Reply To: Using Technology and Apps in Table Top / Board games / RPG. Good or Bad ?

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Really interesting discussion, I’d love to one day see what you’ve been up to @blinky465 and generally agree that technology in games is awesome!

Also share the concerns of @sundancer being in the same business, software and its longevity for me is very questionable, its hard to manage with a full time team at a tech company. Having Open Source projects that people can contribute would certainly make me feel better but it would need a seriously committed community and given that people often struggle to play the same game for a few years, never mind agree on things I suspect it could struggle. Having a defined exit strategy published would also be beneficial, particularly if that resulted in it being open source.

I think there’s an important difference between technology as a whole, and specifics like software/app’s. A “blinky box” (with flashing lights and all) for want of a better example, that you take out and turn on whenever you play a game should continue to work effectively forever. An App, you’d be lucky to have last 5 years before Apple/Google updates and general progress in devices render it useless, unless it has regular updates.

All round though I’m in favour of technology on the tabletop, it just needs to be supported, done right and give me confidence in its longevity.