I want to start using Roll20, but I hesitate with concerns about prep time. Is the set up a pain and about how long does it typically take you before a nights game?
It depends what you want to do with it. If you don't want/need maps you can use it as a shared dice-roller and use it to easily show handouts and such.
I do maps and tokens for dungeon-crawling, so depending on what I'm prepping, it can take a bit more time.
One simple way to do it if you don't need tactical combat is to make a page with a nice evocative background image for each location your players might visit.
I should really make up a tutorial for how I use it.
Roll20 is awesome because: 1. It scales to your needs. At its simplest it is a shared whiteboard with a shared dice roller. Think of it as a virtual piece of graph paper and pencils and bag of dice. You can add in maps that you drag and drop from any JPEG of PNG type file, tokens to represent characters, macros, dynamic lighting, etc. But you don't have to, which is the best part of these features! 2. It is web-based, which minimizes connection/version/general IT connectivity issues. Once you have the link it is just always there and stays that way indefinitely. No having to save a file to come back to the game next week, just click the link. 3. It is integrated with Hangouts so you can see all of your friends faces when you drop that Dragon token on the board!
Your Beat 'em Ups! Give them to me! My daughter and I have played the hell out of X-Men on my PS3. I'm bored! She's not, she could blow up sentinels with Storm all day long. Are there other button-mashers out there that: -Have a playable female character (so Ninja Turtles are out) -Available on PS3 -Multiplayer I'm aware Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows of Mystara comes out in June. Can't wait. But until then, I need something new since I can't listen to "Nothing stops the Blob!" again.
Rating the Marvel villains so far on a scale from Excelsior (good), to No-Prize (could be explained that they’re either good or bad), to Bullpen Floor (bad): Iron Monger: Excelsior Abomination: No-Prize Loki: Excelsior Red Skull: Excelsior Whiplash: Bullpen Floor Justin Hammer: Excelsior Loki again: Excelsior Mandarin: Excelsior Dark Elf what’s-his-name: Bullpen floor Hydra Conspiracy: Excelsior Ronan: Bullpen Floor Nebula: Excelsior Ultron: No-Prize Did I miss anyone?
+10 for using Morgan. :)
ReplyDeleteBill Willingham is one of my favorites. She was a henchie in the party for a bit.
ReplyDeleteYou're doing stuff in roll20, Casey? No mas irc?
ReplyDeleteI do all my gaming in roll20 these days.
ReplyDeleteIn-person gaming is a special treat.
ReplyDeleteI want to start using Roll20, but I hesitate with concerns about prep time. Is the set up a pain and about how long does it typically take you before a nights game?
ReplyDeleteIt depends what you want to do with it. If you don't want/need maps you can use it as a shared dice-roller and use it to easily show handouts and such.
ReplyDeleteI do maps and tokens for dungeon-crawling, so depending on what I'm prepping, it can take a bit more time.
One simple way to do it if you don't need tactical combat is to make a page with a nice evocative background image for each location your players might visit.
I should really make up a tutorial for how I use it.
Roll20 is awesome because:
ReplyDelete1. It scales to your needs. At its simplest it is a shared whiteboard with a shared dice roller. Think of it as a virtual piece of graph paper and pencils and bag of dice. You can add in maps that you drag and drop from any JPEG of PNG type file, tokens to represent characters, macros, dynamic lighting, etc. But you don't have to, which is the best part of these features!
2. It is web-based, which minimizes connection/version/general IT connectivity issues. Once you have the link it is just always there and stays that way indefinitely. No having to save a file to come back to the game next week, just click the link.
3. It is integrated with Hangouts so you can see all of your friends faces when you drop that Dragon token on the board!