D&D

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

So a recent thread reminded me that a couple other people on here play D&D. I've heard (have not used any of them) that there are ways to play D&D online through webcam/voicechat stuff. Would anybody here be interested in forming a long-distance group? And if anyone's done that before, would they be able to explain how it's done? I imagine it would just be all linking up on skype or something, and trusting that people don't fudge their rolls.

 

[Steve]

I tried to play by post back in the 90s. I still play with a group regularly, but I never did like the long distance thing. Good luck to you. With Skype and such, I bet you’ll have a good time.

 

[drop bear]

I have gotten in to this which is kind of cool.

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[Tony Dismukes]

Unfortunately my available D&D time is already committed to the group I’m playing with now.

For long distance I guess you could either do some sort of video chat like Skype or else do it all through text chat. Tactical combat could be a little trickier, but you could get around it with some extra emphasis on the storytelling.

I think I remember hearing about some dedicated programs or websites for playing RPGs remotely but I can’t recall details right now.

 

[Tony Dismukes]

https://kotaku.com/playing-d-d-online-is-about-to-get-easier-1784473155

Roll20: Online virtual tabletop for pen and paper RPGs and board games

 

[Dirty Dog]

We have a group that plays once a week. The distance between players is several hours, and sometimes people can't/don't want to drive. When someone wants to play remote, we use Discord for the audo/visual stuff. We use roll20 for map displays. So we could actually play without any two people being in the same building.