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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xorn" data-source="post: 4091153" data-attributes="member: 61231">I was not at the DDXP--but as I've been using a VTT to run games for the last year--I feel qualified to comment.  The above quote is the most spot on thing I've seen said about DDI.  The GameTable looks like trash to me.  I say that because every impression I get is that they are focusing on what it looks like, instead of if it's USEFUL.<a href="http://www.eugee.net/fg2" target="_blank">Chat Logs (w/ Screenshots) of my VTT group</a>I recently started posting our chatlogs as a lot of my players like to read over what happened, and then I started adding some screenshots of the scenes as well.  Even if you just want to see some screenshots of a VTT in use, check it out.  The DM client, plus six player clients totaled $90 USD, combined.  We own this software--we never pay another dime for it.  I make maps in Dundjinni, I make tokens/pogs with TokenTool.  There are several other VTTs out there with similar functionality.  (Battlegrounds RPG & MapTool are probably the most popular besides Fantasy Grounds.)  The problem going for GameTable is that it simply cannot be worth the price they've put on it.  ($120 USD per year--PER PERSON!?)  My group plays every weekend, so the "passes" would total $12 USD/month; it would be cheaper for them to subscribe!And that's why I quoted the above--I am interested in the DDI package--subscriptions to Dungeon and Dragon and the Rules Database.  My players are not.  The only thing they would use with regularity is the GameTable--and we pooled up $90 a year ago and took care of that!  ($12.85 USD each, by the way.)  The above post also nailed it by saying that without z-axis support--who cares if you have 3D?  We love our VTT and have no intentions of using GameTable.  Just look at Fantasy Grounds, Battlegrounds RPG, and MapTool.  Then look at GameTable--at $120/year, minimum.I think WotC is vastly overestimating the value of the product they are making.  DMs are going to have a use for DDI, players are not, and since my players were able to pay for their VTT application forever for $12.85 USD, it's not looking good for the GameTable.  (MapTool is FREE, and at the moment looks easier to manipulate than GT.)</blockquote>

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