Tag Archives: tech
It’s a start…
Inspired by Chris Perkin’s superb tutorial, I’ve been messing around and came up with this. I used MS Paint, because it’s about all I can understand. I enjoyed doing it, and it may make an appearance in a game near … Continue reading
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Dungeon Mapping for Idiots
I’ve been looking for a simple way to produce dungeon maps for ages. I’m aware of loads of programmes that purport to do the job, from Masterplan to Pymapper, to the tile planner that WotC offer(ed). They’re fine, but still too … Continue reading
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Why didn’t I think of that?
A lot of DMs are still searching for the holy grail of initiative/condition/hits tracking for 4e. I thought I’d tried it all until I saw this pic over at Newbie DM’s site. It’s actually from Mike Shea the guy behind … Continue reading
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My combat tracker for dummies
I use this simple Google spreadsheet. It’s super-simple, and it has to be given my IT skills. I put in the real names obviously! The autosort function is a lifesaver. I type in the PCs initiative when they call it out, … Continue reading
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Initracker
Just a quick post to promote an online tool that I very much like called Initracker. It’s a combat manager that tracks initiative, hit points, conditions, all the good stuff. There’s no instructions but a fellow blogger takes you through it step … Continue reading
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My Big Fat Techy Week
I’ve just had a week of interesting tech stuff. I’ve bought a netbook, a term I didnt even know existed last week. It’s an Asus eee 901 in white (eeepc.asus.com/global), and I absolutely love it. Its small enough to put … Continue reading
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Gaaaaahhhh!
Technology is crap. Its supposed to be a labour saving, connected, simple world. Yet things break or go on a go slow and because they are so ‘sophisticated’ I have no real chance of fixing them. Our home pc keeps … Continue reading
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