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Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by netjiro » Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 10:21 AM UTC

Fun, tricky, tactical hacknslash tabletop/rpg. Played since 2008. A bunch of adventures and campaigns available. Uploading when I have time. Hundreds of hours of adventures in the repo already.

Let me know if you want to try it out. Happy to host a game (UTC+2 CEST). We usually play over maptool and mumble these days.

1) README

2) Adventures in Kingsland

3) basic rules and design ideas

4) Dungeon of Testing

5) Return of Uchly Namen

etc

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by netjiro » Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 11:03 AM UTC

For most I think it's just finding friends to play with, then finding time/priority/scheduling to actually get playing.

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by Longwelwind » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 12:22 PM UTC

staz wrote: post #75

Longwelwind wrote: post #65

I've been working on a free and open-source online implementation of the board game "A Game of Thrones (Second edition)": https://swordsandravens.net/ The game can be daunting and long (~4 hours), but the gameplay is very cool!

is it finished and playable?

Yes, it is!

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by JohnDuroe » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 9:45 AM UTC

Try Happy Meeple (https://www.happymeeple.com/en/) for a good selection of simple board games.

All games come with a tutorial, AIs and sound/music. It is the most polished board game platform out there.

Try Lost Cities if you don't know where to start. It is the most popular game.

Re: How to play board games online with your friends

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Post by Splendor » Tue, May 05, 2020, 11:18 PM UTC

phlamb wrote: post #148

Splendor wrote: post #119

Has anyone found an easy solution for video chats with virtual games? I've tried Hangouts, Meet, Discord, and Zoom but they all seemed incomplete for my requirements. My requirements: - Host can share their screen and video camera at the same time without having to join the meeting from two different devices - Desktop audio and host's audio can be heard by everyone on the call - Gallery view in video chat so everyone…

I found Skype to be the easiest to use with these requirements. I hosted a Jackbox game and was able to share my screen (and game audio), my webcam (albeit in a smaller view than normal), and could see everyone in a gallery view.

I tried Skype and it fell short as well. While sharing my screen I can only see a small floating window that shows 1 participant at a time. I can't see everyone while sharing the game. It was very easy to share my desktop audio while sharing the screen though.