Hi all,

I'm looking at potentially using roll20 for the first time in the next couple of months. I was wondering if anyone had any links to any decent Dark Heresy related resources? The kind of things I'm looking for are maps (which can be used for hive worlds etc.), useful tokens and potentially macros (although we'll probably leave the macros out for our first run through just to see if we like roll20 as a better medium than skype). The only thing I've got so far are the '40k pogs' from Dark Reign.

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated,

Regards,

I'm also interested in this. Have you tried looking on Roll20's forums?

I got some bad news guys. I get most of my stuff from roll20 free assets. I make my tokens using tokentool.

There isn't a lot of 40k or sci-fi themed stuff out there, so you have to improvise.

This is what my stuff looks like -->

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/174358-oath-unspoken-dark-heresy/

Ouch, I guess that's something we're gonna have to change and perhaps build a community resource! There is darkreign but personally I find the site hard to look at

Your stuff looks good! I'm going to give tokentool a go. What did you use for the maps?

Dark Reign is a mess. I've tried to use it numerous times and virtually every time I give up due to something not being where it should be or otherwise inaccessible. A community resource site would be nice. I'd be prepared to contribute a lot of stuff.

For my maps I generally use free roll20 resources and some homemade assets. I have some background in drafting, so that gives me a bit of an advantage. Tokentool though is really easy to use. I just have been looking for pictures for about three years and have a stack.

Ive had to commission custom tokens from Devin Knight... i thin about $7 to $8 a pop (but they look outstanding)

The I had to source all over the net battlemats - finally giving in and buying some

In total to get the game "vitalized" I've spent easily over $600 (not including the license for Fantasy Grounds)

Its been a challenge and still I'm not all organized and or done - but I feel at least now I have enough to roll with the punches and not have to railraod PCs based on the materials Ive got (at a tradition game table you can opt not to to the adventure and Id have pleanty of tabletop play aids from Minis to Tiles - was my point)

Morbid

I've put together some attractive looking games, and I've never spent a penny. You should put up some screenshots.

https://community.fa...en-dark-heresy/

I've put together some attractive looking games, and I've never spent a penny. You should put up some screenshots.

https://community.fa...en-dark-heresy/

You did all that free? I'm impressed! I don't suppose you would share some of your tokens and such please?

I read all your stuff on the other thread a while back- will you be updating it? I'm interested in seeing how it ended! The editing is fantastic!

Btw, if you make a post to notify us when you updated, anyone following will know and come and see. I didn't notice when the Baron Thrugg operation started until today, for example That'd be really convenient, thanks!

I'm working on finding a way to do that. I have to be careful about putting up websites because I don't record every place I find artwork, so I'm petrified of getting a 'Cease and Desist'. So far I've just given people massive .rar folders of tokens over skype.

PM me if you want the token .rar.

As for most of the maps. A lot of the reason my stuff looks really good is that I shrink stuff down and assemble, which jacks the resolution.up without having 100 meg roll20 loads. It's why when I use the roll20 'conditions' on my tokens they look huge.

I started Baron Thrugg for reddit and never finished it. That's why I didn't add it for ages. I may return to that project. What's really got me down on that one is the amount of photo stitching required. One day I hope to stream on twitch.

I was really just hoping to see what the guy who paid for all the assets stuff looked look.

I've run several sessions over roll20 now and I'm happy to report similar success to fog1234. You can actually put together some decent looking games purely using the free resources on there and using tokentool for your characters and NPCs. I've really been pleasantly surprised at how good a tool roll20 is. Once I'm earning a proper wage again I'll probably invest in a subscription and support the site.

The trick for me is I only make maps out of about 4-5 repeating units. This sounds like it would produce sh*tty results, but you don't need much once you decide on a theme for where your game will take place. You can throw a layer on very easily to create the dust and grim of a lived in city.

These images are representative of a campaign I ran a few months ago.

http://imgur.com/a/bpcu2

They look complicated, but it's all just simple tiles.

This was a city block I made for a riot. Notice the use of repeating everything.

http://imgur.com/NTo9SKn

I think it would be a good Idea if Fantasy flight came out with a bit of software that allows you to make alot of this stuff with pre built templates, such as data slates, or tokens. I would pay good money for that.

It would be also great if FFG came out with a map creator that was easy and simple to use, alot of the ones on the market are not user friendly , and have not been updated since there creation. FFG could have a base set of tokens and tools, then sell add ons for a fair price depending on what gaming system you use, with the ability to save as images or upload directly to Roll20.

I think it would be a good Idea if Fantasy flight came out with a bit of software that allows you to make alot of this stuff with pre built templates, such as data slates, or tokens. I would pay good money for that.

It would be also great if FFG came out with a map creator that was easy and simple to use, alot of the ones on the market are not user friendly , and have not been updated since there creation. FFG could have a base set of tokens and tools, then sell add ons for a fair price depending on what gaming system you use, with the ability to save as images or upload directly to Roll20.

I actually already have lot of stuff to make good looking data slates. I'm not sure how I got it, but I found some files on the web back in the Dark Heresy 1E. I can crank that stuff out really easily. I even have a 40k font called 'Requiem' so my stuff looks extra grimdark.

Note I made - http://imgur.com/3KDG3D4

Link to font - http://www.darkreign.org/tags/fonts

I use 'Token Tool' to make all my tokens.

Token Tool - http://www.rptools.net/toolbox/token-tool/

Map creators already exist.

Dundjinni is of course the big one. I mostly do my stuff inside roll20 using their assets. I would love to see a licensed asset pack on roll20. There is some great stuff in the market, if you know where to look and are rich.

Dundjinni link - http://www.dundjinni.com/

I think it would be a good Idea if Fantasy flight came out with a bit of software that allows you to make alot of this stuff with pre built templates, such as data slates, or tokens. I would pay good money for that.

It would be also great if FFG came out with a map creator that was easy and simple to use, alot of the ones on the market are not user friendly , and have not been updated since there creation. FFG could have a base set of tokens and tools, then sell add ons for a fair price depending on what gaming system you use, with the ability to save as images or upload directly to Roll20.

I actually already have lot of stuff to make good looking data slates. I'm not sure how I got it, but I found some files on the web back in the Dark Heresy 1E. I can crank that stuff out really easily. I even have a 40k font called 'Requiem' so my stuff looks extra grimdark.

Note I made - http://imgur.com/3KDG3D4

Link to font - http://www.darkreign.org/tags/fonts

I use 'Token Tool' to make all my tokens.

Token Tool - http://www.rptools.net/toolbox/token-tool/

Map creators already exist.

Dundjinni is of course the big one. I mostly do my stuff inside roll20 using their assets. I would love to see a licensed asset pack on roll20. There is some great stuff in the market, if you know where to look and are rich.

Dundjinni link - http://www.dundjinni.com/

Yes While I know of all these things.

It's not in one Modern package is it? FFG Produces alot of RPGs it would be alot easier, with the backing of a company with there resources to just make there own map and hand out creator in one easy to use package, that they can have there own branded packs, which they already have the licenses for.

From what I understand DnD(WoC) has partnered up with Fantasy Grounds for their future in the online gaming community. I also know that Fantasy Flight seems acknowledge that they have a lot of people playing their board games and card games using Vassal and Tabletop Simulator. There have also been inroads made with making some of their more popular games accessible to the tablet computer market. If DnD's inroads work, then maybe Fantasy Flight will follow suit.

The problem with us, in the pen and paper community, is that we are very niche. We all need a lot of different and specific stuff. They also have to find a way to make meaningful income. Put simply, we generally have to fend for ourselves. I make almost all my own stuff. I might eventually buy stuff made for roll20. Right now, I send my assets to people when they ask for them. That was also how Dark Reign worked for many years. If you needed something you went to Dark Reign and prayed.

From what I understand DnD(WoC) has partnered up with Fantasy Grounds for their future in the online gaming community. I also know that Fantasy Flight seems acknowledge that they have a lot of people playing their board games and card games using Vassal and Tabletop Simulator. There have also been inroads made with making some of their more popular games accessible to the tablet computer market. If DnD's inroads work, then maybe Fantasy Flight will follow suit.

The problem with us, in the pen and paper community, is that we are very niche. We all need a lot of different and specific stuff. They also have to find a way to make meaningful income. Put simply, we generally have to fend for ourselves. I make almost all my own stuff. I might eventually buy stuff made for roll20. Right now, I send my assets to people when they ask for them. That was also how Dark Reign worked for many years. If you needed something you went to Dark Reign and prayed.

I disagree that we are a niche community, in fact I think it's the other way around, in years before this community has been segregated by distance ( the RPG community that is ) While there have been apps and games online before, I think now finally we are seeing all these little community's band together to form an ever growing amount of players. Every day I see some one new that's never Gmed or never played before wanting to start. I think this is largely due to alot of high profile coverage and pushing by people like Will wheaton, Adam Kobel and many more. The Roleplay Series on twitch is a good example , that racks in thousands of people, who have never played these games before

I know they have started out with a few different IOS apps, But I think there is a growing need to just one big package with everything in it. If they already have the licences for this stuff then we do not need to have a " sort of 40k map pack" we can have a 40k map pack.

I would suggest that I was referencing 40k role-playing as being somewhat niche. I also think the tabletop fever on twitch/youtube peaked a little while ago. During roleplay dark heresy I was getting people begging to join my games. Now I have to recruit a bit and they don't last.

I am aware of the expansion of the VTT community and am part of it. I've actually never run a game in real life. I just don't think what you are suggesting would be profitable in the long run. The companies, as I've said, have started expanding into the digital sphere. The player aid area is the start. It's no good to negotiate a new deal with Games Workshop though, if it's only going to make a few tens of thousands of dollars profit. From what I can see the Fantasy Grounds DnD wasn't a knock out hit. Our community is just hard to monetize.

Basically, to get what you want you would need Fantasy Flight would need to join up with Fantasy Grounds, Roll20, Vassal, or one of the other big VTT companies. Since no one else is doing it particularly successfully right now it has probably been debated internally and decided against.

The best answer is just to find an artist that works for you on Roll20. The selection is pretty great, if you are willing to spend the money because the odds of us getting a map back for the next few years are slim to none.

I began making my own tokens via PrintScreen + Photoshop and the Deathwatch Enhanced Edition game by http://rodeogames.co.uk...

SEE HERE for transparent PNG

I am gonna make more of these for my online gaming!

Stay GAMING

Morbid

I revised my rules for DISTANCEs in grid/battlemap play via Roll20 or Fantasy Grounds...

POSTED HERE

Stay GAMING

Morbid

I found the complete Vassal 40k tokens set - someone contact me as I will not post this on my website but would rather give it away and have someone else either Google Docs / Drop Box a link for our Forum - let me know...

Stay GAMING

Morbid

On the Vassal note - I do "do" graphic design and the like - if anyone wants to team up and work on upgrading (i.e. enlarging) the vassal tokens - ATM they are very very TINY - ideally I'd like to bring these up to an AVG token size of say 200 x 200...

I am working on an Imperial Guard with a Melta to see what I can accomplish quality wise - I will post it up once done so you can see

Morbid

Can I suggest Morbid that instead of doing soldiers you do vehicles. I've had a lot of requests for basic tanks from people when I've been helping out new roll20 GM's. Our Leman Russ's are tragic at this point as are our Chimeras. You may not think these end up on the board often, but they are a big part of the world and they make good terrain.

This is what I've been using -->

http://imgur.com/a/jnn04

I think they came from papercraft models.

I do have better stuff for some other vehicles though generally ripped from photographs and forge world books.

http://imgur.com/a/ZrX6T

The lack of basic transports though is hard to deal with.

You should also see if you can talk to people involved in Vassal 40k. I know they sometimes down-sample their images from a high-res base. If we could somehow get those images, then that would solve the problem.

My skills aren't THAT good LOL

BIG TOKEN

SMALL TOKEN (original size)

I have a lot of "tank" tokens and such collected over the last 2 years from various online searches...

Let me see if I can put them all into a single folder and zip em to link herein...

P.S. I know nobody in the Vassal community and am alone in my efforts

Morbid

OK here are all my 40k transportation options (called smalls) TOKENs in ZIP format

I will post Voidships next (called bigs) - I have way more of them!

Enjoy!

Morbid

Cool thanks. We should collaborate man. We both do a lot of work on roll20.