tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6391381621211483090..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Computer-Assisted GamingJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71669167208575471262021-02-27T11:08:29.313-05:002021-02-27T11:08:29.313-05:00I was always anti computers until the pandemic cam...I was always anti computers until the pandemic came to call, preferring note making and log keeping. But then when I was forced to game online I had no choice but to embrace it. I must say that I have found the tools available mighty impressive. I can only speak for roll20 but we've run a 5e and a star wars campaign with great success. The links from the character sheets to the dice rolling is really good and automatically adds bonuses etc. It enhances online play but once able to meet in a group again I know that we won't use it again. My AD&D game with my son is proper old school and never used technology... And it feels so much better for it.Andromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11676842057897482010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71291563808705867822020-12-31T17:44:25.774-05:002020-12-31T17:44:25.774-05:00I use a laptop to keep my notes on, as if they wer...I use a laptop to keep my notes on, as if they were on paper I fear that I'd quickly lose track of them.KingstanIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18369699484047181055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13155469888165087702020-12-29T08:31:58.304-05:002020-12-29T08:31:58.304-05:00I'm with NorwoldFan in some of the stuff. I do...I'm with NorwoldFan in some of the stuff. I don't like character sheets on smartphones or online playing. But I do use a bunch of random generators that I made on excel or IPO to speed up prep. Rolling for treasure and random room contents take a lot of time that I could use with more creative work (like developing these treasures and contents).<br /><br />But when I'm running the game, everything is there printed for me and my players.Kaiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268348558006325529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15095039494006943542020-12-28T19:26:12.347-05:002020-12-28T19:26:12.347-05:00I'm heavily reliant on technology for gaming. ...I'm heavily reliant on technology for gaming. We play Basic Fantasy on Maptool, using an extensive framework of macros to speed play. Plus, I use an Excel app I also built to track the passage of game time, which serves to trigger random encounters, light source usage, food & water usage, and weather. Plus, it handles all their equipment. I get the appeal of going full analog when gaming, cause I get tired of sitting in front of a screen for work and then doing it again for fun. But, I'd rather minimize game time calculating, referencing tables and tracking stuff. It's rather nice letting a machine do most of the grunt work, so I can focus on aspects of gaming that are really fun. NorwoldFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08413735387812976133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2502428981634497022020-12-28T16:49:53.228-05:002020-12-28T16:49:53.228-05:00I remember the ad. Funny thing is, that address no...I remember the ad. Funny thing is, that address not too far from my family's business when I was young and I travelled on Lynn street a few times as I got older. It is (used to be? IDK- nowadays) a residential area, so probably somebody cooking something up in their basement.JEFFBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862106711059104379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46233700571904876212020-12-28T12:59:44.989-05:002020-12-28T12:59:44.989-05:00I have a recollection--perhaps fogged by advancing...I have a recollection--perhaps fogged by advancing middle age--of a classmate in junior high (this would have been in the 1980s) who had a parent who worked for IBM, resulting in said classmate having an IBM PCJr., an exotic gizmo at the time. And my recollection is that this classmate used a BASIC program in his DMing that (I think) he'd come across in a magazine and painstakingly typed in one line at a time.<br /><br />What this DM helper did--rolled dice, had random monster tables, generated NPCs, or what--I have no idea. I may be misremembering altogether. But I believe this was my first exposure to the idea of computer-assisted tabletop gaming.<br /><br />Years later, I found myself using a character generation program for D&D 3.5 (which generated nice printouts for players) and Campaign Cartographer (which generated nicer maps than I'm capable of drawing). More recently, there's a neat website for Call of Cthulhu players that is a great way to come up with quick pregens and important NPCs.<br /><br />I dunno. I get the old school appeal of keeping the tabletop <i>tabletop</i>. On the other hand, PDFs are a huge spacesaver and a OneNote "binder" is a bit easier to keep organized than a physical notebook. <br /><br />The strangest thing, considering the overlap between tabletop gamers and the computer-savvy, may be how clonky the integration of software and tabletop gaming has been. You'd think we'd be better at this--the most useful piece of gamemaster software out there may be OneNote, an application that isn't specifically designed for gamemastering at all.<br /><br />Anyway....Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-86739201195243420462020-12-28T11:32:35.067-05:002020-12-28T11:32:35.067-05:00When i play i dont wanna eletronics be envolved.When i play i dont wanna eletronics be envolved.A.F.W Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868768368133083012noreply@blogger.com