The document presents a proposal for an online battlemat system to allow players of Dungeons & Dragons to play together remotely. It outlines the problem of D&D being traditionally played in-person, introduces metaphors like online games and drawing programs that inspired the concept, and defines key concepts like the virtual battlemat surface, character tokens, and drawing tools. Relationships between users hosting game sessions and manipulating tokens on the battlemat are also noted.

1. Kurt Larson
Jordan Hofker
Michael Guthmann
David Kim

2.  Problem
 Conceptual Model
 Preliminary Interface Design
 Scenarios / Storyboard
 Questions?

3.  No online battlemat system
“Though we live in a connected age, many popular pastimes
have not migrated into the digital realm. One of these
pastimes is Dungeons Dragons (D), a traditionally
“pencil and paper” game played with specific tools like the
battlemat and miniatures. A lack of digital versions of these
tools leaves no way to play D with people who aren’t in
the same city.”

4.  Metaphors
 Battlemat
 Online Games
 Computer Drawing Programs
 Concepts
 Battlemat Surface
 Character Tokens
 Drawing Lines and Shapes
 Game Sessions
 Users
 Drawing Program Tools