Online GURPS

Henchman99942 · 07-20-2013, 03:23 PM

Thanks to everyone.

The group I am trying to wrangle are not gamers. They are fans of the TV show. So there is zero chance of getting them to DL a virtual table top and learn it. they don't even know GURPS rules.

The campaign in question is one of verbal interaction and problem solving. So SKYPE should work in this particular case.

Play by post is not something that I am interested in. Real time, even if only through voice chat, to me is a million times more interesting.

I will check out the links suggested when the house quiets down tonight. Thanks again for the info.

Rocket Man · 07-20-2013, 03:30 PM

I've been running an IM GURPS Supers campaign for a couple of years now; we currently use a Trillian real-time chat program and an online die roller. Similar tools have allowed me to run an In Nomine game for even longer than that!

(Why Trillian? Because it archives chat history by date, allowing transcripts, and you can have it archived on your machine rather than in "the cloud." It's also searchable. We used to use Yahoo! but after it went to cloud-based storage, access sometimes became difficult due to problems on Yahoo's end. Even finding the right file to access became a challenge because it was user-based rather than date-based.)

For me, the biggest challenge hasn't been the tools but the scheduling -- you know, the perennial problem. :)

Phantasm · 07-20-2013, 05:15 PM

I use IRC for most of my games, and have for the past 15 or so years now. It helps when the players are all over the place; my one campaign had to juggle players in Holland and Israel alongside those in California and Nevada. There's a GURPS IRC channel at irc.sorcery.net, #gurps; quite a few folks there are in Europe, others the States.

demonsbane · 07-23-2013, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Henchman99942

(. . .)So there is zero chance of getting them to DL a virtual table top and learn it. they don't even know GURPS rules.

The campaign in question is one of verbal interaction and problem solving. So SKYPE should work in this particular case.

For what is worth, the aforementioned Roll20 virtual tabletop doesn't need to be downloaded nor installed: it just runs in your Internet browser, with a free account.

Also, since you are mentioning Skype for voice, Roll20 optionally implements voice chat (and webcams).

(I prefer to use only text chat, but that is just my preference.)

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Fantasy Grounds + the GURPS ruleset is also very good –and can be used along with Skype–, but yes, this VTT needs to be downloaded and installed.

ClayDowling · 07-23-2013, 09:08 AM

You might try out Google+ and Google Hangouts as a good way to manage the communication. It can be done with text and/or video. Also works from computer, smartphone or tablet.

GodBeastX · 07-23-2013, 09:13 AM

I play Online for GURPS using Fantasy Grounds and other Virtual Table Top systems.

Currently I run two campaigns:

1) Zombie Apocalypse taking place in the pathfinder setting using 75 point chars.
2) We were bored one day so started up a campaign where death took a few people about to die and is using them to right messed up universes one after the other in exchange for sparing them their deaths in their own reality. 150 point and it's funny to see people RP a Tiefling, a cave woman and a Space Opera char working together.

Campaigns I am in:

1) Shadowrun using GURPS
2) Playing Greek-style Gods
3) Another Dungeon Fantasy

We used to use other systems but over time we just couldn't stand the limitations of other systems. Good luck getting people to play Pathfinder, White Wolf or any other in our groups.

07-20-2013, 03:23 PM	#1
Henchman99942 Join Date: Oct 2012	Re: Online GURPS Thanks to everyone. The group I am trying to wrangle are not gamers. They are fans of the TV show. So there is zero chance of getting them to DL a virtual table top and learn it. they don't even know GURPS rules. The campaign in question is one of verbal interaction and problem solving. So SKYPE should work in this particular case. Play by post is not something that I am interested in. Real time, even if only through voice chat, to me is a million times more interesting. I will check out the links suggested when the house quiets down tonight. Thanks again for the info.

07-20-2013, 03:30 PM	#2
Rocket Man Petitioner: Word of IN Filk Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Longmont, CO	Re: Online GURPS I've been running an IM GURPS Supers campaign for a couple of years now; we currently use a Trillian real-time chat program and an online die roller. Similar tools have allowed me to run an *In Nomine* game for even longer than that! (Why Trillian? Because it archives chat history by date, allowing transcripts, and you can have it archived on your machine rather than in "the cloud." It's also searchable. We used to use Yahoo! but after it went to cloud-based storage, access sometimes became difficult due to problems on Yahoo's end. Even finding the right file to access became a challenge because it was user-based rather than date-based.) For me, the biggest challenge hasn't been the tools but the scheduling -- you know, the perennial problem. :) __________________ “It's not railroading if you offer the PCs tickets and they stampede to the box office, waving their money. Metaphorically speaking” --Elizabeth McCoy, In Nomine Line Editor Author: "What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Stronger"

07-20-2013, 05:15 PM	#3
Phantasm Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the road again...	Re: Online GURPS I use IRC for most of my games, and have for the past 15 or so years now. It helps when the players are all over the place; my one campaign had to juggle players in Holland and Israel alongside those in California and Nevada. There's a GURPS IRC channel at irc.sorcery.net, #gurps; quite a few folks there are in Europe, others the States. __________________ "Life ... is an Oreo cookie." - J'onn J'onzz, 1991 "But mom, I don't wanna go back in the dungeon!" The GURPS Marvel Universe Reboot Project A-G, H-R, and S-Z, and its not-a-wiki-really web adaptation. Ranoc, a Muskets-and-Magery Renaissance Fantasy Setting

07-23-2013, 09:08 AM	#5
ClayDowling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, MI	Re: Online GURPS You might try out Google+ and Google Hangouts as a good way to manage the communication. It can be done with text and/or video. Also works from computer, smartphone or tablet. __________________ Online Campaign Planning

07-23-2013, 09:13 AM	#6
GodBeastX Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Behind You	Re: Online GURPS I play Online for GURPS using Fantasy Grounds and other Virtual Table Top systems. Currently I run two campaigns: 1) Zombie Apocalypse taking place in the pathfinder setting using 75 point chars. 2) We were bored one day so started up a campaign where death took a few people about to die and is using them to right messed up universes one after the other in exchange for sparing them their deaths in their own reality. 150 point and it's funny to see people RP a Tiefling, a cave woman and a Space Opera char working together. Campaigns I am in: 1) Shadowrun using GURPS 2) Playing Greek-style Gods 3) Another Dungeon Fantasy We used to use other systems but over time we just couldn't stand the limitations of other systems. Good luck getting people to play Pathfinder, White Wolf or any other in our groups.