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Reply To: Using Technology and Apps in Table Top / Board games / RPG. Good or Bad ?

October 26, 2022 at 3:33 pm #1786293

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Only if I don’t have to be the GM! 😀

Or find a group. Finding a group, GM’ing, and revealing hidden information (maps, items) are the two most common barriers to RPG’ing and playing dungeoncrawl boardgames. Warhorn lets players find each other, and KS’ed apps commonly include a room reveal function. I find all the additional steps I need to learn make the “app as GM” not as worthwhile, especially if all it’s doing is replicating what I can do with tokens, or hides too many mechanics from me (eg. what weapon to use against a monster). Also, assuming the descriptions aren’t long-winded, an app that reads out RPG text boxes or story stuff in a narrative boardgame is far better than That Guy who doesn’t like reading out text boxes.