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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9293666" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Really depends on the systems you are interested in running. If you are playing a system that doesn't rely on exact positioning, distance measuring, or line of sight...or are running a more ToTM, you can just use Zoom, Google Meet, MS Teams, etc. I also like to recommend Role.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.playrole.com/" target="_blank">Role - The easiest place to play and create any TTRPG</a>.&nbsp; It is a video-conferencing platform for gaming. It prioritizes a solid voice and video experience, followed by a customizable character sheet and dice rolling.&nbsp; It also offers a very simple battle map function when you want to drop some tokens to just have an idea of positions and distance in a combat (more of a digital chessex map than a what most people think of as a VTT).&nbsp; But it is simple with almost no learning curve.&nbsp; The only technical learning curve is if you want to design or customize character sheets. But even building character sheets has a pretty user friendly interface.&nbsp;&nbsp; I used it when I was trying to run a Mage the Ascension game. The game fell apart because I just didn't like the WoD game system and didn't have the time to run a second campaign in addition to my D&amp;D campaign. But Role worked very well for running that game. If I ever get around to making my own system from Cortex Prime, I would run it in Role. For games like D&amp;D and Warhammer, I prefer a full-featured VTT. I don't run combat in those systems TotM. But for those who do, Role would be worth checking out (at least D&amp;D, for Warhammer, its a crunchy system and the Foundry VTT WFRP 4e implementation just makes it easier to run.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 9293666, member: 6796661"] Really depends on the systems you are interested in running. If you are playing a system that doesn't rely on exact positioning, distance measuring, or line of sight...or are running a more ToTM, you can just use Zoom, Google Meet, MS Teams, etc. I also like to recommend Role. [URL="https://www.playrole.com/"]Role - The easiest place to play and create any TTRPG[/URL]. It is a video-conferencing platform for gaming. It prioritizes a solid voice and video experience, followed by a customizable character sheet and dice rolling. It also offers a very simple battle map function when you want to drop some tokens to just have an idea of positions and distance in a combat (more of a digital chessex map than a what most people think of as a VTT). But it is simple with almost no learning curve. The only technical learning curve is if you want to design or customize character sheets. But even building character sheets has a pretty user friendly interface. I used it when I was trying to run a Mage the Ascension game. The game fell apart because I just didn't like the WoD game system and didn't have the time to run a second campaign in addition to my D&D campaign. But Role worked very well for running that game. If I ever get around to making my own system from Cortex Prime, I would run it in Role. For games like D&D and Warhammer, I prefer a full-featured VTT. I don't run combat in those systems TotM. But for those who do, Role would be worth checking out (at least D&D, for Warhammer, its a crunchy system and the Foundry VTT WFRP 4e implementation just makes it easier to run. [/QUOTE]

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