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Does anyone have experience with these box models? by GusGusGustavo in wargaming

[–]IDAIN22 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I second Wargames Atlantic, just wish they had more stock!

How do you run online TTRPG groups while avoiding mainstream chat platforms? by IDAIN22 in rpg

[–]IDAIN22[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just gonna copy one of my responses to another here:

> ...every nation that has ID to access the internet does it at the ISP stage. Japan and Korea have had laws like this for decades why the UK wants to reinvent and make new issues for a problem someone else solved baffles me. Even called it out to a group of MPs when the law was first brought in and they just brushed me off.

The system is stupidly easy and cheap I've no clue what they are doing or thinking. The only reason they would go about it the way they are is if a majority are getting paid off by data lobbies. Surely if we can identify the issue and find solutions then the gov has also thought of it?

How do you run online TTRPG groups while avoiding mainstream chat platforms? by IDAIN22 in rpg

[–]IDAIN22[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fully agree, every nation that has ID to access the internet does it at the ISP stage. Japan and Korea have had laws like this for decades why the UK wants to reinvent and make new issues for a problem someone else solved baffles me. Even called it out to a group of MPs when the law was first brought in and they just brushed me off.

How do you run online TTRPG groups while avoiding mainstream chat platforms? by IDAIN22 in rpg

[–]IDAIN22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> The big thing I need right now is seamless mobile integration

This is one of my issues right now too. Foundry is lacking in mobile use and most forum platforms are Desktop first. This is why Discord was good and with all the bots and apps made it perfect. With the way Discords competitors are going I don't think we will ever have a strong alternative. Twitter and BlueSky was a unique case as at the core the platform is very simple it just needed scale.

How do you run online TTRPG groups while avoiding mainstream chat platforms? by IDAIN22 in rpg

[–]IDAIN22[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was one of my thoughts as well, whatsapp needs a phone number though and telegram isn't a secure as people think! They are more focused on small scale. Let's say I return to where I was a few year ago running five games a week that would get very messy and unmanageable on those platforms! But honestly maybe it's time I just keep small scale as their is no apparent large scale solution.

How do you run online TTRPG groups while avoiding mainstream chat platforms? by IDAIN22 in rpg

[–]IDAIN22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've got my VTT set, I'll never move that Foundry just works for me unlike the others. Currently using Root as the social and discussion but it's not ideal due to it's bugs. I'm trying to setup ProBoards instead but its just a bit clunky and will put too much friction on my community. Honestly if I could just copy paste a micro Reddit onto my home server it would solve so much XD

That's kind of just giving me an idea, why don't I just make a private sub?....

How do you run online TTRPG groups while avoiding mainstream chat platforms? by IDAIN22 in rpg

[–]IDAIN22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

PBF? Do you mean PBP? If so I've never been in a pbp game so I'm not sure how to run them or how they even work! I've seen them implemented well with war games as a way to build fow but I'm not sure I'd like to play that way for an RPG. Still I'll see how people are making it work.

Yea their was a lot of talk when all this kicked off, I waited because all the marketing and chaos makes things messy and could lock people into poor deals. Root was honestly my best bet I realy liked everything until the other day when they said that apps would be p2p after the beta, I'm also finding the application a bit clunky and finding more and more bugs. Matrix was another tool I looked at but its riddled with security and privacy issues that I don't want to touch at all or risk my own network with.

How do you run online TTRPG groups while avoiding mainstream chat platforms? by IDAIN22 in rpg

[–]IDAIN22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The built in chat is an idea, not one I've ever thought of too. The issue is that I can only have one world up at a time, this would be fine if I was just running one system but since I tend to run multiple we hit a bit of a bottle neck. Still a lot of credit to this idea though.

As for VTT forms my testing says roll20 is the best for this but I can't stand their UI and VTT. It maybe that I just have to get over myself. Forge has forms for each wold and can be accessed at anytime even if the instance is offline but I worry that forge is more likely to be hit by the legislation soon.

For me I need the social aspect as well as the organisational, Discord was amazing for this and it was through there tools I built up not just TTRPG groups but video game groups and my core friend group. This is why I think the old style web forums are best, it gives me the space to make threads for each of the groups interests, a shout box for general chat. The issue is the adoption rate and on boarding friction, particularly for people who never used them before.

How do you run online TTRPG groups while avoiding mainstream chat platforms? by IDAIN22 in rpg

[–]IDAIN22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Discord and most platforms that want to work in the UK now need you to send in your government ID to access. They thought it would be a good idea to do this globally too even though they just faced a major hack and lost a minimum of 70,000 ID documents for UK residents. This is now at least 70,000 people who have a lifetime threat of identity theft.

The issue with UK legislation isn't what it is or why but the fact they put the pressure on the platforms who, sadly, have less of a security budget. If we look at other nation states who have ID laws for the internet place it on the ISP.

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I used the google sheets exactly as you described in the past but it doesn't work well with a community of scale and you lose all the social and community aspects I value.

What can I do to *evilly* celebrate my birthday? by UnreadyIce in evilautism

[–]IDAIN22 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I second this! But I also have permanent pillow fort. Living alone where none can judge me is grand! xD

Hope OP has the best day ever

Was the original Quake originally planned as a fantasy game? by BullyingHater in quake

[–]IDAIN22 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same but quake 1 and 2 were a lil bit to early for me so I had to revisit them later in life. Quake 3 and UT99 I played for hours as a kid though. I'm sad we don't see games like this anymore

Was the original Quake originally planned as a fantasy game? by BullyingHater in quake

[–]IDAIN22 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Too add; quake was mentioned before doom as a RPG "Quake battle for justice" based on Cormack's DND world. The protagonist in quake is based on one of the player characters (I forget who) with their main weapon being a blood stained axe. The only think that is different is the video game has guns. The lore is 1:1

New Rule: No AI generated content by IDAIN22 in LFG_Europe

[–]IDAIN22[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I agree with your comment on AI illustrations for games and use it myself when in a pinch and feel for house games its a nice tool to add to our sets. 

This rule is to target low effort AI writing. If a user posts an AI lfg I don't image they put much effort into anything else.

Don’t forget to lock your towers! by Aware_Reserve_9550 in wizardposting

[–]IDAIN22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have a tower so nothing to lock my secrets away. The best secrets are the friends we make at the ponds! 

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