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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6657937" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya. My 2¢...  Roll20 if you are just looking to go 'fast and loose' without a lot of 'serious campaign' overtones. Roll20 is like a "pick up game...for fun...something we can do for a few sessions while everyone is available". Yes, you can use it for serious campaign running...adding in every little map, linking them, adding monster tokens, all that stuff. But that takes time. It takes about as much time as FG, from what I have experienced/seen. It's easy to use as a "hey everyone, why don't we finish this little module off online tomorrow? Shouldn't take more than an hour or two. Pop on to Roll20 and look for -dangerousdansdungeon-, password will be sassafras".  Fantasy Grounds if you are wanting to run a "serious, long term game". It takes more time, initially, to set up the basics for your game. It takes about the same amount of time if you want to import all your own monsters, adventure maps, etc. as Roll20 does. However, you can buy 'pre-done' stuff for FG that covers a LOT of stuff. You can also buy modules and support books, or DL for free a lot of fan made stuff. That right there kills a TON of time...like hours and hours and hours of it. FG seems to also be a bit more "long-term" in feel of campaigns. I can't quite put my finger on it, but with FG I always felt "serious" as a DM. When I tried to get up to speed on how to set up a campaign and all that for Roll20 I didn't have that feeling...it felt more 'beer-n-pretzels' style game-like for some reaosn. *shrug* Personal feelings there...results may vary. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Anyway, if I was just needing something for "whenever the online mood strikes me", I'd go with Roll20. If I was wanting to get a serious, long term (re: multi-months at a minimum...year+ or better, really) then I'd definitely go with FG.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

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