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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 7943202" data-attributes="member: 6775477"><p>Both Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds have advantages and disadvantages. </p><p></p><p>Fantasy Grounds appears to be the overall better system, with really cool features... but you can't play for free. Everyone has to have a certain level of access, or the DM has to have a the mega level, which allows players to join for free in their game. I got a chance to check out a trial version, and another issue is that the tabletop normally took longer to load between maps because of how many features it has (my laptop is quite old).</p><p></p><p>Roll20's biggest feature is that you can play for free, but the downside is that if you want the better access (giving a few cooler features), you have to pay a monthly fee, rather than having the option of a one time payment that FG has. When playing for free, you have to wait about 20-30 seconds to open the initial game (as it runs an add for the paid version), but moving between pages doesn't have a delay. None of the cooler features from the paid version are necessary to play the game, and the free version works great. I've been using it for about 7 years now with no regret.</p><p></p><p>As for voice, we use Skype normally. We tried Discord, but for some reason several of us had issues with connection quality. We never tried the in-game voice option for Roll20, because one of our group said that it tended to lag the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 7943202, member: 6775477"] Both Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds have advantages and disadvantages. Fantasy Grounds appears to be the overall better system, with really cool features... but you can't play for free. Everyone has to have a certain level of access, or the DM has to have a the mega level, which allows players to join for free in their game. I got a chance to check out a trial version, and another issue is that the tabletop normally took longer to load between maps because of how many features it has (my laptop is quite old). Roll20's biggest feature is that you can play for free, but the downside is that if you want the better access (giving a few cooler features), you have to pay a monthly fee, rather than having the option of a one time payment that FG has. When playing for free, you have to wait about 20-30 seconds to open the initial game (as it runs an add for the paid version), but moving between pages doesn't have a delay. None of the cooler features from the paid version are necessary to play the game, and the free version works great. I've been using it for about 7 years now with no regret. As for voice, we use Skype normally. We tried Discord, but for some reason several of us had issues with connection quality. We never tried the in-game voice option for Roll20, because one of our group said that it tended to lag the game. [/QUOTE]
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