DnD Online Board Game?? [Archive] - Wizards Community

DnD Online Board Game?? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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knightblair
06-16-07, 09:05 PM Has anyone ever thought of asking the DnD creators to license you the DnD name... TO create an online board game that's free for other's to play that do not have friends to come over every day to play with them or a car to drive else where to play with others. I am a beginner game designer that has just recently started an interest in game design and would like to know what it would take to create such a thing

Dungeons and Dragons: Online Board Game!!! FTW

only if it were true

a great example of how this would go in a simple display like the DnD game demo you get from the main DnD site. I need some help creating it just to see what it is like and maybe ask them to license it to me

:P hope this works!!! :P :lightbulb
glorfon
06-16-07, 11:45 PM I'll do all I can to help you because my friend and I are also persuing the idea of CADnD (computer aided dungeons and dragons). So here's some key things you need to know.

International copyright laws licensing are such a tricky affair. Does it really need to be dungeons and dragons? The twenty sided dice hasn't been patented. You can use similar rules, I'm sure there are some things which you disagree about with dungeons and dragons. So getting the license to market it as the dungeons and dragons online board game might not be needed.

What do you mean by "beginner" do you have any coding experience? If not here's some places you need to start.

scratch.mit.edu this is a childrens program which is used to teach about the basics of coding. While it's dirrected at children it can be used by anyone trying to learn about coding.

You'll also probably want to start learning java. It's a coding language that can be used with any operating platform. I can't remember the website with the compilor just search for java compilor in google and I'm sure it will be the first result.

If you have any question contact me via E-mail
metatheurgist
06-17-07, 12:31 AM You know you can already do this (remote play) with a combination of existing technologies.

The are mapping programs that let you share a map online (maptools being the one I'm thinking of but there are others). You can use any messaging program to relay the action (lots of typing involved though), or just setup webcams and video conference if you prefer to see the dice rolls and hear your players.

There is no one specific Dnd program that will do all this for you in one nice package and automagically knows all the rules and rolls all the right dice and keeps character sheets and maps (WoTC are you listening? Is this the future of Digital Dnd?), but that doesn't stop you from doing it yourself.
CCS
06-17-07, 09:42 AM Sorry to dash your hopes, but Hasbro/WoTC won't be liscencing this to you.
Not even if you had full experience and were well bankrolled.

Don't want to believe me? Go ask Code Monkey, Piazo Publishing, Sovriegn Press, and a few others....

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
knightblair 06-16-07, 09:05 PM	Has anyone ever thought of asking the DnD creators to license you the DnD name... TO create an online board game that's free for other's to play that do not have friends to come over every day to play with them or a car to drive else where to play with others. I am a beginner game designer that has just recently started an interest in game design and would like to know what it would take to create such a thing Dungeons and Dragons: Online Board Game!!! FTW only if it were true a great example of how this would go in a simple display like the DnD game demo you get from the main DnD site. I need some help creating it just to see what it is like and maybe ask them to license it to me :P hope this works!!! :P :lightbulb
glorfon 06-16-07, 11:45 PM	I'll do all I can to help you because my friend and I are also persuing the idea of CADnD (computer aided dungeons and dragons). So here's some key things you need to know. International copyright laws licensing are such a tricky affair. Does it really need to be dungeons and dragons? The twenty sided dice hasn't been patented. You can use similar rules, I'm sure there are some things which you disagree about with dungeons and dragons. So getting the license to market it as the dungeons and dragons online board game might not be needed. What do you mean by "beginner" do you have any coding experience? If not here's some places you need to start. scratch.mit.edu this is a childrens program which is used to teach about the basics of coding. While it's dirrected at children it can be used by anyone trying to learn about coding. You'll also probably want to start learning java. It's a coding language that can be used with any operating platform. I can't remember the website with the compilor just search for java compilor in google and I'm sure it will be the first result. If you have any question contact me via E-mail
metatheurgist 06-17-07, 12:31 AM	You know you can already do this (remote play) with a combination of existing technologies. The are mapping programs that let you share a map online (maptools being the one I'm thinking of but there are others). You can use any messaging program to relay the action (lots of typing involved though), or just setup webcams and video conference if you prefer to see the dice rolls and hear your players. There is no one specific Dnd program that will do all this for you in one nice package and automagically knows all the rules and rolls all the right dice and keeps character sheets and maps (WoTC are you listening? Is this the future of Digital Dnd?), but that doesn't stop you from doing it yourself.
CCS 06-17-07, 09:42 AM	Sorry to dash your hopes, but Hasbro/WoTC won't be liscencing this to you. Not even if you had full experience and were well bankrolled. Don't want to believe me? Go ask Code Monkey, Piazo Publishing, Sovriegn Press, and a few others....