But you can still share a screen or schedule a meeting ahead of time, and see everyone in a grid view. Whereas Zoom was originally targeted to business customers but picked up by consumers during the pandemic, Messenger Rooms is firmly aimed at consumers and meant for connecting with friends and family. Then you'll select the people you want to invite to your room. You can use the feature from the Messenger app on your phone or desktop, certain browsers (including Google Chrome), the Instagram app or WhatsApp.Ĭreate a room by opening the Messenger app, tapping the People tab at the bottom right of the screen, and tapping Create a room. It's free, and there's no time limit on calls. Ultimately, it was about the voice and video quality, so that's what we've stuck with.With Messenger Rooms, Facebook users can create a video chat room via Facebook or the Messenger app and invite up to 50 people to join a video call - even if they don't have a Facebook account. Still, it has whiteboards, text chat and other little extras. It has screen sharing, though we don't have a reason to use it since we've got Roll20 for the game itself. Normally, this is limited to an hour at a time, but one of my players has access to an unlimited account. Initially, we were using Discord's video chat as well for our actual sessions, but for the last few months, the call quality has dropped noticeably, leading to communication issues, which is basically ALL D&D is, communicating to players and teammates about what you're gonna do. I'm really open with my players since they're all my best friends, so we have a good amount of discourse that would bring our normal weekly sessions to a screeching halt.

BUT their voice/video chat has historically been a big pile of doodie.ĭiscord is where we do all our weekly chatting, whether that's discussing scheduling, throwing memes and comics up or debating mechanics or rule callings.

We log in once a week, ideally anyway, and it's got all the maps, tokens, sheets and does the rolling etc. Roll20 is where all the primary gaming takes place. I realize that sounds complicated and comes with limitations, but basically it's like this: My group (all middle-agers as well) uses a combo of Roll20, Discord and Google Meet.

Discord vs skype vs zoom