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What makes a map immersive?

Jan 5, 2021
Investigations
RPTools, Roll20, MapTool, Astral, VTT, Reddit

Context # As I’m diving into the investigation of battlemaps and their use-cases, the previous question being as simple as “Why do you use battlemaps?", I was really interested in the fact that because they allow visual immersion was the most popular answer. As a completely unexpected move, I thus started a new poll asking “What makes a map immersive?" (didn’t see that coming, heh?), hoping to get a better grasp on how DMs and players come to feel immersed from digitally painted maps. ...

Why using battlemaps?

Dec 20, 2020
Investigations
RPTools, Roll20, MapTool, Astral, VTT, Reddit

Context # I’ve been GM for almost 20 years now (ouch! 🎅) but I only recently came to VTT softwares, just like lots of other GM did when COVID-19 forced us home. I became quite an enthusiast, but as I’m a curious person, I wanted to get a better understanding of VTTs as both a social and a technical object. Several questions came in mind, and the first was : Why do you use battlemaps? ...