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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7666823" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>Goodness, it's not that hard. The FG website isn't the best, but after taking less than 15 minutes going through it, I feel I've got a pretty good handle on it.</p><p></p><p>Download the free demo or subscribe for one month for $3.99. Or take part of their upcoming virtual gaming convention where everybody gets full access for free. Spend another $2.99 on the Basic Rules dataset. Play around with it, run a game, try inputting your own data . . . take that car for a test drive. If you like it, decide *how much* you like it and . . . .</p><p></p><p>Option 1: Purchase the basic software for $39 and *maybe* some datasets beyond the Basic Rules. Or continue your $3.99 monthly sub (only when you are playing online). Your players will also have to purchase the software. Buy monster packs and adventures as you need them.</p><p></p><p>Option 2: If you want to host players who don't own the software, then spring for the $150 "ultimate" license. Or, sub for $9.99 a month as needed. If you have a lot of players and they all chip in, this can be cheaper overall than Option 1. That's really the only added feature of the "ultimate" license, as far as I can tell.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the D&D datasets, you have several more options.</p><p></p><p>Option A: The basic rules structure is including in the basic software package. You could spend your own time learning how and then inputting the data yourself. All for free. However, several posters have stated this is very time intensive. And it's easy to make typos that through off your self-made datasets.</p><p></p><p>Option B: Go for the whole she-bang and purchase the Core Class Pack ($50) and the Core Monster Pack ($50). All the work is done for you, but it is expensive.</p><p></p><p>Option C: Take the a la carte approach and purchase smaller packs as you need them. Are you a player and only play Rangers? Then instead of the Core Class Pack, just pick up the Ranger Class Pack. Are you a DM and don't need *all* the monsters? Then purchase some of the smaller monster packs as you need them. Over time, this could be more expensive than just simply getting the complete packs, but it can work out if you simply can't afford the big packages all at once.</p><p></p><p>The pricing is a bit complex because FG is giving you a lot of options on how to use their software. They could make the pricing simpler, but it would likely end up raising the price on the "entry level". But the idea that you *have* to spend $250.00 to use the software for D&D is simply not accurate, that is simply the price for the cadillac package!</p><p></p><p>They could use somebody to redesign their website to make things more clear and easy to find, that's certainly true!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 7666823, member: 18182"] Goodness, it's not that hard. The FG website isn't the best, but after taking less than 15 minutes going through it, I feel I've got a pretty good handle on it. Download the free demo or subscribe for one month for $3.99. Or take part of their upcoming virtual gaming convention where everybody gets full access for free. Spend another $2.99 on the Basic Rules dataset. Play around with it, run a game, try inputting your own data . . . take that car for a test drive. If you like it, decide *how much* you like it and . . . . Option 1: Purchase the basic software for $39 and *maybe* some datasets beyond the Basic Rules. Or continue your $3.99 monthly sub (only when you are playing online). Your players will also have to purchase the software. Buy monster packs and adventures as you need them. Option 2: If you want to host players who don't own the software, then spring for the $150 "ultimate" license. Or, sub for $9.99 a month as needed. If you have a lot of players and they all chip in, this can be cheaper overall than Option 1. That's really the only added feature of the "ultimate" license, as far as I can tell. Regarding the D&D datasets, you have several more options. Option A: The basic rules structure is including in the basic software package. You could spend your own time learning how and then inputting the data yourself. All for free. However, several posters have stated this is very time intensive. And it's easy to make typos that through off your self-made datasets. Option B: Go for the whole she-bang and purchase the Core Class Pack ($50) and the Core Monster Pack ($50). All the work is done for you, but it is expensive. Option C: Take the a la carte approach and purchase smaller packs as you need them. Are you a player and only play Rangers? Then instead of the Core Class Pack, just pick up the Ranger Class Pack. Are you a DM and don't need *all* the monsters? Then purchase some of the smaller monster packs as you need them. Over time, this could be more expensive than just simply getting the complete packs, but it can work out if you simply can't afford the big packages all at once. The pricing is a bit complex because FG is giving you a lot of options on how to use their software. They could make the pricing simpler, but it would likely end up raising the price on the "entry level". But the idea that you *have* to spend $250.00 to use the software for D&D is simply not accurate, that is simply the price for the cadillac package! They could use somebody to redesign their website to make things more clear and easy to find, that's certainly true! [/QUOTE]
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