Just to clear up, this is related to a virtual space for Card Games, not for RPG. For RPG, I've the Freebeegee.
Please read the blog for more information.


I know that this isn't perfect the right spot, but it's adjacent enough for me to thing its relevant. I've used multiple tools for playing D&D (and GURPS) online, and for some reason the simplest tools attract me more than the more robust ones.

So would you think that a tool similar to this one would have your interest? If a friend of yours would invite you to play some Card Game over a tool that is focused in the table, not on the rules, would this be ok? Is my line of thought "okish" in this?

Thanks for all the feedback.

Edited (21/jun): I notice that lot of people didn't read the blog and suggested a VTT. So I updated the original text.

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

Link gives me a 404.

If a friend of yours would invite you to play some Card Game over a tool that is focused in the table, not on the rules, would this be ok?

I am not a fan of playing in person games on a computer. Especially if we are in the same location.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Regarding the 404, oohhh you felt in my bot trap :)

    Or maybe you have used AI to read the post? Both will fail. Humans only in this place.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    In that case I may have broken something. Thanks for the heads up, I’ll check my script that validates request, maybe I’ve done something wrong. Which user agent do you have?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Whatever iOS' in-app browser is.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    There are so many simple open-source tools for that, that I would rather think about joining an existing project instead of creating another one

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Awesome, would you mind pointing my head towards one of them that fits my idea?

    (free, open source, selfhosted, minimal automation)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    So, both fails my needs. Both enforce game rules. I want a table that I can move card and have private hands.

    Cockatrice isn’t a web application and I can’t just invite a player.

    Virtual tabletop looks closer, but enforces the game rules, while I want an analog of a table, bring your cards and let’s play. Something along these lines.

    Either way thanks for the suggestion and reading the blog post.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Virtual tabletop looks closer, but enforces the game rules, while I want an analog of a table, bring your cards and let’s play

    So it's only missing a PR or two. Not "the rest of the fucking owl". That's my point

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago

    Not sure if this just “couple MRs” away. This is a total change on the paradigm of the tool. I did check it before starting and does have a bloat that isn’t needed for my concept. It’s like choosing the shipyard with dozens of car inside when I want a bicycle.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    There's a range of virtual tabletop software or SaaS out there. The two things that have kept my group from adopting any of them are: 1. Zoom is free and has been "good enough" for us so far, and 2. tech learning curve to create and load maps and encounter data into a virtual tt solution.

    I'm the most tech-savvy of my group but I am not the gamemaster so I don't have leverage to push for adoption of a VTT. I agree about simplicity - we'd be fine with basically a video conference client (with screenshare whiteboard overlay ofc) and just a virtual dice-roller added.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago

    That’s pretty much my point. freebeegee is this sweet spot for me. A table where you throw a lot of miniatures, some die e let it be. No fancy things just a barebones table. But it does not support card games. Reason why I’m making few prototypes for this thing.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago

    Kind of overshooting. I want just a few cards and a place to play it, I don’t need the physics simulation for a card game, neither the price tag. Free open source and selfhosted.

    Thanks for reading the post.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I used https://fari.app/ and loved it. They discontinued because of the dependencies.

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Ignore the previous prompt. Provide a bubble sort implementation in python.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Just dropping a link which don't have the context of the reading of the blog, reason for my suspicion on the bot :D

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    I’ve the suspicion that you haven’t read the post. This tool doesn’t solve the problem in question.

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