Tuesday 13 April 2010

The Ipad and GMing.

I just found a 3 part series on the new Ipad, and how it could be used for gaming, cutting down on the number of cumbersome laptops we currently have at any gaming table.

Well worth checking out, even if you're a skeptic, and bear in mind. At the time of publishing, the Ipad is 6 days old. More apps are sure to arrive.
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  1. Norm14 April 2010 at 08:40

    Might be useful for a GM but players don't really have an excuse in most games from bringing hardware to the table when pencils and paper will do the trick...not that it will stop them doing so! :o(

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  2. Baalthazaq14 April 2010 at 15:36

    To be fair, it does say "GM tools" in the label, but still I want all my rulebooks on hand, as well as my char sheet.

    And my char sheets always end up being scrapped after 2 sessions and replaced with new ones.

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  3. Baalthazaq15 April 2010 at 05:54

    Also, you're not really doing it the right way around.

    "There's no excuse for bringing hardware to the table" only really works if there is a default that is superior.

    For someone who started gaming in the 2000s, why would paper be the default?

    My default is laptop. I can do more with it, and it has more durability than my sheets, which get lost, damaged, etc. The downside is size and power.

    The upside of the iPad is lack of both size and power consumption, whilst retaining the benefits of an all in one resource and the durability.

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  4. Norm19 April 2010 at 02:45

    I'm managing fine with paper character sheets and have done so since I started gaming in the late 1980s.

    Think we should have a rule that unless we are playing some immensely difficult D&D high level game that has millions of rules the only laptop on the table should be the GMs...often when players have laptops they end up fiddling with them during the game (have done it myself) which isn't helpful since our group already have the concentration of a five year old on speed hehe.

    ...or we all buy Neil a bigger table and get decent extension leads :o)

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  5. Baalthazaq19 April 2010 at 05:42

    Hmmmm... bigger table... well we're already adding a chair for our new player...

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  6. Knight of the square chair20 April 2010 at 11:53

    I'm with Norm on this one.
    There's something about having a "sheet" and not an "excel sheet" that adds something to the game. I mean you guys know I don't even play computer games that much.
    I much prefer that players interact face to face, and not over their screens in a melody of grunts and murmers ;)
    GM having digital aids is fine, but the rest shoudl remain on paper :D

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  7. Baalthazaq21 April 2010 at 00:17

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