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Hi all! I was wondering if anyone had any experiences to share about including a remote player in their game. I have at least one friend very interested in exploring, but he is out of state from the rest of my gaming group. I am considering … ••• Hi all! I was wondering if anyone had any experiences to share about including a remote player in their game. I have at least one friend very interested in exploring, but he is out of state from the rest of my gaming group. I am considering ways… ••• …east one friend very interested in exploring, but he is out of state from the rest of my gaming group. I am considering ways to be able to include him, mostly around having a big laptop with Skype or Zoom running. If anyone has tried somethi… ••• …one has tried something like that in the past, I'd love to hear how well it worked. What equipment did you use? Did the remote player feel involved at all times? Was it easy to make sure they could understand the tile layout, etc.? Did the non-re…

… The 7th Continent (missed the kickstarters so hoping for some to appear in the shop!) but I have done a test run for a remote game of an LCG. I registered two accounts on Skype and set up the laptop facing me on one account. I then called the … ••• …two accounts on Skype and set up the laptop facing me on one account. I then called the 2nd account on the ipad (which was propped up on a stack of books) to provide a view of the table. Then I was able to add my friend to the call so he co… ••• …n called the 2nd account on the ipad (which was propped up on a stack of books) to provide a view of the table. Then I was able to add my friend to the call so he could see both my cameras and I could see him. You need to mute one of the mi…

I'd say your remote player needs at least 2 views : - The general view where you can see everyone around the table to interact as a player. That's the easy part, just set up the laptop like a player - A view from above to clearly see the board to… ••• … clearly see the board to not be the 5th wheel in your adventuring group If you can setup a second camera (and your software supports it) above the game table that's probably ideal since he'd see you guys pointing at elements live. Otherwise …