I think it needs a good voice recognition programm to really replace pen and paper, but it is interesting anyway.
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Quoth Tarquinn:
Tapletop roleplaying of the future?I think it needs a good fur suit to really replace pen and paper, but it is interesting anyway.
Can't say I disagree.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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`Doc had this to say about Knight Rider:
After watching the demo, a few thoughts come to mind.And yet we're still waiting for WotC to release the D&DI online game table they promised for June 2008 (and demonstrated at conventions in March 2008). It's fun to look at, but seems like it would cost a lot more than it's worth. It's basically a dedicated dual-monitor touch-screen PC. The AI could use a little work. The first d20 stopped on an edge, and the path that was supposed to avoid AoO provoked one anyway. Still, not bad for a beta. Hopefully GM's won't need to prep the adventure on the same console where they run it. Gaming stores would be far more likely to buy this than home-based GMs would be. Proof that D&D can no longer be differentiated from war gaming? Would people who buy this need to pay a fee for rules updates?
DM for my game actually looked at the pricing of the system after I showed him the original video... The developer version of Surface was 12k delivered, 15k for delivery with warranty. It's an underpowered PC in a 4x3 "coffee table" setup, the display on the screen is a DLP Projected 1024x768 max (30" display area, diagonal measure).
The software being shown there is "in development", but I don't see it ever being a marketable item other than to big gaming stores or conventions that cater to the tabletop gaming masses. I'd *love* to have this kind of setup, especially if it is remotely accessible (table in the game room, but I can link in from my PC in the bedroom to setup the game), but I don't see the cost coming down sufficiently or the size being increased (currently we have 7 total players) to make this happen.
And the D&D Virtual Table is vaporware. I doubt it will *ever* happen. Mostly because their online character tools lag 6 months behind the availability of the books and that's a "simple" program by comparison.
Oh, and the AoO was probably avoided because the Mage that was walked past wasn't wielding a weapon, therefor can not produce an AoO (can't threaten without weapon).
D&D vs War Gaming.... D&D without role playing (or D&D done as roll play) has been War Gaming for years... Hell, what did TSR stand for to begin with? 
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Random Insanity Generator was all like:
Mostly because their online character tools lag 6 months behind the availability of the books and that's a "simple" program by comparison.
Are you talking about the character builder? That's updated monthly and has the newest books put in at most a month after they were released if the book was released after the middle of the month when an update goes out.
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Random Insanity Generator is attacking the darkness!
DM for my game actually looked at the pricing of the system after I showed him the original video... The developer version of Surface was 12k delivered, 15k for delivery with warranty. It's an underpowered PC in a 4x3 "coffee table" setup, the display on the screen is a DLP Projected 1024x768 max (30" display area, diagonal measure).
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And the D&D Virtual Table is vaporware. I doubt it will *ever* happen. Mostly because their online character tools lag 6 months behind the availability of the books and that's a "simple" program by comparison.
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Oh, and the AoO was probably avoided because the Mage that was walked past wasn't wielding a weapon, therefor can not produce an AoO (can't threaten without weapon).
quote:Tactical Studies Rules.
D&D vs War Gaming.... D&D without role playing (or D&D done as roll play) has been War Gaming for years... Hell, what did TSR stand for to begin with?
Sounds more like a path of study at West Point than a gaming company.
But it does seem that each new edition depends more upon use of a grid than its predecessor.
