WelbyBumpus wrote:
One of the players in my Rise of the Runelords campaign is two time zones away. We have him play be speakerphone (one of the players bought me a better speakerphone for this purpose, actually, which was quite kind). I generally send him maps and handouts ahead of time, so he can stay oriented as to where the party is--he's trustworthy enough not to use information about secret doors, etc., to his advantage.
This works fairly well in this campaign, because I elected to run the campaign without a battlemap, in order to hone my description and judgment powers.
I have to say, I like this idea. Molech, I can use my computer or phone to play nights at the table that are important. And then we can use e-mail to send my thoughts and ideas on situations where it is not super important that I be there and give my input.
The speaker phone part could be very useful, because then I could hear everyone's ideas, and they can all hear my ideas. Run that idea by the group, and see what they say.
As far as handouts, use a cell phone with a camera, and e-mail them to me for the maps, etc, and then e-mail all the printed stuff. Just do that when you are first typing them up for everyone, just don't e-mail it until the night you are going to hand them out.
This idea does sound do-able. I think we could give it the old college try.