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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8443328" data-attributes="member: 5948">I don't think it needs to actually beocme the default, just as long as there's a big enough critical mass of VTT gamers so small-town or isolated gamers can find a group.I hadn't gamed for years before covid, but one of the guys from our old group offered to run a VTT campaign when lockdowns started.&nbsp; It was truly a sanity saver for me, at least.&nbsp; We certainly won't be going back to face to face games, there's just too many practicalities in the way.&nbsp; We're all in the same city, but two of us are conservatively half an hour drive each way from the rest of the group (in opposite directions), one has a young child, one has an immune-suppressed partner, and the DM has health problems that prevent him from driving.&nbsp; Plus, the VTT tools for managing initiative, hit points, conditions etc - they all make the game flow infinitely smoother and faster than rolling dice and scribbling on paper.&nbsp; I dreaded that when I was GMing, I'd never go back to paper.There's some downsides sure.&nbsp; My computer setup and network connectivity aren't the best, and that sometimes causes issues.&nbsp; DMing looks fiddly and complicatedunless you've got a couple of monitors the size of kitchen tables.&nbsp; And I'm not sure how you'd go introducing new players to the game over VTT - they'd have to learn the game and the VTT interface simultaneously, and that might make it harder than it would be face-to-face.&nbsp; But on the whole - I'm a 100% convert to the church of All VTT All The Time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8443328, member: 5948"] I don't think it needs to actually beocme the default, just as long as there's a big enough critical mass of VTT gamers so small-town or isolated gamers can find a group. I hadn't gamed for years before covid, but one of the guys from our old group offered to run a VTT campaign when lockdowns started. It was truly a sanity saver for me, at least. We certainly won't be going back to face to face games, there's just too many practicalities in the way. We're all in the same city, but two of us are conservatively half an hour drive each way from the rest of the group (in opposite directions), one has a young child, one has an immune-suppressed partner, and the DM has health problems that prevent him from driving. Plus, the VTT tools for managing initiative, hit points, conditions etc - they all make the game flow infinitely smoother and faster than rolling dice and scribbling on paper. I dreaded that when I was GMing, I'd never go back to paper. There's some downsides sure. My computer setup and network connectivity aren't the best, and that sometimes causes issues. DMing looks fiddly and complicatedunless you've got a couple of monitors the size of kitchen tables. And I'm not sure how you'd go introducing new players to the game over VTT - they'd have to learn the game and the VTT interface simultaneously, and that might make it harder than it would be face-to-face. But on the whole - I'm a 100% convert to the church of All VTT All The Time. [/QUOTE]

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