Online D&D

I have been involved with an online D&D. We have been using google chat and it has been interesting. It is a different experience that gaining live. It has been presenting some challenges as some households have multiple players on a single character which presents some interaction challenges. I think it is just a learning curve problem and learning what does and does not work. It is not like we have not done the online interaction before but it is a case of seeing how to make it work the best. It does not help that sometimes google chat goofs up some times and does not work at its best all the time but it does work. I have heard that some gamers have used some other online programs to game online. The consensus I get that it works but it is not a face to face game. The nice thing is that people from all around the world can game together. The game I am in is happening in Ohio, Indiana and Washington State and nobody has to drive. With the price of gas, that is pretty cool.