Hello Everyone,
Minion Dax (3yr) decided to hit Grandma's 40" plasma TV and it has a 1"x3" black spot on it. Grandma now has a new TV and we are the proud owners of a "free" 40" TV that only set us back $500. =p
I would love to use it for our Pathfinder games. Everyone is in the same house. I see it being used in one of two ways.
Way One:
Put the TV at the end of the table and show representations of bad guy faces, monster pictures, scary woods, and the like. This would be ran from a laptop with some display software.
Way Two:
Lay it down, put a sheet of glass right on the TV screen (watching heat), and use digital battle maps on it. The absolute best feature would be to hide the entire map until the players open all the doors (fog of war along with light layer). I feel this would really capture the sense of exploration and increase the sense of adventure much more.
Questions:
Q1] What is the best software to use for Way One?
Q2] If you know of any great ideas with Way One, would you please share?
Q3] What is the best software to use for Way Two?
Q4] If you know of any great ideas with Way One, would you please share?
I have looked at quite a few of them on the net, but I would love to hear from you guys what works, what you use, and how.
Regards,
Braxon
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Roll20.net may be what you're looking for. This presumes you have reliable internet. It would work for either way. There may be other software that would do this, too, but roll20 will work.
Agreed! Roll20 rocks. Made gaming fun again for me, a must check out!
I think this is a great idea and would love to have a set up like this. A found a series of blog posts where a gamer did the same project. His is pretty intense but going back through the older posts you can see his basic setup.
http://ultimatelcdgamingtable.blogspot.ca/search?updated-max=2010-05-17T19: 09:00-07:00&max-results=7
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It is probably best to keep the TV upright instead of laying it flat. Heat is definitely your biggest obstacle. If you do decide to try using it flat, mount some small fans to keep the air flowing.
The other thing you should be concerned with is moving the TV. As far as I have heard, plasmas are designed to be stood upright. Shifting the TV from flat to upright and back as you set up and take down each session could eventually result in damage.
I you have not done so already, you may want to post in the forums for d20, Fantasy Grounds, MapTools, etc. You will probably find a few more people who have already attempted this.
Lastly, you could also try contacting the manufacturer and see what they say about laying the TVflat.
Hello Everyone,
Minion Dax (3yr) decided to hit Grandma's 40" plasma TV and it has a 1"x3" black spot on it. Grandma now has a new TV and we are the proud owners of a "free" 40" TV that only set us back $500. =p
I just got the TV out of the shed and it looks like I was wrong on 3 points.
1] It is a 42" TV
2] It is an LCD
3] It has no big black spot on it! WOOT!
/bog
Off to look more into Roll20 and Fantasy Ground.
Thanks Guys,
Braxon