Can you help me find this software?

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Mar 9 2005, 12:20 pm
I was going to use the software avaible on Byond, but after typing in serverl thousand lines of text, I decided I didn't want to.

A week back I found a site, selling virtual roleplaying hosting software.

It comes packed with a number of core rule books ect, and bascilly you host it and players connect.

It was around $40.00 but I cant remeber the name or the site anymore.

Anyone know?
Mar 9 2005, 1:07 pm
What's wrong with the stuff on BYOND? BYOND has many different PnP RPG-related utilities. If the rule books are the problem, there are plenty of them available on the internet. If for some strange reason you just hate BYOND, there's other software out there. I think OpenRPG is one.
Mar 9 2005, 1:19 pm
In response to Jon88
No, see, there is Tabletop for Byond. But I have to manully copy all of my books to it, which is a real big pain in the arse.

There is internet software out there, that includes alot of books, rules, ect for a number of core games. IE Shadowrun, Dugeons and Dragons, ect.

It was a real nice package.

Unless someone would like to set me up with a bunch of GURPS and/or Dungeons and Dragons files for Tabletop, the software package is a nicer, lazier option for me.
Mar 9 2005, 1:55 pm
In response to Shades
Shades wrote:
No, see, there is Tabletop for Byond. But I have to manully copy all of my books to it, which is a real big pain in the arse.

There is internet software out there, that includes alot of books, rules, ect for a number of core games. IE Shadowrun, Dugeons and Dragons, ect.

It was a real nice package.

Unless someone would like to set me up with a bunch of GURPS and/or Dungeons and Dragons files for Tabletop, the software package is a nicer, lazier option for me.

Point your players to convenient on-line manuals! :) If you must, copy & paste text from the convenient on-line manuals directly into the BYOND game.
Mar 9 2005, 2:47 pm
In response to Jon88
I have found a online store where I can buy down download digital versions of the books for about $5.00

But there are a few questions that comes to mind...

1. Would i be able to copy and paste the text into Tabletop?

2. If not, could I legally host these books on a web site?

hmm, they dont have a FAQ on their site.
Mar 9 2005, 3:06 pm
In response to Shades
Scanned manuals for $5 sounds like a scam or copyright infringement since the books usually run $20-30 a piece.
Mar 9 2005, 4:16 pm
In response to Shades
The d20 SRD page(including licenses): http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/20040121a

A link to the SRD: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/srd35

There's tons of stuff available on the internet that isn't DnD too.
Mar 9 2005, 4:18 pm
In response to Jon88
Jon88 wrote:
There's tons of stuff available on the internet that isn't DnD too.

Shameless plug: Fallout PnP</a href>

Thank god it's not d20.
Mar 9 2005, 4:48 pm
In response to Mertek
Fallout used to be one of my favorite PC games, maybe Ill use that link..
Mar 9 2005, 5:36 pm
In response to Shades
I am currently converting the free GURPS Lite 4th Edition PDF to Tabletop Gaming, but man, its annoying...

The HTML only allows so many lines, then i have to guess and glue stuff togehter.

If anyone would like to do this for me... Don't hesitate to tell me. =/
Mar 10 2005, 11:19 am
In response to Jmurph
Jmurph wrote:
Scanned manuals for $5 sounds like a scam or copyright infringement since the books usually run $20-30 a piece.

I don't know about that particular site and agree that the buyer should be wary, but some companies now sell their RPGs in downloadable PDF files for a discount. They're not always in color, but they are often official. At least the ones directly from the companies are. It saves them the hassle of printing and shipping.

(Mind you, I have to admit that I've been downloading MERP, which is not strictly legal. I'd buy it if it was still available, but it's not. HARP looks good to me though.)
Mar 10 2005, 8:20 pm
In response to Shades
Shades wrote:
If anyone would like to do this for me... Don't hesitate to tell me. =/

Why not use one of these? =)
Mar 11 2005, 4:09 am
In response to Shades
Shades wrote:
I am currently converting the free GURPS Lite 4th Edition PDF to Tabletop Gaming, but man, its annoying...

Even more annoying than the conversion time is the time it will take people to download the manuals through BTG. It would be better to have a sheet of links to your data sources and only use BTG sheets for things that will change during the game, like character sheets.


I'm really curious about this other software package you mentioned. It sounds fishy if they are distributing sourcebooks for multiple systems in their package and only charging $40. More likely they have a few resources for said games, like character sheets and "lite" rule sets.
Mar 11 2005, 4:14 am
In response to ACWraith
ACWraith wrote:
Jmurph wrote:
Scanned manuals for $5 sounds like a scam or copyright infringement since the books usually run $20-30 a piece.

I don't know about that particular site and agree that the buyer should be wary, but some companies now sell their RPGs in downloadable PDF files for a discount. They're not always in color, but they are often official. At least the ones directly from the companies are. It saves them the hassle of printing and shipping.

DriveThruRPG is a good source for legal RPG PDFs in full color. (And unlike those cheap scans you get from illegal sources, the text is fully searchable.) They even have several freebies! :)
Mar 11 2005, 7:17 am
In response to Shadowdarke
Nice! I can finally get my hands on a copy of the Shadowrun Quick-Start rules. Now, if I can just get it to a printing agency so I have a paper copy...