#RPGaDay2017 Day 27: “Just the basics ma’am.”

Better late than never… again! And this is the last Sunday post for #RPGaDay2017. This is the home stretch, 4 days to go! It is still day 27 in my time zone, so here we go:

August 27: What are your essential tools for good gaming?

The simple answer, technology! “But this is tabletop gaming Roberto. Where we game we don’t need technology!” I grant you that if you say that, you’d be mostly right. Allow me to elaborate.

True that when playing an RPG, with a few dice, the books, paper and pencil and our imagination we can travel to any world and do anything. But times have changed, and as a GM I rely in technology more and more to run my games. From campaign management, to preparation, to running the game at the table. These days I think twice before running a game that at least doesn’t have electronic versions of the books.

Just with basic productivity tools (MS Office or Google Docs), a messaging program, and access to the Internet I run a game, share information with my players and stay in touch with them at the table and beyond. Technology enhances my gaming experience and that of my players. That’s my pragmatic answer.

If I want to get philosophical, and it would be hard to call them tools but bear with me, would be a shared desire to have fun and like minded friends willing to go together into the realms of imagination. Still sounds good… Hope you all have that in your games.

What is your essential tool?

The companion to this series of posts are our vide responses to the questions of #RPGaDay2017 over at the Desde la Fosa YouTube channel. Me and the team at Desde la Fosa are recording our answers in Spanish. If you speak the language we appreciate the views, if you don’t, we are thankful for any shares.

See you all tomorrow!