Any Good Programs to Help Online Play? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Any Good Programs to Help Online Play? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Justinfernal
05-07-04, 11:30 AM Before I even begin, so help me if anyone suggest NWN I'll polymorph you into one of Rikishi's thongs...

With that said my gaming group is thinking about playing a campaign online with each other over either IRC or an AIM chatroom. It sounds good so far but my only concern is that tactical combat will suffer. Without the map I don't see how we can accurately keep track of how everyone is positioned each round, and that limits the effectiveness of some feats and spells designed for tactical movement in combat.

So I was wondering, anyone know some good programs to help facilitate online play of D&D or D20 games in general, specifically being able to simulate miniature combat like I was talking about? I've seen some online, but before I go downloading stuff I wanted some reactions from people who have experienced good software themselves.
Zherog
05-07-04, 11:34 AM The software forum (right at the top of this forum ;) ) has several threads about map making software, on-line play, etc.

I play in an on-line game, and I DM another. In both cases we use AIM. In both cases, the DM uses jpg's to "draw" the battle grid, providing a URL for the players to view the map. This method works just fine for us, most of the time. It does rely on the DM refreshing the image fairly often - at least once a round, sometimes more.
Yorlum
05-07-04, 11:40 AM http://www.kloogeinc.com/werks/info.htm#Feature%20and%20Benefit
Justinfernal
05-07-04, 12:09 PM Thanks, don't know how the software forum evade my eye. My DM isn't too techfriendly so I don't know if altering a jpeg every round would work too well for him. Although he did take well to DM Genie and used it competently to speed up pen and paper sessions.

That Klooge one looks real good I'll have to download the demo of it, thanks.
Deamoclese
05-07-04, 02:47 PM Do a google search for:

OpenRPG

or

WebRPG (my preference.. and free now).

Both are excellent programs for online play (although I personally now use a play by post method on my forums)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Justinfernal 05-07-04, 11:30 AM	Before I even begin, so help me if anyone suggest NWN I'll polymorph you into one of Rikishi's thongs... With that said my gaming group is thinking about playing a campaign online with each other over either IRC or an AIM chatroom. It sounds good so far but my only concern is that tactical combat will suffer. Without the map I don't see how we can accurately keep track of how everyone is positioned each round, and that limits the effectiveness of some feats and spells designed for tactical movement in combat. So I was wondering, anyone know some good programs to help facilitate online play of D&D or D20 games in general, specifically being able to simulate miniature combat like I was talking about? I've seen some online, but before I go downloading stuff I wanted some reactions from people who have experienced good software themselves.
Zherog 05-07-04, 11:34 AM	The software forum (right at the top of this forum ;) ) has several threads about map making software, on-line play, etc. I play in an on-line game, and I DM another. In both cases we use AIM. In both cases, the DM uses jpg's to "draw" the battle grid, providing a URL for the players to view the map. This method works just fine for us, most of the time. It does rely on the DM refreshing the image fairly often - at least once a round, sometimes more.
Yorlum 05-07-04, 11:40 AM	http://www.kloogeinc.com/werks/info.htm#Feature%20and%20Benefit
Justinfernal 05-07-04, 12:09 PM	Thanks, don't know how the software forum evade my eye. My DM isn't too techfriendly so I don't know if altering a jpeg every round would work too well for him. Although he did take well to DM Genie and used it competently to speed up pen and paper sessions. That Klooge one looks real good I'll have to download the demo of it, thanks.
Deamoclese 05-07-04, 02:47 PM	Do a google search for: OpenRPG or WebRPG (my preference.. and free now). Both are excellent programs for online play (although I personally now use a play by post method on my forums)