It didn't work out. I'm not sure why... the first few sessions were nice, and did work, but people's schedules changed, and they don't do it anymore.
A shame. I bought my sister a nice microphone for the purpose of doing this , but I guess we aren't doing it anymore.
Crap, I was hoping to hear that it worked out. I guess that is a bit more of an in person game than I thought.
There's software to help with such environments. The software lays out the dungeon area, and allows a DM to manipulate the characters on the board, as well as their stats, and so on. But there's certainly a charm to playing in person that cannot be met remotely.
What it needs is 3-D virtual reality (and not needing to put a silly helmet on). If you can feel like you're actually sitting at a table with the other players, it would be almost like the real thing. (Except you can't pass around the munchies. There was this place in Reading, PA that had awesome spicy fried potato wedges that we always had on hand during gaming night.)
I've never tried going to one of those gaming venues scattered about. I think there's one in Frederick, MD. You know the kind of place... they almost always also sell comics.
Maybe I should consider that. I really enjoy playing RPGs, and a pen-n-paper campaign would be a welcome change from the video games.
and they set foot firmly on the path of evil.
Hm.
I think I learned vi on a VAX machine, and an Amiga 500.
Vim really does port well to all kinds of platforms.
Mon Sep 01 2014 11:46:42 EDT from zooerI used VAX/VMS but I don't remember the editor.
do you still remember howto change directories? ;-)
This is true, concerning Amiga.
I think the OS is now targetted towards embedded devices, but it has lost much of its charm with the advances made since then.
Due to the fact that the Illusion kept me busy and entangled me with work, I came late to the party myself: Kult, the pen and paper RPG, got a new iteration:
http://kultdivinitylost.com (Partially NSFW and in some cases not safe for your mind.)
There was also a kickstarter, which I totally missed. But everything is looking very interesting.