Virtual Tabletop Gaming
alcosatz, Wed Feb 27 2013, 06:55AMHas anyone heard of this shit before? Is anyone else interested in this?
For the uninitiated: it's a method of playing traditional pen-and-paper RPGs over teh interwebz. Here is an example of people recording tabletop gaming at an actual tabletop:
Here is a site that features audio recordings of people (Pantsless Gamers! What an awesome name!) playing the same game system remotely: -[link]-
The level of "virtual tabletop" sophistication depends on the game system, but the Dragone Age pen-and-paper seems very simple.
So, before I get too far ahead of myself, does this interest anyone else? I'm game for handling GM duties.
P.S. there's lots of opportunity for buttsechs
Re: Virtual Tabletop Gaming
Knightrider, Wed Feb 27 2013, 03:19PM
Watching this on my lunch. Will let you know if it's enough to break my addiction to Skyrim.
Knightrider, Wed Feb 27 2013, 03:19PM
Watching this on my lunch. Will let you know if it's enough to break my addiction to Skyrim.
Re: Virtual Tabletop Gaming
b4ndito, Wed Mar 20 2013, 01:48AM
Haha to be honest I'm playing D&D with my brothers and some friends every Thursday, and I'd be open to doing another night. 3.5 only, however.
I would be open to DM as well, I am always up to exercising the creativity for a campaign.
b4ndito, Wed Mar 20 2013, 01:48AM
Haha to be honest I'm playing D&D with my brothers and some friends every Thursday, and I'd be open to doing another night. 3.5 only, however.
I would be open to DM as well, I am always up to exercising the creativity for a campaign.
Re: Virtual Tabletop Gaming
gLiTch, Wed Mar 20 2013, 04:47AM
Watched the video...loved it. I just dont have the time to put towards this stuff anymore. I miss the days when i was younger and played DnD with some friends. Them were good times.
gLiTch, Wed Mar 20 2013, 04:47AM
Watched the video...loved it. I just dont have the time to put towards this stuff anymore. I miss the days when i was younger and played DnD with some friends. Them were good times.
Re: Virtual Tabletop Gaming
scope_uk, Wed Mar 20 2013, 06:42PM
A thousand thanks for the link. I stumbled upon that website ages ago and started listening to their World's Largest Dungeon podcast but I lost their URL and didn't remember the podcast name until now.
Also I don't know if this is the program you would use but it may interest you if it's not. -[link]-
scope_uk, Wed Mar 20 2013, 06:42PM
A thousand thanks for the link. I stumbled upon that website ages ago and started listening to their World's Largest Dungeon podcast but I lost their URL and didn't remember the podcast name until now.
Also I don't know if this is the program you would use but it may interest you if it's not. -[link]-
Re: Virtual Tabletop Gaming
alcosatz, Fri Mar 22 2013, 12:57AM
Well, this is intriguing. D&D 3.x is ice water to my boner just because I never really enjoyed it in any of the licensed video games (NWN 1&2 is all I can think of now) but I don't have any direct experience with pen & paper D&D since second edition so who am I to judge? That said, if you're anti 4E then I completely understand because I listen to a few podcasts of 4E campaigns and combat is a fucking nightmare.
I'm not exclusively interested in D&D but that may be what it takes to get other people interested. It's pretty cool that you have DM/GM experience, too.
I understand the time constraint thing, but you may want to consider that it doesn't have to be more than one week(end?) night every one to five-ish weeks. That's really not asking for a lot of time and certainly much less than most people put in for CS here.
Here is my response to scope. I can't quote him correctly for some reason:
You are most certainly welcome! I didn't listen to all of The Pantless DA RPG audio because the main guy (Danny?) is a massive, throbbing prick, and I have a pretty low tolerance for listening to assholes rant on and on (myself excluded, of course). Overall Pantsless is fun group and I enjoy listening to just about everyone but that Danny cat.
If you're interested in epic/saga type D&D then Thursday Knights is where it's at: -[link]-
I believe they just wrapped up a level 10-30 campaign over the course of 3+ years and hundreds of hours of recorded play. Very cool stuff because the main DM puts a lot of production value into their recordings.
As far as us actually doing any of this shit, I only see dito as being interested so far. I'm still game--anyone else?
alcosatz, Fri Mar 22 2013, 12:57AM
b4ndito wrote ...
Haha to be honest I'm playing D&D with my brothers and some friends every Thursday, and I'd be open to doing another night. 3.5 only, however.
I would be open to DM as well, I am always up to exercising the creativity for a campaign.
Haha to be honest I'm playing D&D with my brothers and some friends every Thursday, and I'd be open to doing another night. 3.5 only, however.
I would be open to DM as well, I am always up to exercising the creativity for a campaign.
Well, this is intriguing. D&D 3.x is ice water to my boner just because I never really enjoyed it in any of the licensed video games (NWN 1&2 is all I can think of now) but I don't have any direct experience with pen & paper D&D since second edition so who am I to judge? That said, if you're anti 4E then I completely understand because I listen to a few podcasts of 4E campaigns and combat is a fucking nightmare.
I'm not exclusively interested in D&D but that may be what it takes to get other people interested. It's pretty cool that you have DM/GM experience, too.
gLiTch wrote ...
Watched the video...loved it. I just dont have the time to put towards this stuff anymore. I miss the days when i was younger and played DnD with some friends. Them were good times.
Watched the video...loved it. I just dont have the time to put towards this stuff anymore. I miss the days when i was younger and played DnD with some friends. Them were good times.
I understand the time constraint thing, but you may want to consider that it doesn't have to be more than one week(end?) night every one to five-ish weeks. That's really not asking for a lot of time and certainly much less than most people put in for CS here.
Here is my response to scope. I can't quote him correctly for some reason:
You are most certainly welcome! I didn't listen to all of The Pantless DA RPG audio because the main guy (Danny?) is a massive, throbbing prick, and I have a pretty low tolerance for listening to assholes rant on and on (myself excluded, of course). Overall Pantsless is fun group and I enjoy listening to just about everyone but that Danny cat.
If you're interested in epic/saga type D&D then Thursday Knights is where it's at: -[link]-
I believe they just wrapped up a level 10-30 campaign over the course of 3+ years and hundreds of hours of recorded play. Very cool stuff because the main DM puts a lot of production value into their recordings.
As far as us actually doing any of this shit, I only see dito as being interested so far. I'm still game--anyone else?
Re: Virtual Tabletop Gaming
kremit, Tue Apr 16 2013, 08:36PM
THAT IS WESLEY CRUSHER FROM STAR TREK OMFG
kremit, Tue Apr 16 2013, 08:36PM
THAT IS WESLEY CRUSHER FROM STAR TREK OMFG
Re: Virtual Tabletop Gaming
kremit, Wed Apr 17 2013, 03:07AM
well i can say i just watched the whole thing... that would be pretty cool. Ive beat dragon age a few times, its a great game (blood mage all the way... nightmare mode).
I have been wanting to get into a D&D type game but never had the group of people to do it with. Seems too smart for the bunch of potheads I hang out with... oh wait...
kremit, Wed Apr 17 2013, 03:07AM
well i can say i just watched the whole thing... that would be pretty cool. Ive beat dragon age a few times, its a great game (blood mage all the way... nightmare mode).
I have been wanting to get into a D&D type game but never had the group of people to do it with. Seems too smart for the bunch of potheads I hang out with... oh wait...
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