Posted December 10, 2015
First, I own a copy of every SSI d&d game and the original manuals/journals other than the Krynn series.
Thus, I can just use those when I want to play the forgotten realms gold box games.
But, not actually having physical copies of the Krynn series, we all have to rely on pdf's. This results in a bit of an issue. Having to Alt+tab out of the game to check the journal entries in a pdf while playing is quite annoying, though a necessary evil in digital distribution obviously. But, having single page scans, would make it much easier to read when those pdf's are open on a phone/tablet. My "budget" tablet took a dive a bit ago, so using my phone was the best option. Only, min'es not a "brick", and rather small. Reading single page pdf's is not much of an issue. Though, double page scans is.
It's a pain to have to zoom and adjust the view to the right passage. It would be extremely nice if the scans provided in the gold box series were single page scans so that myself and others would have an easier way of looking them up. Those of us with limited technological resources (and rough eyesight) anyways.
(p.s. Even though still have my Pools of Radiance code wheel and did use it to re-play the game, I feel a full on crack would have been better than a code wheel app. Or at least an optional patch to bypass it).
Thus, I can just use those when I want to play the forgotten realms gold box games.
But, not actually having physical copies of the Krynn series, we all have to rely on pdf's. This results in a bit of an issue. Having to Alt+tab out of the game to check the journal entries in a pdf while playing is quite annoying, though a necessary evil in digital distribution obviously. But, having single page scans, would make it much easier to read when those pdf's are open on a phone/tablet. My "budget" tablet took a dive a bit ago, so using my phone was the best option. Only, min'es not a "brick", and rather small. Reading single page pdf's is not much of an issue. Though, double page scans is.
It's a pain to have to zoom and adjust the view to the right passage. It would be extremely nice if the scans provided in the gold box series were single page scans so that myself and others would have an easier way of looking them up. Those of us with limited technological resources (and rough eyesight) anyways.
(p.s. Even though still have my Pools of Radiance code wheel and did use it to re-play the game, I feel a full on crack would have been better than a code wheel app. Or at least an optional patch to bypass it).
