Status of D&D Game Table?

[Ogrork the Mighty]

What's the status of the D&D Game Table? I haven't seen anything in months and months. Has this crashed & burned? It's the one thing more than anything else that would get me to play 4E...

 

[Shroomy]

What's the status of the D&D Game Table? I haven't seen anything in months and months. Has this crashed & burned? It's the one thing more than anything else that would get me to play 4E...

I haven't seen a recent update, but most of the DDI resouces seem to be going towards the Character Generator. I would think that the Visualizer would be next, followed by the Game Table.

 

[guivre]

What's the status of the D&D Game Table? I haven't seen anything in months and months. Has this crashed & burned? It's the one thing more than anything else that would get me to play 4E...

Simple answer: It's currently vaporware. There's a chance it could pull itself out of that classification. Whether you are optimistic or pessimistic about the chances of that probably depend largely on how much stock you put into WotC's past failures with digital products.

 

[Zulithe]

I think it is really strange how they pimped the Game Table so much early on, and now they never talk about it. I understand they have focused efforts onto some other products... but come on... the Game Table is what people really want.

They showed off a very early version of the Game Table a full year before D&D 4e launched. Even at that very early state it looked like the progress was coming along VERY well. Most of the essentials looked in place. Sure, it was unpolished but I'd say it looked halfway to beta status. Here we are all these months later (how long? 18 months? more?) and they never say so much as a word about it. It's very discouraging.

Do what I did: buy Fantasy Grounds II.

 

[Shemeska]

I don't believe that they're working on it at the moment anymore. Given the resources over there, they've mentioned that they're focusing on one part of the DDI at a time, which I took as stating that they're only working on one piece at a time. Likewise the character builder as I understand it doesn't have the code fully in place to handle updating in any major way at this point.

Given that the character builder doesn't look to be out in full till February at this point, the Game Table is still vaporware, and they've given no timetable at all for when to expect it even as a public Beta.

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

I think it is really strange how they pimped the Game Table so much early on, and now they never talk about it.

Exactly. Which is why I'm thinking it's never going to happen.

 

[darjr]

Speak for yourself. I don't need the game table, though I do want it (i'm unreasonable that way). I want the cb to get a thorough polish.

It's still listed as an upcoming feature, and since they got so far on it, if DDI is doing OK it only makes sense to finish it.

I think they've been pretty clear as to what is going on.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

I'm actually more confident now than I was earlier, just I don't expect it before 2010.

 

[Aeolius]

Given the prevalence of viable cross-platform virtual tabletop applications, I wonder why WotC even bothers to compete in this arena. Instead, they should throw their support behind a handful of the more successful such as maptools.

 

[Wisdom Penalty]

Call me crazy, but I'm of the belief all those tools (Visualizer, Game Table, Character Builder, etc.) should have be released along with the new edition in some format - even an early alpha.

If I'm a business (WotC) that has failed repeatedly in one area (digital initiatives) then I make dang sure when I next foray into such areas (DDI) I do it damned well (simultaneous release with the new edition of D&D) to comfort those folks who think I perpetually suck at such digital endeavors (e.g., Wisdom Penalty).

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