Flambeaux wrote:PapersAndPaychecks wrote:At some point we have to persuade our tech-savvy people to figure out how to run a video conference call on VOIP. Then we can have an online D&D game featuring people from all over the world that happens in real time.
For some reason, all the folks I know who do this regularly, using Skype or another service, all do it with Labyrinth Lord. I have no idea why.
I'm currently running a game with one live player and two players skyping in. The whole skype thing happened because my oldest and dearest friend lives in Atlanta and we wanted a way to game. My wife is the live player and a gentleman from Belgium is the other skyper.
I'd like a few more live players, but I've put off looking for any, until I had a good idea about how the skype thing would go. So, far, so good. It's not perfect, but it still
feels like playing D&D.
I don't use any sort of virtual table. I don't use minis anyway and can email any messages or images I need to. I trust them to roll their own dice.
I started the game with LL and we've played three sessions, but I recently put it on hold until July and I'm switching to either OSRIC or S&W. The gentleman from Belgium has a good command of English, but he still has some fuzzy spots, mainly in understanding the many nuances a native speaker utilizes. This is also the first real RPG he's played. I'm thinking S&W may be the best choice in this instance, giving my new European friend less he has to deal with, while learning his way around. Which, would no doubt be much easier to solve if we were playing face-to-face.
On the other hand, he doesn't
need to know the rules, so I might just spring OSRIC on them, instead.
