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<blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5433439" data-attributes="member: 90804">Fascinating thread. Given that my handle is OnlineDM and I write a blog about playing D&amp;D online, I guess I'm fine with that form of gaming!&nbsp; I play in a few regular campaigns.&nbsp; One is an in-person campaign with my wife and our friends.&nbsp; It's fun.&nbsp; We sit around the table, have snacks, hang out and play some D&amp;D.The second is Living Forgotten Realms.&nbsp; This is a series of one-shots with varying groups of players and DMs at the local store.&nbsp; Also fun, though more hit-or-miss, and you don't get the ongoing campaign experience.The third will probably turn into an ongoing campaign, and that one is with family.&nbsp; My wife's brother and his wife visited over the holidays and learned D&amp;D - and loved it.&nbsp; We just got together using MapTool and Skype last night to continue our campaign (since they're back home three states away now), and they're totally enthusiastic about it.The fourth is my longest-running campaign, and that's my Friday night online game using MapTool and Skype.&nbsp; That game started with people looking for a game right here in the EN World forums, and it's a group of strangers who have become friends.&nbsp; We've been playing together most Fridays since last August and have gone from level 1 to level 8 now.&nbsp; The level of fun and role playing in this game is actually higher than in most of my face to face games.In the end, I think it's all about the people. If you have good people to play with, whether in-person or online, you're going to have fun.&nbsp; True, you don't get to do as much hanging out online and you miss out on facial expressions and gestures, but voice chat does go a long way to help with the connection between human beings.&nbsp; Would I have more fun if I were sitting in a room with my online players, face to face? Quite possibly, yes.&nbsp; But since I'm in Colorado and they're in California, South Dakota, Indiana, Virginia and England (soon to be Japan) that's not going to happen. I'd much rather play with these folks in an online game than not at all - it's a fun group.For me, an online game is not second class. The online program is just a means to an end - gaming with good people.And to the comment about looking for a program that's rock-solid, cross-platform and free, I highly, HIGHLY recommend MapTool.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OnlineDM, post: 5433439, member: 90804"] Fascinating thread. Given that my handle is OnlineDM and I write a blog about playing D&D online, I guess I'm fine with that form of gaming! I play in a few regular campaigns. One is an in-person campaign with my wife and our friends. It's fun. We sit around the table, have snacks, hang out and play some D&D. The second is Living Forgotten Realms. This is a series of one-shots with varying groups of players and DMs at the local store. Also fun, though more hit-or-miss, and you don't get the ongoing campaign experience. The third will probably turn into an ongoing campaign, and that one is with family. My wife's brother and his wife visited over the holidays and learned D&D - and loved it. We just got together using MapTool and Skype last night to continue our campaign (since they're back home three states away now), and they're totally enthusiastic about it. The fourth is my longest-running campaign, and that's my Friday night online game using MapTool and Skype. That game started with people looking for a game right here in the EN World forums, and it's a group of strangers who have become friends. We've been playing together most Fridays since last August and have gone from level 1 to level 8 now. The level of fun and role playing in this game is actually higher than in most of my face to face games. In the end, I think it's all about the people. If you have good people to play with, whether in-person or online, you're going to have fun. True, you don't get to do as much hanging out online and you miss out on facial expressions and gestures, but voice chat does go a long way to help with the connection between human beings. Would I have more fun if I were sitting in a room with my online players, face to face? Quite possibly, yes. But since I'm in Colorado and they're in California, South Dakota, Indiana, Virginia and England (soon to be Japan) that's not going to happen. I'd much rather play with these folks in an online game than not at all - it's a fun group. For me, an online game is not second class. The online program is just a means to an end - gaming with good people. And to the comment about looking for a program that's rock-solid, cross-platform and free, I highly, HIGHLY recommend MapTool. [/QUOTE]

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