on the table talk but that honestly wasn't a productive approach as they enjoy that part of the game as much as the game itself.It gets annoying when you keep having to repeat yourself to a player who is remote since his connection is acting up, can't hear over the Fighter and Cleric players laughing about what happened last round, or you have a player after that fact claim they didn't hear something and wouldn't have done action X...&nbsp; And I understand however at a certain point I stopped making the two remote players the focus of the game and just ran the game as I would normally.&nbsp; If they miss something that is unfortunate but the idea of a quiet table with everyone 100% focused on what is going on isn't realistic.I run a mini heavy game so having to keep doing &quot;No, move me there..no not there, not there, not there...&quot;&nbsp; Or have to troubleshoot someone's tech issues is a drag.So to be totally honest all that makes me not enjoy running my game as much.&nbsp; The two players I think have got their second shots but based on how they have been I expect them to talk about variants and how they better hole up for a few more months.&nbsp; Its possible after this current arc of the campaign ends, hopefully Wed, I'll put my game on hiatus until we are all onsite and maybe run something on off nights for those who don't mind showing up or just playing skirmish mini games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flexor the Mighty!, post: 8264550, member: 1013"] Its kind of how my group has been for over a year as I don't think two of the members have left their house in that time. So since last March we have 5 at the table, with two remote. Its...not ideal IME. Of course we run a more casual game so the players are cracking jokes about what is happening that round, having drinks, and talking among themselves a lot which makes it difficult for the remote players to hear what is going on or feel like they are "part of the group". At first I tried to cut down on the table talk but that honestly wasn't a productive approach as they enjoy that part of the game as much as the game itself. It gets annoying when you keep having to repeat yourself to a player who is remote since his connection is acting up, can't hear over the Fighter and Cleric players laughing about what happened last round, or you have a player after that fact claim they didn't hear something and wouldn't have done action X... And I understand however at a certain point I stopped making the two remote players the focus of the game and just ran the game as I would normally. If they miss something that is unfortunate but the idea of a quiet table with everyone 100% focused on what is going on isn't realistic. I run a mini heavy game so having to keep doing "No, move me there..no not there, not there, not there..." Or have to troubleshoot someone's tech issues is a drag. So to be totally honest all that makes me not enjoy running my game as much. The two players I think have got their second shots but based on how they have been I expect them to talk about variants and how they better hole up for a few more months. Its possible after this current arc of the campaign ends, hopefully Wed, I'll put my game on hiatus until we are all onsite and maybe run something on off nights for those who don't mind showing up or just playing skirmish mini games. [/QUOTE]

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