Fantasy Grounds Is Going Free To Play

Fantasy Grounds, the Virtual Tabletop (VTT) which launched over 20 years ago in 2004, has always been a premium option for VTT users. That is--until today! Because, effective immediately, Fantasy Grounds is free to use.

Previously an FG license cost $50, and then you had to buy the games and other modules you wanted to use with it. As of today, all users can host and join unlimited games with no purchase or subscription.

The software itself is free, although of course the marketplace contains a massive quantity of official licensed content, and add-ons like art, maps, tokens, and digital dice. Officially licensed material includes Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition, Traveller, Call of Cthulhu, and more, with over 50 game systems and more than 3,000 products.

There's also a new 'Online Reader'--a web-based compendium which enables you to access your Fantasy Grounds library from your browser.

 

[Agamon]

Heh. Again, trying to be fair and balanced. I've used Rols 20 and had good experiences with it. It ran an Ironsworn campaign on it and it worked really well. And there are some really good things about it. tabbed windows being one of the best features. Not having massive numbers of cluttered crap all over my screen every time I try to run something is great. So, there is lots to recommend Roll20.

I imagine a lot of the reason I still use Fantasy Grounds is that I'm just so used to it.

I just find Roll20 clunky. This might be from not being as familiar with it as I am FG, but I have used it for D&D in the past and I've run almost a full Marvel campaign now, and it still frustrates me at least once per session. I used to think, "Well, it's free, what do you expect?" But now FG has raised those expectations...