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3 years ago :: Oct 18, 2010 - 4:17PM #1
Pilotace Date Joined: Nov 29, 2009 Posts: 42	My current situation makes it so that I and my crew of would-be PCs can't play d&d as normal since we have no location. I'd like to see if playing 4th edition online might be an option through some third party software, and if so how I can go about organizing it, learning more about it, and so on and so forth.
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3 years ago :: Oct 18, 2010 - 4:28PM #2
frothsof Date Joined: Jun 4, 2010 Posts: 10,545	for the best 4e tool there is, and actually FREE go here masterplan.habitualindolence.net/ here are some more links VIRTUAL TABLETOP (VT) PROGRAMS FOR RPGs Below are links to every virtual tabletop program I could find, both free and commercial, so you can judge for yourself which tool best fits your needs. Commercial Programs: Battlegrounds: RPG Edition That's what the rest of this site is about. I'm just including BRPG to make the list complete. www.battlegroundsgames.com/nutshell.html Fantasy Grounds Windows-only. Many people like the look and feel of this app, and the 3D dice rolling. www.fantasygrounds.com/ KloogeWerks Java-based. Steep learning curve, but powerful. www.kloogeinc.com/ ViewingDale Windows-only. www.viewing.ltd.uk/cgi-bin/viewingdale.p... D20Pro Java-based, 2-week free trial license. www.d20pro.com/d20/index.php ScreenMonkey Only the GM must pay. Players play free, using their web browser. The GM app is Windows-only. A Lite version is available for free. www.nbos.com/products/screenmonkey/scree... RolePlayingMaster Windows-only. www.enworld.org/RolePlayingMaster/ GRiP No longer developed, but a number of people still use it and there seems to be a user community that supports it. www.travellerrpg.com/Catalog/software.ht... iTabletop Pandoren (v2) Browser-based (requires MS Silverlight, Adobe Flash, and 1 GB RAM) Windows or Mac OS X. Features built-in voice chat, and streaming video/webcam support. www.itabletop.com/ EpicTable Windows-only. Not yet released. Alpha release planned for sometime in 2010. www.epictable.com/ D&D Game Table Windows-only. Subscription-based. Not yet released. Update: The link below no longer works, since the Game Table is either cancelled or indefinitely postponed (depending on who you ask). www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/inside... RPG Table Mac OS X-only (v10.5.8 or greater). No online play in v1.0. www.codechemistry.com/ weRole Subscription-based. Features built-in webcam and voice chat. www.werole.com/ Scene Grinder Runs in browser. Subscription-based. www.scenegrinder.com/ Free Programs: OpenRPG Probably has the biggest user base of any VT app. www.openrpg.com/ OpenRPG+ This site hosts the development version of OpenRPG. rpg.wikia.com/wiki/Installing_OpenRPG MapTool Java-based. Developers are actively enhancing this program regularly. www.rptools.net/index.php?page=maptool Gametable Java-based. sourceforge.net/projects/gametable Online Pen & Paper World Windows-only. www.opnpw.com/ Tri Axe Dungeons & Dragons Chat Windows-only. www.triaxe.co.uk/dnd/index.php?page=Onli... Interactive Dungeon Windows-only www.big12inch.com/id/ D20Map Windows-only. com2.runboard.com/bd20map Dave's Flash Mapper Possibly still in development. r4nge.com/fm/index.cfm YumiChat Windows-only server, Windows and Mac clients. www.rabidcomics.com/yumichat/index.html BYOND Tabletop Gaming Presumably still in development, but no updates since August 2005. shadowdarke.byondhome.com/tt/intro.html RPG Manager Windows-only. v2.0 is in development, and screenshots for it are now available. www.rpgmanager.net/Home.htm Playing Fields Java-based. gdiac.cis.cornell.edu/Projects/2006sp/Pl... Dices Windows-only. sourceforge.net/projects/dices/files/dic... RPGui Windows-only. The site is no longer available. www.togamario.com/ TRIS Text-based only. trisrpg.bronzeforge.com/index.htm AjaxVTT Linux-only. Not for the technically-challenged. linux.softpedia.com/get/GAMES-ENTERTAINM... Battle Map v2.0 Flash-based, runs in your browser. www.incend.net/dnd/battlemap_v2.html RPG Tonight Runs in your browser. www.rpgtonight.com Tabletop Mapper Windows-only. www.tabletopmapper.hpg.ig.com.br GlitterComm Windows-only. glittercomm.com Dungeon Helper Windows-only. dh.abomb.info/index.php Avalomhilly Windows-only. www.avalomhilly.20m.com/ TTopRPG 2.0 Windows-only. www.gamemodel.com/TTopRPG/index.htm Rolistik Windows & Mac OS X. In French. rolistik.free.fr/ Virtual Tabletop Windows-only. Note that the link below is a download link, not a website. 64digits.com/users/brighteyes/Virtual_Ta... Virtual Game Table (VGT) Windows-only. www.siliconstorm.net/vgt/vgt.html Irony Games' MapMagical Encounter Editor Java-based, runs in a web browser. pages.infinit.net/pdclarke/mmee/index.ht... Map Maker (beta) MS Silverlight app, runs in a web browser. dnd.gudjonhrafn.com/mm/ RPGWorkbench Runs in a web browser. rpgworkbench.blogspot.com/2007/08/conten... Virtual Battlemat Runs in a web browser. virtualbattlemat.com/ Qex Windows-only. www.skyfire.ca/qex/ Masterplan Windows-only. No online component www.habitualindolence.net/masterplan/ Taulukko Donation-ware. www.taulukko.com.br/ Infrno Unclear whether this is free for good, or free while-in-beta. Windows & Mac OS; has video-conferencing feature. infrno.net/base/welcome RPGrounds Unclear whether this will free when released, or just while-in-beta. Will supposedly be a 3D VTT. www.rpgrounds.com/ Live-Tabletop Not even alpha yet. Will support RPGs and boardgames code.google.com/p/live-tabletop/ www.battlegroundsgames.com/links.html#an... community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758... DOWNLOAD MY FREE 4E FANZINE!!! FROTHSOF 4E PLAY DND ONLINE FOR FREE JOIN THE ONLINE RETRO-GAMING GROUP
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3 years ago :: Oct 18, 2010 - 4:31PM #3
ShadeRaven Date Joined: Jul 15, 2008 Posts: 1,417	I use a very, very good software program called Fantasy Grounds 2. It has abundant 4E D&D support and a lot of people who are already running games in it. It's not free ($24 for a players' software, $40 for DM's version, plus bundles, etc.), but it lasts a lifetime, through version upgrades, etc., and it has made virtual tabletop gaming a beautiful thing, indeed. In many ways, with combat tracking, effects automation, etc., it's even easier than pen-n-paper play (if not quite as fun as being all together in the same room). Worth checking out, at least, in my opinion. Hopefully others will give you different options to consider as well.
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3 years ago :: Oct 18, 2010 - 4:33PM #4
frothsof Date Joined: Jun 4, 2010 Posts: 10,545	yeah ive got that linked, the graphics look sweet on that one DOWNLOAD MY FREE 4E FANZINE!!! FROTHSOF 4E PLAY DND ONLINE FOR FREE JOIN THE ONLINE RETRO-GAMING GROUP
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3 years ago :: Oct 18, 2010 - 4:34PM #5
ShadeRaven Date Joined: Jul 15, 2008 Posts: 1,417	Oct 18, 2010 -- 4:33PM, frothsof wrote: yeah ive got that linked, the graphics look sweet on that one Wow, Frothsof... that's quite an impressive list you gave. I think everyone can use that info.
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3 years ago :: Oct 18, 2010 - 4:37PM #6
frothsof Date Joined: Jun 4, 2010 Posts: 10,545	actually the battlegrounds guy provides those on his own site, i just copy and pasted. the dude deserves credit for basically advertising for his competitors. pretty confident i am pushing masterplan just bc i think it is the coolest dnd cpu thing of all time. also there is a good thread from this site with a bunch of other stuff. all kinds of stuff DOWNLOAD MY FREE 4E FANZINE!!! FROTHSOF 4E PLAY DND ONLINE FOR FREE JOIN THE ONLINE RETRO-GAMING GROUP
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3 years ago :: Oct 18, 2010 - 4:48PM #7
ShadeRaven Date Joined: Jul 15, 2008 Posts: 1,417	Oct 18, 2010 -- 4:37PM, frothsof wrote: actually the battlegrounds guy provides those on his own site, i just copy and pasted. the dude deserves credit for basically advertising for his competitors. pretty confident i am pushing masterplan just bc i think it is the coolest dnd cpu thing of all time. also there is a good thread from this site with a bunch of other stuff. all kinds of stuff Looks pretty good. How's the 4E integration coming on it? FG2 attracted me because it had built in 4E (3E, too, for that matter) character sheets, power tabs, effect trackers, effect effects (IE: If you get dazed, it will automatically grant CA, automatically handles ongoing damage, the effects of blind, etc), and so forth. I'm all for supporting all these companies that are doing their best to give us what we all want (a virtual tabletop that WotC originally promised).
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3 years ago :: Oct 18, 2010 - 5:00PM #8
EvilleKnight Date Joined: Aug 22, 2010 Posts: 184	I was going to say Google Wave could be useful, but it doesn't have the support that the other suggested sites have. Wish I could help, sorry.
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