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Post by shadrack on Dec 27, 2012 14:18:31 GMT -8
Allright I got a new toy and need some suggestions. The toy is a nexus 10. So if you have any favorite android apps I should know about, please let me know.
Think dice rollers, note taking apps, etc.
Thanks!
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Post by freyki on Dec 27, 2012 17:40:52 GMT -8
Someone just asked this on one of the g+ communities I follow. My answer:
Evernote, for campaign management in general. RepliGo pdf reader. Fudge Dice, a dice roller for Fate/Fudge. Other dice rollers exist, if you wasn't to roll something other than fate dice. I've seen Truly Random used at a table before. Some people like mind mapping apps, but I haven't found one I like yet.
-Freyki-
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Post by rickno7 on Dec 27, 2012 18:24:09 GMT -8
Evernote is awesome for many things, but sometimes can be a pain to get to things quickly. I keep Evernote though because it will save campaign notes to a website that lets me access them on my laptop, this makes it easy to transfer to campaign websites.
TL;DR = Colornote for much more usable lists, Handrite for realistic notebook emulation, MyScript Calculator for quick math equations
So I supplement Evernote with Colornote for quick and easy to do lists that are much more readable and easier to modify than Evernote's list settings. You can also very easily move items/people around with the up/down dragging you can do on the lists. Perfect for initiative. Again, much much easier to use on the fly than Evernote's lists.
2nd: I also use Handrite. I'm a notebook nut. I have shelves of notebooks with tabs and labels to keep up with my writing(not just GM material, but tons of other stuff too). The problem with Evernote and just about every note taking thing out there, I am a very stream of consciousness kind of writer. For years I had to resort to some kind of voice recording to do simple ideas quickly without being a hassle. Handwrite lets me make lots of notebooks and lets me do either my own handwriting(for when I have a stylus or when i'm doing graphs, flow charts, etc) or translate my sloppy finger-writing into typed writing. Its really awesome. And you can switch between styles with one click, no menus to navigate
Edit: wanted to point out that you can set it to let you write really huge in your own handwriting, then it will align it in a smaller version, but still your own handwriting if you want it to do that. Really can not recommend this more to the old school GM's that keep tons of notebooks.
3rd: for quick but complicated math, I no longer use regular calculators, I use "MyScript Calculator". No more hunting for the right sign or using the 2nd key to toggle button functions, I just write out the equation in my handwriting, it translates it and solves it in typed format.
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Post by daeglan on Dec 27, 2012 19:24:38 GMT -8
If you play Gurps. Gurps calculator.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2012 4:57:34 GMT -8
Sweet! I got a Kindle Fire... I'm gonna pick up the Fudge Dice one.
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Post by jazzisblues on Dec 28, 2012 6:41:06 GMT -8
If you play Gurps. Gurps calculator. I have the GURPS calculator on my phone, very handy. JiB
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Post by shadrack on Dec 28, 2012 7:45:55 GMT -8
thanks all!
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Post by mook on Dec 28, 2012 9:41:42 GMT -8
I have the GURPS calculator on my phone, very handy. YES. :: rubs nipple :: It's like having a homonculus in my pocket (not a euphemism this time) that will figure out esoterica like collision damage, throwing distance, etc. Sure, I could do it myself, but it's much more convenient to oppress the machines and keep 'em down with scut work. The author also seems keen to continue expanding and polishing - very much recommended. As for polyhedral dice rollers, I tried a ton but don't really have any I super like. The graphical ones all seem to have banner ads (annoying as fuck - seriously dude, just charge me a buck or five and leave me alone). Dice Bag is probably the one I'll keep - it's not graphical, so a bit less fun, but no ads and easy to use. Mostly all this is a theoretical exercise anyway - I only need polyhedrals three times a year at cons, and at those times I want to blow the dust off my polys anyway.
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Post by jazzisblues on Dec 28, 2012 10:00:27 GMT -8
One thing to remember with dice rollers. Computers are only PSEUDO-random which means that over a large enough sampling there is a pattern to the results. How pseudo the random number generator is a matter of development platform and technique.
Just something to keep in mind.
JiB
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Post by Stu Venable on Dec 28, 2012 10:29:14 GMT -8
Are there any dice rollers that use the random.org service?
They generate what are probably true random numbers by using radio receivers to pick up atmospheric noise (which is converted into random numbers).
It wouldn't be fast (since the ap would have to fetch a random number for every die).
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Post by jaiden0 on Dec 29, 2012 9:52:40 GMT -8
not an app, but this does exist: www.random.org/dice/ only rolls d6 though Edit: OK so I did some looking, and there is a random.org app in the android market. you tell it the range of numbers (1-6 for example) and hit a button and get an answer. Also there's Simple DiceRoller which will use random.org when it can. this looks like the best answer.
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Post by mook on Jan 7, 2013 11:56:36 GMT -8
I wanted something for my phone. Found the app Custom Soundboard today -- if I'm reading it correctly, you can create your own soundboards from uploading your own mp3s. The possibilities for enhancing tabletop are freakin' sweet - pre-recorded mission briefings, voice mail, 911 calls, gunshots, screams, monsters growling, thunder and rain, vehicles skidding, heartbeats pounding, explosions, character themes, all at your fingertips on your phone. Sure, the audio could be overused, but it doesn't have to be. I think I mentioned recently how much I loved having little Star Wars and Star Trek sound effects keychains when I ran those games ... with an app like this, I can make my own, for any game, any genre. :: rubs hands together excitedly :: Looking forward to messing with this!
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Post by RobMITC on Jan 7, 2013 12:42:36 GMT -8
Generally one of the additional nice things about a sound board app is that it will play the file immediately vs the time it can take for a computer or music player on a phone to start playing. Normally the second or two it can take to play isn't a big deal, but when you are right in the moment trying to hit that explosion mp3 it can lose a little something if you have to wait.
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Post by jaiden0 on Jan 14, 2013 12:35:47 GMT -8
reiterating Simple DiceRoller... really nice widgets, where you can have one for each die, or for example 2d6. click each one to roll and it will still display the last result so you can tally them easily. also, claims to use random.org
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