Virtual Tabletop Recommendation

[kenko6ux]

I just moved cross country and I'd really like to be able to play Pen and Paper DnD with some of my friends back home via the internet. So, I am looking for a virtual tabletop. There seem to be a few of them, with various levels of "polish" and I was wondering if anyone had recommendations.

I don't need anything fancy. I just need a virtual battlemap that I can import JPG maps into and a shared dice roller. I don't need a character generator built in or any other bells or whistles. Even text based chat isn't that important (I plan on using Team Speak).

So, opinions please.

 

[Michael Silverbane]

I would look into Maptool from RPTools. It is Java based, so it'll run on any platform, is free, and has ongoing support and an active community.

Later
silver

 

[Redrobes]

You should try all of the demos on the various websites and see which one fits your needs.

 

[Astos]

Also see http://iconvention.org/vgtcomp.php, a comparison chart of a bunch of the virtual tabletops. I only have direct experience with MapTool, which we use in our face-to-face game.