"Which RPG tools are the best?" Topic
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Tango01 | 22 Feb 2018 4:12 p.m. PST |
"One of the best things about tabletop RPGs is the fact that anyone can play. All you need is a pen, paper and your imagination (well… at least one of you also needs to have the rulebook as well). However, there are a lot of tools on offer which can enhance or simplify game play without destroying the essence of role playing. With that in mind we thought we'd ask our fans and followers which tools they used and how effective they thought they were. One thing that is interesting but probably unsurprising is how few people use electronic devices or aids in their gaming. While 65% of people used miniatures only 46% use word processors with even fewer using tablets (37%) and online tabletop platforms (35%). Perhaps people find the use of devices distracting or an unnecessary hassle given that long term players have grown up without any of these aids. It would perhaps have been interesting to have asked for respondents ages to see if younger players are more open / rely more heavily on electronic aids…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
daler240D | 22 Feb 2018 5:37 p.m. PST |
I think just a dungeon master's screen that has the basic charts so they aren't always flipping through a book. |
JimSelzer | 22 Feb 2018 6:07 p.m. PST |
I had to ban tablets because a couple players were researching the monsters during the adventure |
CeruLucifus | 23 Feb 2018 2:50 a.m. PST |
In my D&D game when I ask a player to show me a rule, I really want to see the actual rule in the actual book. I'm no technophobe. I work in IT and I've taken a laptop on every vacation since oh, 1994. I took a laptop on my honeymoon in 2001. I'm an avid reader of fiction and I've been buying electronic books for 10 years. But not everything is suited to electronic form. I don't buy comic books electronically. Same with game books. In my D&D game some players have used their phones to look up rules but I never know if they're pulling it up for D&D 5e which we play, or a rule with the same name from 4e or 3.x or PathFinder. Or a paraphrase from some 3rd party web site. I've heard from DMs that run the more complex RPGs (i.e. PathFinder) that it's not possible for a player to manage their character sheet without a computer program, so every player uses an electronic device. The DMs have had to run power strips under their game tables because invariably batteries run out part way through the game session. That just seems crazy to me. |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 24 Feb 2018 5:54 p.m. PST |
The only tools I need for a RPG are pencils, paper, and dice. Beyond that, it's nice to have miniatures and a ruler and, especially for large parties, a token to mark which player is up. I typically use a computer to produce background stuff, like maps, legible character sheets, props, vehicle designs, etc. I don't play or run any games that require a computer at the table. |
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