Quote from: Sacrosanct;685209I suspect many of you have played Roll20 or other online programs that help simulate the gaming table.  I think they do really well, and I honestly think it's sort of the future of gaming in the context of expanding the numbers of gamers.

For example, my gaming group and myself are in our 40s and all have families.  Often we don't have time to get together for 8+ hours, but can get together for 2-3 if there's no commute time.

I just saw this new kickstarter for tabletop connect, and honestly I'm getting pretty excited about it because it does a lot of things that the others don't.  I am in no way affiliated with it, but wanted to share because I think for gamers like me who are on a limited time budget, something like this would be great.

I wish them success but It is 3D and that going to be a big problem. Most VTTs work as a whiteboard displaying a image (BMP, JPG, PNG, etc) even gamers with little in the way of computer skills are able to scan in images and get to display.

The rub is not that a decent 3D toolkit is harder to use. It is that is never going to be as flexible as a whiteboard. Now that could be overcome with a store/market like Roll20. Where artists can offer 3D tilesets but even then it only goes so far.

Now for this particular project looks like they are incorporating the use of 2D images as part of the package so they might succeed if that portion is as easy to use as Roll20 or Fantasy Grounds their main competitors.

Virtual Tabletops are going to be a very important part of the future of roleplaying game. But 3D will be a minor part of that.

Quote from: Géza Echs;685229Can anybody suggest a really good system for current over-the-net gaming? A good friend runs a game of 2nd Ed. D&D pen and paper back home in Canada, and I've been joining in over Skype. It works, but... It kind of sucks. I'd love to hear of some alternatives?

For the novice I recommend Roll20 and then later look at Fantasy Grounds if one of the RPGs use is supported by FG.

Quote from: Maese Mateo;685251This looks interesting. Thanks for sharing.

We use Roll20 + Skype when we have to play online.

We use the same.

If WOTC were smart, they'd simply buy Roll20.  The whole company.  And keep their three guys on as ongoing paid full-time programmers.

Most of my friends are on Skype, and a few of 'em have Skype premium subscriptions.  I doubt nothing short of bribery could get 'em to try Google+ Hangouts, as inertia is a very powerful force.  Thus, Roll20 and Skype for me.

Oh look. No Linux version. Joy....

(Not that I would use something that 'intensive' graphically)

Roll20 is fine,especially in face to face games where you are sharing a map.