COTB 009 – Dresden Files and Some Online DM tools

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1. CJ Ovalle
   Posted June 11, 2012 at 6:55 pm | Permalink

   *Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files site

   *Evil Hat’s Dresden Files RPG

   *RPTools (including MapTools)

   *iPlay4E

   *Obsidian Portal

   Kickstarter Projects
   *Midgard Bestiary for 4th Edition
   *Tropes vs. Women in Video Games
   *Traveller 5th Edition
   *Tabletop Forge
   *Bronycon (funded, but Paypal funding still available)

   *New Amethyst Series discussion

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2. CJ Ovalle
   Posted June 12, 2012 at 10:35 pm | Permalink

   BJ’s missing comment! (Weird bug.)

   Here are some of the tools we discussed in this episode.

   Maptools virtual table top java program.

   http://www.rptools.net

   Vegisama campaign framework for Maptools.

   http://forums.rptools.net/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=16429

   Iplay4E for play-by-post character organization and tracker.

   http://www.iplay4e.appspot.com

   Orokos for online dice rolling and auditing for play-by-post campaigns.

   http://www.orokos.com

   TTop RPG is like a lightweight version of Maptools for running online campaigns.

   http://www.ttoprpg.com

   Obsidian Portal is great campaign tracker and can be used for running play-by-post campaigns.

   http://www.obsidianportal.com/

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3. Derek
   Posted July 23, 2012 at 12:20 pm | Permalink

   I’ve played a lot of games on http://online-roleplaying.com/ as well. Some excellent players and games there. Some really weird games too in odd systems.

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   • CJ Ovalle
     Posted July 24, 2012 at 11:34 am | Permalink

     Oh, cool. Hadn’t seen that. Anything good in particular?

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