Technology

The D&D Virtual Table Beta is now open to all DDI subscribers... who have opted in to receive communications that is. 

From the Wizards Community Broadcast:

For those that were recently in the D&D Virtual Table beta or following the info, you'll know that we're moving into the next stage of testing. In this next stage we will be inviting all current DDI members who have opted in to receive communications from us. If you are a DDI subscriber and want to take advantage of this opportunity and help us test the VT, make sure you have followed these steps and are opted in.

Are you going to try it? I certainly am! In fact, I'll be working on a head to head review of the D&D Virtual Table Beta and MapTool. I'm really excited to see how the tool works and what I can do with it. 

Remote gaming has never been as good as it is now. Computers are a part of all of the Lords of Tyr games, and have been for quite some time. Sure putting a video camera over our miniatures table worked... kind of. But now the tools are so much better and interactive. Are you incorporating technology into your games? The Wizards of the Coast's Virtual Table is already in beta. But why wait! Get your digital game table on right now!

The future is now. This isn't 1983 anymore people. Technology is here, and if we want these games to survive for the next generation of gamers we need to be integrating the modern world into the game.

But D&D is a pen and paper game! But I like carrying around 30 pounds of books! But I like to memorize every crazy little rule and exception and I read all the errata because I have lots of time on my hands!

What are you people waiting for! A zombie apocolypse to come and wipe out the modern world so we can play with hand carved wooden dice “like we did back in the old days sonny”?