I'm starting a new face to face group for d&d. I'll be using a split screen monitor set up to show pictures, maps etc. I'd like some kind of program to show tactical maps and move around counters, draw etc. Anyone have a suggestion on software? Cheap of course if possible.
Have you tried Skype and screen sharing? It's most effective if you have more than one monitor, so you can throw a map up on one and share that monitor to your players, while your other monitor has your secret documents open.
Honestly just need something to let me show a map and move tokens around
maptools will do this. works quite well. price is right too (free)
Really awesome but way more than I need. I'm looking for something a bit simpler and user friendly.
Quote from: rgrove0172;998732Really awesome but way more than I need. I'm looking for something a bit simpler and user friendly.
If you have internet you can create two roll20 accounts and log into one as the referee and the other as a player.
Otherwise bite the bullet and learn how to use maptool.
You could use photoshop or any paint program that allows multiple windowed views into the same graphic and support layers as outlined here (https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2fxuzf/needing_dual_monitor_battlemap_program/). But that far from free or not having a learning curve.
You can do the same with GIMP which is free but again there is the learning curve (https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/45495/how-to-have-multiple-views-in-single-window-mode-using-gimp).
So we are back to using Roll20 if you have internet, or maptools if you don't.