Can't disagree more.Look forward to tournaments where folks fly over with laptops and hook themselves up in front of big monitors.
Where's the counter for a 467 of the Spanish Azul Division from LFT Magazine #10?
Can't disagree more.
Why should I waste even a single Euro to fly around the world only to place a big monitor between me and my opponent?
If I want that, I can play VASL and don't need to attend a tournament in person. Actually, the reason for me to attend a tournament is exactly the opposite of this - the absence of a monitor...
von Marwitz
Don't get me wrong, but rather than this:
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I prefer this:
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But each to his own.
Cheers,
von Marwitz
OK, first I doubt any ASL player ever sat that close to a woman who looked that good.Don't get me wrong, but rather than this:
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I prefer this:
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But each to his own.
Cheers,
von Marwitz
Did you ever try it the other way? FTF, no cardboard?First, looking at a screen is what I do all day. If I take a long trip to play, you can bet I'll be looking at musty old cardboard for a change. I'll even switch back to flipping through a paper rulebook instead of the oh-so-much-more-comfortable eASLRB.
Second... so, von Marwitz likes blondes better than brunettes, or red wine better than white, I'm not sure which. Me, I'm more like MAS01, I like brunettes better (plus my wife is in the rook as I type, I'd better not say it wrong).
For me, it's simply a convience thing...open a laptop and start playing. The technology is there why not us it? Sure, I could still have no computer and use a phone that's screwed onto my wall but that would just make life harder for no other reason than to announce to the world I'm an old fart.There is a generational aspect in the preferences expressed, I believe.
Honkongwargamer is younger than most of us, who belong to a pre-computer generation.
Large CG's FTF is a limitation on the use of VASL.....VASL without FTF a large monitor is as close as your HDTV. SO if want to play a CG with a human FTF it probably requires a large commitment of space in your house.......again VASL is a great option and allows for more CG play.Is this becoming the new IFT vs IIFT debate?
Personally, the only drawback to using VASL is the size of the screen, IE: the viewable portion of a large map.
Red Barricades for example, requires a cubic megaton of scrolling, and feels too disconnected.
Smaller maps are no problem, but I feel like I'm spending too much time scrolling around to check potential LOS and losing focus, or the bugger picture if you will,
whereas with the physical components you can glance at the whole map and get the feel of the overall situation much easier.
Until my daughter moves out again, I'll not have room to set up a campaign game for more than one day at a time.
I know large digital game tables are a possibility, but we're then talking about a LOT of money, and that's not gonna get authorized by the budget committee.
No, never had the opportunity, so I can only talk about what I believe it would be like. I suppose a huge tactile screen, with the proper software (VASL would need some adaptation), might make it convenient enough, though I don't think I'd really enjoy it as I enjoy "normal" (cardboard) FtF play.Did you ever try it the other way? FTF, no cardboard?