i think he was definitely well intentioned but things got away from him a bit. it takes a lot of effort to get something that size going and i think some of his help went awol (it happens) and he tried to push the load on to fewer shoulders or less willing ones and they started disappearing too...

would any of you be interested in *playing* in a session or two of gaming via a virtual table top? what things might make it more interesting or more likely for you?

Quote from: damned;602629i think he was definitely well intentioned but things got away from him a bit. it takes a lot of effort to get something that size going and i think some of his help went awol (it happens) and he tried to push the load on to fewer shoulders or less willing ones and they started disappearing too...

would any of you be interested in *playing* in a session or two of gaming via a virtual table top? what things might make it more interesting or more likely for you?

I intended to playtest D&D Next that way...via roll20 in fact. My best friend is getting ready to move cross country, so we'll be adopting a VTT at some point.

Quote from: damned;602629i think he was definitely well intentioned but things got away from him a bit. it takes a lot of effort to get something that size going and i think some of his help went awol (it happens) and he tried to push the load on to fewer shoulders or less willing ones and they started disappearing too...

would any of you be interested in *playing* in a session or two of gaming via a virtual table top? what things might make it more interesting or more likely for you?

I've been playing and running games over IRC for years, so I'm open to gaming remotely.  I investigated using roll20 for a M&M 3 game I'm running now; pretty much the only reason I would use it over IRC is the grid.  There are a lot of minor UI frustrations that make it feel clunky, I'd need a game that utilizes the grid heavily to make it worthwhile, something like D&D 4.  I may still use it at some point for tactically complex fights where I feel like I'm not doing the environment justice.

Some sort of logging solution would be good as well.. I'm wary of having entire chunks of the game lost, the default in IRC is having everything logged.  But on the flip side, for a web app like roll 20 that sort of solution would probably mean integration with at least one cloud services provider.  I'm wary of any integration with Google, given their business model, and roll20 has Google Hangout integration.  So, yeah.

Quote from: damned;602629would any of you be interested in *playing* in a session or two of gaming via a virtual table top? what things might make it more interesting or more likely for you?

No. Its totally not happening.

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Quote from: Alathon;602946I've been playing and running games over IRC for years, so I'm open to gaming remotely.  I investigated using roll20 for a M&M 3 game I'm running now; pretty much the only reason I would use it over IRC is the grid.  There are a lot of minor UI frustrations that make it feel clunky, I'd need a game that utilizes the grid heavily to make it worthwhile, something like D&D 4.  I may still use it at some point for tactically complex fights where I feel like I'm not doing the environment justice.

Some sort of logging solution would be good as well.. I'm wary of having entire chunks of the game lost, the default in IRC is having everything logged.  But on the flip side, for a web app like roll 20 that sort of solution would probably mean integration with at least one cloud services provider.  I'm wary of any integration with Google, given their business model, and roll20 has Google Hangout integration.  So, yeah.

Have a look at this link: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store/product.xcp?id=GRR5501eFG2 Its a newly added Mutants and Masterminds ruleset for Fantasy Grounds. It is a commercial ruleset but it could be a good fit for you.

Hopefully we will have someone running a MM3 session.

Quote from: Tommy Brownell;602930I intended to playtest D&D Next that way...via roll20 in fact. My best friend is getting ready to move cross country, so we'll be adopting a VTT at some point.

thats probably why most people adopt a VTT in the first place - long running group starts to spread out... Roll20 has a lot of nice features and plenty of people developing it.