Subj : Re: Tabletop war and roleplaying games
To   : claw
From : Arelor
Date : Wed Oct 11 2023 18:30:56

  Re: Re: Tabletop war and roleplaying games
  By: claw to hollowone on Thu Oct 05 2023 08:28 am

 > Well I have 2 kids and I'm still going to try to get them to play it.  Even 
 > st our group.  The app makes it like texting but you can share pictures and 
 > w group.  It would be nice to not have to GM/DM all the time.  All are welco
 > ince I haven't played since I was 12.  I need to know the new rules.

I am not a super fan of playing these things online. If I am gonna go through a
web interface I'd rather play a multiplayer videogame instead or a dedicated
board game application (ie. an actual Terraforming Mars server, for example).

That said, you don't need much in technical means to play an RPG online. A
vioce chat with a dice bot works fine. Last time I played Polaris online I used
Mumble with a custom bot for rolling dice and a wiki for players to keep track
of names and events. We had a blast.

I don't like most virtual tabletop providers because they work like silos. THey
drag you in and then apply vendor lock-in on your stuff.

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