On 13Apr2020 1052, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
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> I've realized though that all I want is an audio app, something that
> lets me have a map with fog of war and some ability to move character
> and NPC tokens, and someplace I can define rolls. I would like to be
> able to have separate messaging to group and individual players. And a
> log. And audio log might be nice too.
One of my players is really keen on having video, though we don't
require a log of that. Skype does log the whole call, video and all now,
and not needing some third party product for that is the main plus.

As, aside from the odd deckplan that I've found or made, most of my maps
have always been just scrawled on the spot, I've little use for all
those online tools that share maps, etc. I decided long ago to trust my
players and let them roll their dice using whatever app or physical dice
they'd use in a face-to-face game.

I do use the wonderful Travellermap site, and I share copies of
equipment write ups and other documents using google drive.

> I'd keep using Skype, despite it's problems ( It's bandwidth heavy,
> some of its code goes back to another product prior to Skype and
> that's why it is hard to modify and add features to), but it does the
> audio part okay. It was more useful when it let 3rd party plugs ins
> run to record to MP3 (then I had audio session logs and I miss that as
> a ref trying to remember what everyone did or said) and I miss that
> capability. I just haven't found a better option that lets me keep an
> MP3 audio log as we game to replace it yet.
I assume if you're just using Skype as an audio chat, it would record
audio-only, though I've no idea what the format is. .wav or something
equally dumb, probably.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>