How to play board games online with your friends

Re:How to play board games online with your friends by Splendor on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:40PM (#22970035)

Has anyone found an easy solution for video chats with virtual games? I've tried Hangouts, Meet, Discord, and Zoom but they all seemed incomplete for my requirements.

My requirements:

- Host can share their screen and video camera at the same time without having to join the meeting from two different devices

- Desktop audio and host's audio can be heard by everyone on the call

- Gallery view in video chat so everyone can be seen while playing the game

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Re:How to play board games online with your friends by phlamb on Friday April 24, 2020 @03:26PM (#22971944)

I found Skype to be the easiest to use with these requirements. I hosted a Jackbox game and was able to share my screen (and game audio), my webcam (albeit in a smaller view than normal), and could see everyone in a gallery view.

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Re:How to play board games online with your friends by Splendor on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:18PM (#23086238)

I tried Skype and it fell short as well. While sharing my screen I can only see a small floating window that shows 1 participant at a time. I can't see everyone while sharing the game. It was very easy to share my desktop audio while sharing the screen though.

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Re:How to play board games online with your friends by Splendor on Friday April 24, 2020 @03:32PM (#22972009)

Thanks. I'll give it a shot.

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Re:How to play board games online with your friends by dddddaviddddd on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:46PM (#22970129)

> Desktop audio and host's audio can be heard by everyone on the call

I find the inability to have more than one person 'speaking' at a time the most unnatural thing about videoconferencing. Is there any solution?

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