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7 months ago ::
Nov 19, 2012 - 10:03PM
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Mar 21, 2010
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Are there any D&D video games that play like the table top version? I remember playing one when I was a kid called AD&D: Pool of Radiance. There has got to be a current version with multiplayer. Right?
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7 months ago ::
Nov 19, 2012 - 10:07PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 30, 2010
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Nope...there isn't any 4th edition based videogame, wish is also a contribution for the brand not to grow. At least half of people that played and still plays 3rd edition or Pathfinder started with Neverwinter Nights and other 3rd edition based videogames.
Is something alot of people don't understand, the videogames are great to lure people into the tabletop, not the oposite...you don't buy a D&D game expecting a quality experience (at least i didn't...and after so many...lackluster games, i don't think anybody will), it is after the impresions left by the game you will probably expand your posibilities with the tabletop version.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 19, 2012 - 10:17PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 21, 2010
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Sad.
Do you know of any good virtual table top programs? Right now we're using rpgtableonline. We're not impressed.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 20, 2012 - 1:04AM
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Date Joined:
Nov 30, 2010
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Sad.
Do you know of any good virtual table top programs? Right now we're using rpgtableonline. We're not impressed.
On my online group we use maptools. We have macros for everything, states, status and token tracking, damage calculations, healing, etc...it speed up things quite alot.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 20, 2012 - 1:18AM
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Date Joined:
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Fantasy Grounds is a good virtual table for a small price. Roll20 is another good virtual able totally free.
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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7 months ago ::
Nov 20, 2012 - 6:34AM
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im sorry you dont like the rpgtable. at least with it you can import your cb pcs, even from the offline builder; you can also access 4e monsters as well. any other system will require tedious, soul-killing data entry to have the same functionality. some of the other tables work ok if you want to play a simpler game system; for example, roll20 is fine with classic editions imo. good luck!
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7 months ago ::
Nov 20, 2012 - 10:04AM
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Loved playing pool of radiance on my C64 . That game was awesome fun , it was pure gold just like the box the game came in
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6 months ago ::
Nov 23, 2012 - 8:27AM
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If you are interested in the old Gold Box games like Pool of Radiance, Curze of the Azure Bonds etc., you may want to check out the Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures. There is still a community, they are still actively putting out modules for that game. You can check out their forum over here.
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6 months ago ::
Nov 24, 2012 - 2:55PM
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May 24, 2012
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I don't think that it will be a 4e game, but Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition should be a good game. www.baldursgate.com
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6 months ago ::
Nov 25, 2012 - 6:07AM
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- Senior Volunteer Community Lead
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There's also the D&D Anthology Master edition which has all the Baldur's Gate games as well as PlaneScape: Torment and Temple of Elemental Evil. (Which does play like D&D with rounds and such. Movement is gridlike as well.)
And there's the Neverwinter Nights complete with everything ("official") NWN 1 and 2.
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Of the two approaches to hobby games today, one is best defined as the realism-simulation school and the other as the game school. AD&D is assuredly an adherent of the latter school. It does not stress any realism (in the author's opinon an absurd effort at best considering the topic!).
It does little to attempt to simulate anything either. (AD&D) is first and foremost a game for the fun and enjoyment of those who seek the use of imagination and creativity....
In all cases, however, the reader should understand that AD&D is designed to be an amusing and diverting pastime, something which an fill a few hours or consume endless days, as the participants desire, but in no case something to be taken too seriously.
For fun, excitement and captivating fantasy, AD&D is unsurpassed.As a realistic simulation of things from the realm of make-believe or even as a reflection of midieval or ancient warfare or culture or society, it can be deemed only a dismal failure. Readers who seek the later must search elsewhere. - Gary Gygax. 1e DMG.
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