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I've always GM'd with my laptop, never used a screen, but I like the idea of it more and more.

I was just curious what people put on there? What do you consider essential and what has come in handy for you?

For reference I run Call of Cthulhu so especially interested in that, but I've also done DND so really just curious in general.

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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

A lot of the people who responded here have focused on the secrecy, but that's actually not my goal with it really. It just seemed nice to put the laptop away for a while and have quick reference for rules and plot points all laid out at once.

Do people really have players trying to ferret out secrets that much, or that are that distrustful of dice rolls? I can't imagine anyone doing that in my group, but maybe I just have a good one.

I do focus a lot more on roleplay and discourage metagaming, so maybe that's part of it too.