Boredom Needs a Hype Man

[Euclid]

It would make things less boring. Also, I'm bored.

Let's all be hype men for a little bit.

[nichinichisou]

d'accord.
uh

Do we just overhype everything now?

[Euclid]

Yes.

[nichinichisou]

non merci bête

YEAH WHOOOOOO HAAAAAIIIOIIIIIIPPPPPPPP THREADDDDDD!

[Euclid]

OH SHIT THIS THREAD SO HYPE RIGHT NOW

[Doivid]

Euclid said
It would make things less boring. Also, I'm bored.

Let's all be hype men for a little bit.

uhh why no-

LowKey123 said
YEAH WHOOOOOO HAAAAAIIIOIIIIIIPPPPPPPP THREADDDDDD!

Euclid said
OH SHIT THIS THREAD SO HYPE RIGHT NOW

Okay no.

[Euclid]

But I'll go back to being bored. That's no fun. :(

[nichinichisou]

so much fuuuuuuuun.

[Wayne]

I could really use a good game of D&D right now.

[Euclid]

D&D would be fun, if I knew how to play and had some local chums to play it with.

[Derpestein]

Euclid said
D&D would be fun, if I knew how to play and had some local chums to play it with.

Alas, theres no online D&D.

[Jorick]

Derpestein said
Alas, theres no online D&D.

Except there totally is in many different forms, it's not just quite as simple as going and buying some official "D&D Online" program. We have a Tabletop Roleplay section on this very site wherein people organize and host online tabletop games, for fuck's sake. Did you think that was to organize IRL games or something? You don't actually need to be gathered round a table IRL to play tabletop games. There are a plethora of options for doing it online.

For dice rolling, which is the main concern for tabletop games, there are plenty of options. If you trust the GM to not be a turd with rolls you can play D&D via forum posts or through any chat program just fine and have them do all the rolls with their dice on an online dice roller such as random.org. Similarly, you could run honor system rules and have people report their own rules that way. Do it in IRC and you can set up a dice rolling bot without too much trouble. Roll20.net lets you make a password protected chat room with an integrated dice roller that is advanced enough to cover literally any kind of dice roll you'd ever need.

If you feel like you need some kind of visual map shit for battles and dungeons, that's also pretty easy. Just whip out MS Paint or your preferred drawing program and draw something up, then host the image on one of the many free image hosting websites and send the link to the players. There are also all sorts of programs out there that are free to download that let you make maps for tabletop games, such as this one.

There are even programs that exist (such as this one) that aim to give the full package of everything you'd need to do a tabletop game online, though they're generally a bit pricey (though less so than buying all the books and things for any given tabletop game to play it IRL).

Want to be able to talk to the other people instead of relying on text? Skype, Ventrilo, Mumble, and TeamSpeak are four decent options, and you don't have to pay a single cent to do a voice call on Skype.

Want to be able to see the other people you're playing with? Webcams exist, problem solved.

Seriously, it's stupid easy to play tabletop games online if you just put a little thought into it. The only real barrier to getting an online game going is finding willing participants who won't flake out on you.

[Gwazi Magnum]

Roll20 alone honesty does it.

You get maps, music, dice roller, character sheet storage, custom monster storage, voice chat, measuring tools etc.
I've used it for a campaign before, it is entirely capable of running a table top group on it's own.

[Wayne]

I gotta try Roll20 out then.

[Gwazi Magnum]

Wayne said
I gotta try Roll20 out then.

It's definitely worth it.

Granted, the stuff Jorick mentioned is still useful and does help to improve the experience.
But Roll20 is all that's actually needed to get going.

[Gwazi Magnum]

Just clicked on Jorick's Fantasy Ground Link...



Just the UI's design of that thing would totally sink me in and get into the experience.
But it's so expensive! :(

[Derpestein]

Magic Magnum said
Just clicked on Jorick's Fantasy Ground Link...Just the UI's design of that thing would totally sink me in and get into the experience.But it's so expensive! :(

[2] If only I wasn't broke and living in a cardboard box.

Wayne said
I gotta try Roll20 out then.

I already have an account.
Never got into any campaigns, though. Just looking for one.

[Dervish]

You live in a day and age where there's literally endless entertainment options. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to bitch aboutbeing bored.

[idlehands]

Dervish said
You live in a day and age where there's literally endless entertainment options. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to bitch aboutbeing bored.

This. Maybe go out and take a walk. See the world outside your room.

[Darog the Badger God]

Or maybe go castrate yourself?

That's super fun, especially if you find an audience, and don't castrate yourself, but force someone else.