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<blockquote data-quote="Lawngnome4hire" data-source="post: 6492338" data-attributes="member: 57743"><p>As far as I know there is nothing that comes close to what you're looking for.</p><p></p><p>These are the 3 best options that I'm aware of, there may be others that I haven't seen, but I've tried all 3 of these and can give some basic feedback.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><a href="http://www.wolflair.com/realmworks" target="_blank">Realm Works</a></strong> While the feature list is impressive, it's a bit pricey at $49.99 for the GM, with a follow up subscription if you want to enable cloud service, and $9.99 for each player that wants to access player viewable info. While you can use it as a stand alone program, if you want your players to be able to access info you have to have an active subscription for cloud service.<br /> This program is also extremely complicated, and pretty unintuitive. I bought it and tried it out, and quickly discarded it in favor of OneNote because of how steep the learning curve is and how much work it was going to take in order to make the program useful. And while it might be better now, when I tried it out inititally the documentation was non existent so you had to figure everything out yourself.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><a href="http://www.nbos.com/products/keep/keep.htm" target="_blank">The Keep</a></strong> More reasonably priced at $34.95, the feature list isn't quite as impressive, but it is very intuitive, and far easier to use than Realm Works. It's very good at organizing your data, and has some nice features for exporting to various file formats(including epub). It also integrates well with their other software offerings like fractal mapper, character sheet designer, screen monkey, and inspiration pad pro, and has a built in dice roller. However it's really designed as a stand alone tool for the gm, although you could easily export the info you want to share to a pdf, epub or even a website if you wanted. I haven't tried it since they've released the new version 2.0, but version 1.10 was a bit slow running for my tastes, hopefully they've fixed that.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><a href="http://www.onenote.com/" target="_blank">OneNote</a></strong> At free, you can't beat the price, this is what I use despite the fact that I have paid for both Realm Works, and The Keep. It's not designed specifically for gaming, but it has all the features you need to keep your game info organized. It's very easy to use and intuitive, and the program runs nice and quick. It also has the added benefit of syncing to your OneDrive, and being accessible from any device with android or ios apps.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lawngnome4hire, post: 6492338, member: 57743"] As far as I know there is nothing that comes close to what you're looking for. These are the 3 best options that I'm aware of, there may be others that I haven't seen, but I've tried all 3 of these and can give some basic feedback. [LIST] [*][B][URL="http://www.wolflair.com/realmworks"]Realm Works[/URL][/B] While the feature list is impressive, it's a bit pricey at $49.99 for the GM, with a follow up subscription if you want to enable cloud service, and $9.99 for each player that wants to access player viewable info. While you can use it as a stand alone program, if you want your players to be able to access info you have to have an active subscription for cloud service. This program is also extremely complicated, and pretty unintuitive. I bought it and tried it out, and quickly discarded it in favor of OneNote because of how steep the learning curve is and how much work it was going to take in order to make the program useful. And while it might be better now, when I tried it out inititally the documentation was non existent so you had to figure everything out yourself. [*][B][URL="http://www.nbos.com/products/keep/keep.htm"]The Keep[/URL][/B] More reasonably priced at $34.95, the feature list isn't quite as impressive, but it is very intuitive, and far easier to use than Realm Works. It's very good at organizing your data, and has some nice features for exporting to various file formats(including epub). It also integrates well with their other software offerings like fractal mapper, character sheet designer, screen monkey, and inspiration pad pro, and has a built in dice roller. However it's really designed as a stand alone tool for the gm, although you could easily export the info you want to share to a pdf, epub or even a website if you wanted. I haven't tried it since they've released the new version 2.0, but version 1.10 was a bit slow running for my tastes, hopefully they've fixed that. [*][B][URL="http://www.onenote.com/"]OneNote[/URL][/B] At free, you can't beat the price, this is what I use despite the fact that I have paid for both Realm Works, and The Keep. It's not designed specifically for gaming, but it has all the features you need to keep your game info organized. It's very easy to use and intuitive, and the program runs nice and quick. It also has the added benefit of syncing to your OneDrive, and being accessible from any device with android or ios apps. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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