Help running a campaign over skype/internet

By ieatdeadpeople2, in Rogue Trader Gamemasters

Hi All,

I've been running a campaign for 4 years now and we're all moving away and getting spread out all over the map. My group is still interested in continuing the campaign and I was wondering if any one can point me towards reasources I can use to keep this campaign going over the internet?

So were planning on having a drop box to keep track of all the stuff they need to see and we can use google drive to share files but I was wondering if there was any programs to run combat on?

Please help!

For online gaming, I have heard of groups using

Roll20

Vassall

Fantasy Grounds

Beyond Table Top

OpenRPG

You can also use Skype, or messenger programs. I had a friend once show me a site that contained online dice rolling generators which users could log onto in a group setting. This allowed everyone to see what everyone else rolled. it contained d2 through d100 generators. No longer have it, as my comp that had the webpage fried a year ago, and I rarely used it. Not even sure if it's still operational, but maybe you can find similar sites with those features.

Thanks for this, will these work for ship battles?

Also I was thinking of having a google doc where I could paste inmages of people the rogue traders are speaig to while using skype. So it would sort of be like the original starcraft campaign interface at the begining of each mission with a bunch of talking heads (with me providing the voices over skype).

Are there better options? I've always been a big fan of using props in my game.

You can also create your own free webpage, and include forums and images in it. I did it awhile ago for Necromunda, which was interesting but didn't work out in the end. The whole 3 dimensional aspect was lost. Other members on this forum have similar webpages/sites, so maybe they can recommend a good one. Just googling it I found several though.