Tabletop Game Night...Online?

[Family]

Has anybody been able to crack this nut, I mean there's enough of us here to form groups of players/games that we'd like at times we have open...and the net is quite the tool...but would it be a poor second cousin to both in-home TT gaming & MMORPGing?

How would you ensure dice rolls? (I'd have the DM roll all dice).

What about communicating? (A VoiP chatroom would work well).

What about a battle grid? (I'd free form it).

Pizza? (You're on your own but don't chew into the mic).

Thoughts?

 

[evilref]

Has anybody been able to crack this nut, I mean there's enough of us here to form groups of players/games that we'd like at times we have open...and the net is quite the tool...but would it be a poor second cousin to both in-home TT gaming & MMORPGing?

How would you ensure dice rolls? (I'd have the DM roll all dice).

What about communicating? (A VoiP chatroom would work well).

What about a battle grid? (I'd free form it).

Pizza? (You're on your own but don't chew into the mic).

Thoughts?

Maptool
FantasyGrounds
BattleGrounds

There are a huge plethora of virtual tabletops out there, and that 'nut' has been cracked years ago. I run one face to face campaign and one online campaign, and the online campaign lets me take full advantage of the net and my design skills (flash introductions to a campaign work really well).

 

[Family]

Nice. Is there a good method of getting/meeting groups?

 

[Treebore]

Maptool
FantasyGrounds
BattleGrounds

There are a huge plethora of virtual tabletops out there, and that 'nut' has been cracked years ago. I run one face to face campaign and one online campaign, and the online campaign lets me take full advantage of the net and my design skills (flash introductions to a campaign work really well).

Yep. I am playing in several on line games using SKYPE and Maptools. Playing in a game today in fact. Plus now that I am used to doing games on line I think I like on line better then face to face in most ways. We certainly stay more focused/on task and get more done then the face to face games do.

Plus Maptools is awesome with its macros, line of sight, map layering, etc... its hard to believe its free, being as awesome as it is.

 

[Emirikol]

Fam,

MAPTOOLS is your answer. Plus it's freeware. Go there and check out the forums. There are always pick-up games going on so you can learn the game. www.RPTOOLS.net


Here's a screenshot from a recent game I ran:
http://gallery.rptools.net/v/contrib/emirikol7/wfrpmaptools.jpg.html

It's really quite phenomenal. A year ago, had you asked me if I'd be playing tehse or even knew what they were, I'd just shrug. Now, they're great for side-quests or even full-fledged games.


jh

 

[Emirikol]

BTW, the tutorials for MAPTOOLS are also a piece of art. They guy who did them, does those things for a living..so he's really got it set up nice.

There's a player quick start: which any first time user should watch.

jay

 

[Treebore]

Yes! Definitely take the time to watch those videos! Very, very helpful!

 

[Lord Xtheth]

Fam,

MAPTOOLS is your answer. Plus it's freeware. Go there and check out the forums. There are always pick-up games going on so you can learn the game. www.RPTOOLS.net


jh

It might just be me missing somthing, but I can't find the On-line stuffs. Unless it has none, in which case Maptools isn't the answer.

Edit: I also can't find these videos, so its probably just me

 

[Stoat]

I've been playing online for about 2 years.

My group started with Kloogeworks, but found the program unstable and prone to crash. We switched to d20pro about a year ago. We use Teamspeak or Skype to talk.

I was against VTT gaming for a long time. I only started playing online after it became impossible to play otherwise. I wish now that I had started earlier.

 

[tenkar]

Here's the link to the maptools tutorials: http://www.rptoolstutorials.net/maptool.htm

Good stuff in there...

Myself I game in a Dark Heresy Game online using Fantasy Grounds once a week... at the moment its all the gaming I have but it works real well.