Electryc wrote:I thought about setting up my laptop for sessions, but just rely on the books and scattered paperwork. The laptop, smartphones,tablets etc seem to make my group wander off to intranetz land. Keeping them in the dark ages seems to work for them. I might start using pics and music in the future to set the theme.
It isn't such a problem as it once was, people wandering off onto dem intarwebs. All it took was a few stern "dafuqman!?" and peer pressure combined with #firstworldguilt did the rest. We play as often as possible and normally that would amount to twice a month, but people are really enjoying the accessability that this setup provides them. We've made a few changes over time to keep with the heart of PnP while at the same time taking steps forward into the future. That means no more digital dice rolling for the players. And no moving the peices themselves.
Instead, it's all on the big screen that they're facing and they can easily just tell me where they want to go and then I move them. At first we thought that would be a bit bothersome, so i set up a separate tablet for them on their table but that was just too much of a hassle for them, as the screen was too small and everyone had to bend in to see. In the setup you can see in the initial post, I can easily browse ebooks and I have access to all their character sheets via Hero Labs. It's actually working so well that what used to be a game that we managed to get together for twice a month now is on average once a week.
Anyways, what I really wanted to do with this post was to let people know about Roll20.net and now, if you havn't heard of it, Hero Labs. Great, no amazing, tools for your Pathfinder/DnD game.
If this was a facebook status, i'd even press "Like" myself.
