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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8056494" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Looking at your requirements, I highly recommend Map Tool. It is free and makes it simple to display the player map on another screen, size and apply fog. It has a good set of tools to remove fog of war, including freehand reveal. I've been running Rappan Athuk, with over 100 maps and I have a collection of hundreds of digital tokens. It is a big sandbox and I am never sure where my players will end up. I can throw up a new map and plop down the players in under a minute. I can filter through hundreds of tokens and select the one I want and drag it to the map in seconds.The reason it was so hard for me to decide among commercial tools was that it was hard to find a tool that was as convenient as Map Tool.Fantasy Grounds Classic is also good for this, but why spend that kind of money if you are not going to use all bells and whistles.Foundry is awesome, but really more for folks that like to mod, tweak, and customize.Start with MapTool and if your needs change, then spend the cash on a commercial product.&nbsp; If you are interested I'll post a quick demo. Map Tool can scare people away but you really can be up and ready in less than an hour.&nbsp; Probably less than 30 minutes if you are are installing on a computer where you already have your maps and tokens (if you are going to use them) saved and organized.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 8056494, member: 6796661"] Looking at your requirements, I highly recommend Map Tool. It is free and makes it simple to display the player map on another screen, size and apply fog. It has a good set of tools to remove fog of war, including freehand reveal. I've been running Rappan Athuk, with over 100 maps and I have a collection of hundreds of digital tokens. It is a big sandbox and I am never sure where my players will end up. I can throw up a new map and plop down the players in under a minute. I can filter through hundreds of tokens and select the one I want and drag it to the map in seconds. The reason it was so hard for me to decide among commercial tools was that it was hard to find a tool that was as convenient as Map Tool. Fantasy Grounds Classic is also good for this, but why spend that kind of money if you are not going to use all bells and whistles. Foundry is awesome, but really more for folks that like to mod, tweak, and customize. Start with MapTool and if your needs change, then spend the cash on a commercial product. If you are interested I'll post a quick demo. Map Tool can scare people away but you really can be up and ready in less than an hour. Probably less than 30 minutes if you are are installing on a computer where you already have your maps and tokens (if you are going to use them) saved and organized. [/QUOTE]

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