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<blockquote data-quote="dorpond" data-source="post: 3314957" data-attributes="member: 47186">I get together once every week with friends to play D&amp;D. We have been doing so for many years now. We used to play on a battle map with miniatures; when there was an encounter, we would all dig for minis, I would draw out the map with a marker and several minutes later we had a scene in progress..That has all changed now since VT's for me.Now, before game I connect a laptop to my high definition TV; a couple players like to bring their laptops; we gather around the table and still grab our dice bags. Everything is the same but instead of the players looking at black hand drawn marker scribble on a battle mat, they see a full color map on the TV or on their laptops.We still roll dice, we still move around mini's but they are minis in the VT. Maptool automatically counts your movement for you when you move; we can drop down a fireball spell and there is no measuring it out; I can tell my mini to have 60' vision that will reveal the FOW from the map and reveal monsters hiding in the dark. It has definately brought my gaming to a new level!Yeah, as a DM I had to learn a little. yeah, I have to scan in maps from magazines, download some off the web or make them myself but even making maps in a good VT is as easy as pulling out your dry erase marker and marking on the battlemat.I seriously suggest that you open your minds to VT software. They can be used as simple or as advanced as you want them to be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dorpond, post: 3314957, member: 47186"] I get together once every week with friends to play D&D. We have been doing so for many years now. We used to play on a battle map with miniatures; when there was an encounter, we would all dig for minis, I would draw out the map with a marker and several minutes later we had a scene in progress.. That has all changed now since VT's for me. Now, before game I connect a laptop to my high definition TV; a couple players like to bring their laptops; we gather around the table and still grab our dice bags. Everything is the same but instead of the players looking at black hand drawn marker scribble on a battle mat, they see a full color map on the TV or on their laptops. We still roll dice, we still move around mini's but they are minis in the VT. Maptool automatically counts your movement for you when you move; we can drop down a fireball spell and there is no measuring it out; I can tell my mini to have 60' vision that will reveal the FOW from the map and reveal monsters hiding in the dark. It has definately brought my gaming to a new level! Yeah, as a DM I had to learn a little. yeah, I have to scan in maps from magazines, download some off the web or make them myself but even making maps in a good VT is as easy as pulling out your dry erase marker and marking on the battlemat. I seriously suggest that you open your minds to VT software. They can be used as simple or as advanced as you want them to be. [/QUOTE]

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