InfinitasDM

This was really a thing that I was looking for my at the table group. Getting a program that help me splay a picture on a second monitor and manage the fog of war on it, being able to prep a map and put info on it and not be afraid that you're displaying some info that the players aren't supposed to know. Being able to see the GM version of the map on one screen and not having to glance at the player screen constantly and double check and make sure stuff. I use it with a laptop behind a gm screen, pen tablet for a mouse and second screen on a table placed screen up for player maps. There are few issues though: - A maximum image size for fog of war. If the source image is large enough the fog cannot be applied to entire map. This is not a huge deal but it would be nice to bring my players a large detailed image. - On my laptop I'm unable to write accurately with a pen tablet, I need to write/draw very carefully and deliberately to produce a good result. There is no support for pressure sensitivity and honestly this doesn't need it but it is odd that this sort of program can't draw well with a mouse or a pen tablet with a potato machine but otherwise it runs fine. This is not obviously problem on better machines. - UI isn't the best and takes some getting used to. I'd wish there was hotkeys to tools. Like E for Eraser and P for Pen. It would help out a lot. - Documents section could be better, my issue with it that I'm not always being able to write. I have to click it a bunch and sometimes it lets me write and other times it wont. Text formatting options would be nice, ability to bold text when you need to reference it in play would be nice. But I have a note book so it is fine. - Able to hide tokens would be cool. Placing a token and wanting to draw on the map is a bit of a pain. You gotta move the token to draw on it. A giant name plate doesn't really help either. Anyways this program is very niche, I don't recommend it for using for drawing maps but if you need to make a map in a pinch you can scribble something together quickly. But it is really nice at the table. Managing maps, placing information and fog of war, and managing encounters, making notes for yourself. It has really helped me prep a game for irl games as previously I had no tools for managing a hex crawl game. UPDATE: Replaced HDD on my laptop and it works better than ever. So there was something wrong with my hard drive. Ignore whatever I said about working bad on certain machines.

I believe in supporting projects like this. While not perfect, there's a lot of potential here, and I certainly hope the developers will continue to add more to the product. It's important to read the manual on for this one. Some of the controls aren't as intuitive as they could be (likely given that the program has also been ported to Android and iOS), so be sure to take a few minutes to look at all the different controls to figure out how things work. Some items are placed or moved by holding the mouse button down for a few seconds, which isn't obvious right away. The manual also mentioned that a Chromecast might be needed to send your images to another screen. I have been informed by the developers that this isn't factual for the PC version (and I hope they make that clear in an update to the manual). To anyone who may have read my original review, sorry, if I mislead you. If you think this is something that will improve your game, give it a shot. As I said before, it's not perfect, but it does some things really well, and if those are the things that you need, that's all that matters.

Ein tolles tool für DM jedoch fänd ich es toll wenn man mehr mit der community machen könnte zB: der Steam workshop da könnte man dan tolle karten mit einander austauchen oder so ansonsten ist es schade das man nicht so einfach neue icons einfügen kann

InfinitasDM is the easiest way to share maps and photos with players during an in game session.

Very friendly interface, easy to use on any system, can load your own Jpgs and play with the elements. Its been a good send for my Campaigns!

Ich bin immer noch nicht restlos zufrieden aber es ist auf jeden Fall deutlich besser als andere Tools am Markt die vergleichbares tun (sollen): Nämlich einen Monitor mit ner Battlemap zu füttern. Was so einfach klingt ist in der Tat anscheinend nach wie vor ein Gewaltakt. Ergo: Daumen rauf mittlerweile