http://www.epictable.com Your virtual tabletop is about to level up! Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:49:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dice rolls are a key feature of any virtual tabletop. Dice mechanics can vary quite a bit across game systems, so I've been reading just about everything I can get my hands on, in an effort to compile a list of the kinds of rolls that are important. Dice rolls ... http://www.epictable.com/dev/dice-rolls-in-epictable/ I've always had a certain fondness for the yeti, who along Bigfoot/Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster, rounds out the "Big Three" cryptozoological creatures. Living in the Himalayas, out of reach of modern society, the yeti or "abominable snowman" has a certain mystique and a few grains more plausibility ... http://www.epictable.com/blog/yetian-inspiration/ In this post, I'm going to introduce you to EpicTable's "Roleplay-Centric Chat" features. I call EpicTable's text chat "roleplay centric" because it has features like an integrated dice roller, support for multiple personas, and many other features that tailor it to the roleplaying experience. If you click on the screenshot ... http://www.epictable.com/dev/screenshots/roleplay-centric-chat/ GenCon 2008 was earlier this month, and I thought I'd share some impressions of the convention for those who didn't make it. Realityforge didn't exhibit this year, since EpicTable is still in development, but I went for Trade Days and to scout things out for next year...and to be surrounded ... http://www.epictable.com/blog/gencon-2008-trip-report/ Kobolds. Plucky little reptilians that some (well...some of them anyway) say are descended from dragons. In the case of Kobold Quarterly however, one can easily see the Dragon heritage. Hopefully, Kobold Quarterly is old news to you by now. If it's not, and you're a d20 gamer, you ... http://www.epictable.com/blog/descended-from-dragons-kobold-quarterly/ Back before EpicTable was "EpicTable", when its name and image were still bits of uncongealed thought floating in the primordial ooze that was Realityforge LLC, I was looking for a mascot. I needed a logo, but what I wanted was a mascot. As a long-time Iron Maiden fan, ... http://www.epictable.com/blog/artist-spotlight-adam-vehige/ It's time for another development update. Last time, I talked about leaving the world of mapping to delve into character sheets. Since then, I've been busily fleshing out the character sheet concept in EpicTable—especially user-defined character sheets. My recent forays into indie and story games have had ... http://www.epictable.com/dev/special-dispatch-character-sheet-development-update/ I don't recall how I stumbled upon David Hartman's site: http://www.sideshowmonkey.com/. Maybe I don't remember how I got there because I spent the next couple hours lost in this dark little world he's created. Did I mention it's dark? Yeah, a lot of David's work is pretty ... http://www.epictable.com/blog/welcome-to-the-sideshow-the-dark-art-of-david-hartman/ I just saw the latest Indiana Jones movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Now, I can't give you a very objective critique of the movie, because it has crumbly jungle ruins, crystal skulls and monkeys. And if there's anything that blows my objectivity, ... http://www.epictable.com/blog/pulp-gaming-inspiration-indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/ I'm trying a new feed. I noticed that I didn't have a feed for new threads in the EpicTable forums (other than...um...my own, which get there via the blogs) This seemed needlessly self-indulgent, so I added a feed for the EpicTable forums. The only downside is that ... http://www.epictable.com/epictablenews/new-feed-epictable-forums/