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<blockquote data-quote="bhandelman" data-source="post: 5775040" data-attributes="member: 99667">It is debatable because there is no evidence for anything you are saying, just conjecture.&nbsp; Yes, it is a digital era, so it could be argued things like PDFs should be a given, but a VTT?&nbsp; None of the major TRPGs have a VTT.&nbsp; Pathfinder is doing just fine, Call of Cthulhu seems to have grown in the last couple of years, and Warhammer FRP seems to be seeing a resurgence recently.&nbsp; None of those products has a VTT, and it isn't even something you see discussed often.&nbsp; Most of the time when you see VTTs being discussed, a solid majority of the posts are either indifferent or negative.Here is another example against your argument: board games.&nbsp; Monopoly has had plenty of digital editions. yet do you know anyone that plays them?&nbsp; People play Monopoly as a group, they don't like the idea of playing online very much.&nbsp; Look at something like chess that seems to be doing fine online with many popular sites, most chess players still only play over a board, and the ones that do play online mostly play blitz because they don't want to be stuck in front of the computer for 4 hours.&nbsp; This is the closest example I can find, and it leads me to believe VTTs will never be a dominant elemant for TRPGs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bhandelman, post: 5775040, member: 99667"] It is debatable because there is no evidence for anything you are saying, just conjecture. Yes, it is a digital era, so it could be argued things like PDFs should be a given, but a VTT? None of the major TRPGs have a VTT. Pathfinder is doing just fine, Call of Cthulhu seems to have grown in the last couple of years, and Warhammer FRP seems to be seeing a resurgence recently. None of those products has a VTT, and it isn't even something you see discussed often. Most of the time when you see VTTs being discussed, a solid majority of the posts are either indifferent or negative. Here is another example against your argument: board games. Monopoly has had plenty of digital editions. yet do you know anyone that plays them? People play Monopoly as a group, they don't like the idea of playing online very much. Look at something like chess that seems to be doing fine online with many popular sites, most chess players still only play over a board, and the ones that do play online mostly play blitz because they don't want to be stuck in front of the computer for 4 hours. This is the closest example I can find, and it leads me to believe VTTs will never be a dominant elemant for TRPGs. [/QUOTE]

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