Long-Distance Tabletop Roleplaying?

[Sutternalt]

I mean playing D&D or Pathfinder or Paranoia (etc.) via Skype or Google Hangouts. Tabletop games, traditionally played in-person, played via teleconference of some sort, in other words. I'm trying to get a feel for whether or not it's a good idea. Possibly to create/join a group that's doing it - there aren't so many tabletop groups (or people in general, for that matter) near where I live. My questions are:

1. Have you done/would you do it?
2. If you have done it, what worked or didn't? How was it different than doing it in person?
3. Would anyone be interested in setting up/joining such a group here, amongst us RPGuildies?

[code gary]

it can work but there are better alternatives, like the main one to just run everything virtual. theres no financial investment involved there in comparison to having to buy a bunch of physical shit and a webcam decent enough to broadcast it. there are many other nuances that would come with the gm and the player being separated anyways, the gm always having to move the pieces himself, adjusting the webcam with limited space to show an entire board, and the overall lack of involvement a player has besides oral expression.

there are free websites that exist where the purpose is to eliminate that bullshit. and honestly theres even more freedom available for the dm and the players because there is no true finite table space and many things such as monster sprites or tile patterns are free, with a variety available

[Munk]

I've played some Apocalypse World hacks with some people from here over Skype and http://roll20.net. It works just fine. Of course, in my eyes, AW really shines when you're not dependent on maps and figures and whatnot. It's definitely a different experience from playing around an actual table, but it's still a lot of fun.

Depending on the details (which game, frequency of sessions etc.) I'd totally be up for playing!

[code gary]

Munk said
I've played some Apocalypse World hacks with some people from here over Skype and . It works just fine. Of course, in my eyes, AW really shines when you're not dependent on maps and figures and whatnot. It's definitely a different experience from playing around an actual table, but it's still a lot of fun.Depending on the details (which game, frequency of sessions etc.) I'd totally be up for playing!

i used this website as well, it was one of the ones i had in mind writing my post