Had a guy on Something Awful today ask if he could play on a white background with just color blocks as tokens.
Yes.
Play checkers if you'd like. Honestly, at it's base this is a system of layers in a browser. You can put one thing on top of another thing. You put a token on a table. That's why this thing is cool, I think. Yeah, I'm using it to play D&D... but Riley and I were both pretty intent on making sure this was a blank slate. We both love video games-- but we also both loved that tabletop games can be so, so much more because it's whatever you bring (or don't bring) to the table.
There's no downloads outside of an updated flash player, so there's no reason not to use the system for that. There will be a large kind of empty portion of screen... just like you'd have a large empty table in front of you. Heh.
I will say, I'm really jazzed that combat-wise we have a grid-less measurement system. Like, you can quickly drag your mouse to go "okay, this would move me 10 feet" or whatever, and I've always wanted to fiddle with that as an option.
Micah, no joke, you are on a list of folks we wrote down to contact about this. Really excited to see you're interested and we will ABSOLUTELY be in touch.
Funny what a small place the internet is sometimes.
Yes.
Play checkers if you'd like. Honestly, at it's base this is a system of layers in a browser. You can put one thing on top of another thing. You put a token on a table. That's why this thing is cool, I think. Yeah, I'm using it to play D&D... but Riley and I were both pretty intent on making sure this was a blank slate. We both love video games-- but we also both loved that tabletop games can be so, so much more because it's whatever you bring (or don't bring) to the table.