Dice and Dogs in the Vineyard

November 30, 2008

Last time, I discussed EpicTable’s support for game pieces on a tabletop surface. This post is similar in that it too involves moving objects around on the tabletop—only this time, the objects are dice. Dogs in the Vineyard is a prime example of a game that involves doing more with dice than just rolling them. Lets look at how EpicTable supports this functionality. Read more

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Virtual Tabletop Game Pieces

November 17, 2008

I’ve been talking about dice an awful lot lately, so here’s something a little different. Recently, I’ve been playing Primetime Adventures and reading a lot of other Indie games, and these games have an interesting set of needs. Often, instead of maps, the players need to be able to move game pieces around on a surface. For instance, Primetime Adventures has fanmail tokens, Universalis and Don’t Rest Your Head use coins, and so on. Read more

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EpicTable Dice Cup Designer

October 13, 2008

One of my goals for EpicTable is to support many different roleplaying games. In a previous post, I discussed my efforts to implement dice rolls found in a wide variety of RPGs. In this post, I examine dice rolls from a slightly different angle—that of composing complicated dice rolls—and I’ll give you a preview of EpicTable’s “Dice Cup Designer“.
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