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Is there a true D&D PC game? - Not video game

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#1
darkphoenix2010
Jul 20, 2010 22:56:03 Hi,

I was wondering if there has ever been an effort to bring the board game to the PC.

Let's say i'm in the mood for some REAL role playing and I wanna play D&D but not just another PC video game. I want to have to draw maps, I want dice I want multiplayer on the same PC with folks using the same keyboard by sharing it, or over a lan, or with the computer being other players for when i don't yhave any friends to play with.

You get my meaning here?

Has there ever been an effort to transfer the board game to the PC in this manner?

If not D&D, what about clones?

Any that I can play single player?

I think such a game would be a Big Hit and folks would love it.
#2
CCS
Jul 20, 2010 23:35:19
Hi,

I was wondering if there has ever been an effort to bring the board game to the PC.

Let's say i'm in the mood for some REAL role playing and I wanna play D&D but not just another PC video game. I want to have to draw maps, I want dice I want multiplayer on the same PC with folks using the same keyboard by sharing it, or over a lan, or with the computer being other players for when i don't yhave any friends to play with.

You get my meaning here?

Has there ever been an effort to transfer the board game to the PC in this manner?

If not D&D, what about clones?

Any that I can play single player?

I think such a game would be a Big Hit and folks would love it.

Well, the next one that I see will be the 1st....

BTW, D&D is a Role Playing Game, not a board game - though I can see how looking at 4e could confuse you.
#3
darkphoenix2010
Jul 20, 2010 23:39:53 I know it's not a board game but back when I was a kid back in the late 70's I used to play it and we always had the table covered with books, modules, graph paper dice etc.. so thats why it conjures up images of a likeness to a board game.

I sure hope someone out there know of a game like this.

Perhaps a clone?
#4
pluisjen
Jul 21, 2010 3:23:29 There's stuff like Maptools to host your D&D games over the internet, it looks like a regular game table but relies on other players to work.

Hotseat sounds like an excercise in futility since you might as well just play actual D&D on a table.

Singleplayer D&D exists in the form of games like Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate, or even the MMO game D&D Online: Stormreach.

Running an actual game of D&D vs a computer isn't possible, AI simply isn't capable of thinking like a human being (yet, anyway) so it could never behave like an actual DM, PC or NPC.
#5
yaeri
Jul 21, 2010 9:03:43 I believe neverwinter nights (and probably neverwinter nights 2) comes with an editor which lets you design your own multiplayer campaigns. I've never tried it myself, but from what I've read the DM can intervene at any time during playing. He can take on the role of any of the NPC's, adjust monsters or terrain on the fly, etc... There are a lot of actions that you can do in real D&D that you can't do in the neverwinter nights game, because the programmers simply can't program the math and graphics of every possible action a character can take. However, through the aforementioned DM intervention some of those things might be covered.
For example: I assume if a player wants to jump, climb, dig, swim,... (things the engine don't allow) the dm can have that player roll a die and on succes move the PC to the spot he was trying to get to.

Custom campaigns ran by a DM is what Neverwinter Nights was actually made for.
#6
darkphoenix2010
Jul 21, 2010 14:46:04 I'm really looking for something people could play on the same PC, all over at the same location. Or lan for from room to room.. I do not play online multiplayer games.

Instead of books and modules and real dice, all over the table, why can't someone sell packages to have these things on the PC.. one terminal with all the info in front of you. This would be great for laptops.. I bet it could be done.
#7
mellored
Jul 21, 2010 15:08:32 Maptools It let's you draw maps, roll dice, move tokens around, and such. There are no modules for it however.

We actually use it for our 4e D&D games, everyone comes over and we put it up on a big TV, put the mouse on the table in the middle, and the DM get's a laptop as a dm screen. It probably won't work as well on one single computer, but it should still work.

The only thing it's really missing is voice chat, but you can pick up another program for that. (like ventrillo).
#8
bone_naga
Jul 23, 2010 8:36:12
Maptools It let's you draw maps, roll dice, move tokens around, and such. There are no modules for it however.

We actually use it for our 4e D&D games, everyone comes over and we put it up on a big TV, put the mouse on the table in the middle, and the DM get's a laptop as a dm screen. It probably won't work as well on one single computer, but it should still work.

The only thing it's really missing is voice chat, but you can pick up another program for that. (like ventrillo).

Use MapTool. It's free and awesome. Nuff said.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 darkphoenix2010 Jul 20, 2010 22:56:03	Hi, I was wondering if there has ever been an effort to bring the board game to the PC. Let's say i'm in the mood for some REAL role playing and I wanna play D&D but not just another PC video game. I want to have to draw maps, I want dice I want multiplayer on the same PC with folks using the same keyboard by sharing it, or over a lan, or with the computer being other players for when i don't yhave any friends to play with. You get my meaning here? Has there ever been an effort to transfer the board game to the PC in this manner? If not D&D, what about clones? Any that I can play single player? I think such a game would be a Big Hit and folks would love it.
#2 CCS Jul 20, 2010 23:35:19	Hi, I was wondering if there has ever been an effort to bring the board game to the PC. Let's say i'm in the mood for some REAL role playing and I wanna play D&D but not just another PC video game. I want to have to draw maps, I want dice I want multiplayer on the same PC with folks using the same keyboard by sharing it, or over a lan, or with the computer being other players for when i don't yhave any friends to play with. You get my meaning here? Has there ever been an effort to transfer the board game to the PC in this manner? If not D&D, what about clones? Any that I can play single player? I think such a game would be a Big Hit and folks would love it. Well, the next one that I see will be the 1st.... BTW, D&D is a Role Playing Game, not a board game - though I can see how looking at 4e could confuse you.
#3 darkphoenix2010 Jul 20, 2010 23:39:53	I know it's not a board game but back when I was a kid back in the late 70's I used to play it and we always had the table covered with books, modules, graph paper dice etc.. so thats why it conjures up images of a likeness to a board game. I sure hope someone out there know of a game like this. Perhaps a clone?
#4 pluisjen Jul 21, 2010 3:23:29	There's stuff like Maptools to host your D&D games over the internet, it looks like a regular game table but relies on other players to work. Hotseat sounds like an excercise in futility since you might as well just play actual D&D on a table. Singleplayer D&D exists in the form of games like Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate, or even the MMO game D&D Online: Stormreach. Running an actual game of D&D vs a computer isn't possible, AI simply isn't capable of thinking like a human being (yet, anyway) so it could never behave like an actual DM, PC or NPC.
#5 yaeri Jul 21, 2010 9:03:43	I believe neverwinter nights (and probably neverwinter nights 2) comes with an editor which lets you design your own multiplayer campaigns. I've never tried it myself, but from what I've read the DM can intervene at any time during playing. He can take on the role of any of the NPC's, adjust monsters or terrain on the fly, etc... There are a lot of actions that you can do in real D&D that you can't do in the neverwinter nights game, because the programmers simply can't program the math and graphics of every possible action a character can take. However, through the aforementioned DM intervention some of those things might be covered. For example: I assume if a player wants to jump, climb, dig, swim,... (things the engine don't allow) the dm can have that player roll a die and on succes move the PC to the spot he was trying to get to. Custom campaigns ran by a DM is what Neverwinter Nights was actually made for.
#6 darkphoenix2010 Jul 21, 2010 14:46:04	I'm really looking for something people could play on the same PC, all over at the same location. Or lan for from room to room.. I do not play online multiplayer games. Instead of books and modules and real dice, all over the table, why can't someone sell packages to have these things on the PC.. one terminal with all the info in front of you. This would be great for laptops.. I bet it could be done.
#7 mellored Jul 21, 2010 15:08:32	Maptools It let's you draw maps, roll dice, move tokens around, and such. There are no modules for it however. We actually use it for our 4e D&D games, everyone comes over and we put it up on a big TV, put the mouse on the table in the middle, and the DM get's a laptop as a dm screen. It probably won't work as well on one single computer, but it should still work. The only thing it's really missing is voice chat, but you can pick up another program for that. (like ventrillo).
#8 bone_naga Jul 23, 2010 8:36:12	Maptools It let's you draw maps, roll dice, move tokens around, and such. There are no modules for it however. We actually use it for our 4e D&D games, everyone comes over and we put it up on a big TV, put the mouse on the table in the middle, and the DM get's a laptop as a dm screen. It probably won't work as well on one single computer, but it should still work. The only thing it's really missing is voice chat, but you can pick up another program for that. (like ventrillo). Use MapTool. It's free and awesome. Nuff said.