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Originally Posted by DHer
well, a DSA (or DND or Shadowrun) assistant on the iliad would be great.
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Well, for Shadowrun a number of assistants (using e.g. XLS-Sheets) is already available from Dumpshock, they could possibly be used with the Spreadsheet-Program (
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...eadsheet+iliad)
Most Rulebooks are available as PDF form e.g. battlecorps - though some of them are quite huge.
Other things like 'cheat sheets' (see dumpshock) or home-grown PDFs with rulesets, tables, etc are easy.
I don't know how good the java-implementation is, a number of java-applets could eventually be run (e.g. dice generator, table lookups, etc)
As soon as I get the money raised, I will get myself an iLiad and, yes I intent to use it as my new GM-tool. Thus yes, in the long run I will port some kind of SR-assisstant program.
If I find a D&D group I will perhaps do the same for D&D. But don't expect anything in the near future.
Possible games: Solitaire, Minesweeper, and similar
All kinds of "record sheet" or "notes sheet" (e.g. for Yatzee, Battleships, ....)
(Anybody else thinking "diplomacy" right now?)
Games like Scrabble would be easy, though you would either need two iLiads to play or a "hot chair" mechanism. Same applies to games like battleship, Backgammon, ...
Most "play against the computer" cardgames should be possible.