Playing On Skype

[nicky_longbranch]

Can someone explain to me how playing on skype works, what kind of set-up I should have etc...

Thanks in advance

~Nick

Imagine playing "back to back" rather than head-to-head: you have the scenario set up twice, and the players read off their movements to each other: "The GREN in 0403 will advance to 0404... 0405" and the players update their own setups accordingly.

The addition of Skype simply lets that be one across great distance.

So you will need adequate space to set up your scenario AND have a laptop or desktop with Skype running nearby.

I don't think many or any of our regular Skype warriors make use of webcams. Whether that's because we're all ugly old trolls or just spend the whole time looking at the board and not the monitor is up for debate

An online dice rolling site is usually involved, though it isn't a requirement really. Our lads are pretty honorable.

I'll let someone who does this frequently fill in the details... but that's the gist.

Thanks Shad