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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9138023" data-attributes="member: 50987">I have two gaming groups.&nbsp; We've been playing online since the pandemic, and we have no plans to change that in the near future.My first gaming group is the oldest: six guys who meet every Friday night to play either 5E D&amp;D or Call of Cthulhu.&nbsp; We also alternate between Foundry and Roll20:&nbsp; we take turns in the DM's Chair, you see, and the current DM gets to decide what VTT platform we will be using.&nbsp; Right now I'm the DM, and I chose Roll20 because it doesn't require additional software or IP/server/VPM configuration, and it lets everyone log in and tinker with their characters without me having to be logged in.&nbsp; Of the four of us who regularly DM, three of us have opted to use Roll20.The DM before me is the odd-man-out; he always chooses Foundry.&nbsp; You'd have to ask him exactly why, though--every time I ask him what he likes about it, his response is something like &quot;because it isn't Roll20&quot; and while that's true, it's not a useful answer.&nbsp;&nbsp; He likes to stream animated maps, animated tokens, sound effects, ambient music, and animated spell effects, and Roll20 can really struggle with that stuff on nights when all their servers are busy.&nbsp; Foundry runs off of his computer, not a distant server...so he has a little more control over bandwidth.&nbsp; Maybe that's the biggest draw for him?&nbsp; It certainly would be for me.My second gaming group is the newest: three married couples get together to play 5E D&amp;D.&nbsp; I'm always the DM, but occasionally my spouse or my buddy Jay (different Jay) will run a one-shot or pickup game.&nbsp; We all use Roll20, but my spouse (who is also a DM for their own gaming group) prefers FantasyGrounds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9138023, member: 50987"] I have two gaming groups. We've been playing online since the pandemic, and we have no plans to change that in the near future. My first gaming group is the oldest: six guys who meet every Friday night to play either 5E D&D or Call of Cthulhu. We also alternate between Foundry and Roll20: we take turns in the DM's Chair, you see, and the current DM gets to decide what VTT platform we will be using. Right now I'm the DM, and I chose Roll20 because it doesn't require additional software or IP/server/VPM configuration, and it lets everyone log in and tinker with their characters without me having to be logged in. Of the four of us who regularly DM, three of us have opted to use Roll20. The DM before me is the odd-man-out; he always chooses Foundry. You'd have to ask him exactly why, though--every time I ask him what he likes about it, his response is something like "because it isn't Roll20" and while that's true, it's not a useful answer. He likes to stream animated maps, animated tokens, sound effects, ambient music, and animated spell effects, and Roll20 can really struggle with that stuff on nights when all their servers are busy. Foundry runs off of his computer, not a distant server...so he has a little more control over bandwidth. Maybe that's the biggest draw for him? It certainly would be for me. My second gaming group is the newest: three married couples get together to play 5E D&D. I'm always the DM, but occasionally my spouse or my buddy Jay (different Jay) will run a one-shot or pickup game. We all use Roll20, but my spouse (who is also a DM for their own gaming group) prefers FantasyGrounds. [/QUOTE]

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