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Hey fellow adventurers,

I wanted to share something pretty cool with you all. About a year ago, we kicked off an epic Forbidden Lands campaign that's been a wild ride filled with twists and turns. But you know how it is – keeping track of events, resources, and all those campaign details can get pretty chaotic. So, being the tech-savvy player that I am, I decided to create an app to lend a hand.

It is open-source. You can check out the inner workings, features, and everything in between right over on GitHub: https://github.com/abdelaz3r/forbidden_lands.
I've set up a demo server so you can give the app a spin and see how it plays out: https://forbidden-lands-companion.fly.dev/en/.



In a nutshell!

During your Forbidden Lands RPG sessions:

• Manage View for GMs:
  • Keep track of game time (I implemented the custom Forbidden Lands calendar as described here),
  • Set the perfect ambiance with background music (music not included in the repo),
  • Manage stronghold sheet,
  • Manage stronghold resources with custom rules (this automatically add or remove resources at the end of the week),
  • Register group events.
• Dashboard View for Players: For players, the app provides a wide map view, the ability to immerse themselves in the ambiance, and a clear way of the calendar. This view is ideally suited for projection using a beamer or a computer screen, making your game world come to life.

Beyond the tabletop sessions:

• Event Tracking: Easily record and keep track of events that unfold throughout your campaign. Stay organized and never miss a pivotal moment.
• Event Browsing: Browse through past events, reminisce about your adventures, and use this feature as a reference for your ongoing gameplay.
• Adventure Sharing: Share the story of your adventure to the world.

The goal is also to be a gateway for RPG enthusiasts worldwide. You can share your adventures and stories with folks from all corners of the globe. Here is our translated (automatic translation from french) adventure in English: https://forbidden-lands-companion.fly.d ... re/2/story



I would be very happy to create instance for whomever whant to and read your adventures!

Wow, great work. It looks really good. I haven't tested it yet, but I'll ask some questions anyway if you will forgive me.

Can you do anything with the map, like add player location, icons/pins or is it just for showing the map?

I imagine you can change the map just by changing the image file?

What does the music player have that you don't have in any player/spotify such as playlists? I made a RPG music player some years back for Windows and Android that had two channels (independent play controls, playlists, volume) so that you could play background/mood music on one channel, and then play sound effects on the other channel. Maybe you could add something like that - that would be really neat.

Really nicely done, look forward to giving it a spin.

Wow, great work. It looks really good. I haven't tested it yet, but I'll ask some questions anyway if you will forgive me.

Thanks a lot! I hope you can find to time to give it a try and provide feedback.

Can you do anything with the map, like add player location, icons/pins or is it just for showing the map?

For now not. It would obviously be a very interesting idea. Put pins, place your company and even store coordinate for events (and then show the path of your heroes). But it's a lot of work and we didn't find the need yet (but the project is open source ) For now the map is just an image, if you deploy your own instance, you can just replace that with whatever you want.

What does the music player have that you don't have in any player/spotify such as playlists?

Basically the music player is juste a bunch of "playlist" that will play randomly. You can set the mood in the "GM Panel" and then play it on the "Board panel". It's not more than spotify, but I wanted to test that. Regarding sound it would be very easy to "add a channel" and play sounds. The only difficulty is gathering the sounds. If you can provide me with a folder with sounds (normalized and with proper names), I would love to add that in the app.

Wow, this looks very cool!

Will try to get it set up later today!

I'm far too unschooled in tech to follow the installation instructions but it looks fantastic!