I'm currently dming curse of strahd and thought about trying the new maps feature for it. I already use a display case to display the maps of the book in digital form on the table. I like the flexebility this kind of build gives me but also there is a drawback, while using the image files is easy, there is no fog of war and sometimes my players see things on the map, they shouldnt. Is it possible to host a maps game and display the playerversion of it on the tablescreen? That way I could really make use of this new feature.
I was thinking MAPS would be great for the scenario you mentioned. The only way I could think it'd work is if you create a dummy acct to use that PC's view to project onto the display case from your laptop. I used to do the same thing with Owlbear Rodeo to show maps when I had in house players.
Thanks for the advice. I did a session today and just had one of my players log in with their account on a different browser and it worked very easy. So for all that are wondering, it is possible, and also easy to use.
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Hey guys,
I'm currently dming curse of strahd and thought about trying the new maps feature for it. I already use a display case to display the maps of the book in digital form on the table. I like the flexebility this kind of build gives me but also there is a drawback, while using the image files is easy, there is no fog of war and sometimes my players see things on the map, they shouldnt. Is it possible to host a maps game and display the playerversion of it on the tablescreen? That way I could really make use of this new feature.
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I was thinking MAPS would be great for the scenario you mentioned. The only way I could think it'd work is if you create a dummy acct to use that PC's view to project onto the display case from your laptop. I used to do the same thing with Owlbear Rodeo to show maps when I had in house players.
Thanks for the advice. I did a session today and just had one of my players log in with their account on a different browser and it worked very easy. So for all that are wondering, it is possible, and also easy to use.