Which VTT do you use?

[UngainlyTitan]

I wonder if anyone has made a Roll20 or Foundry plug in to work with a controller.

I am now thinking of buying a spare keyboard and mouse and trying out using Roll20 on the xbox.

 

[MNblockhead]

Surprised to see how many people answered Foundry. It is what I use, and I'm a fan, but it has a significant learning curve and you can't buy all the WotC D&D 5e content all prepped, so I thought Roll20 or Fantasy Grounds would be in the lead.

I've used or at least significantly tested a large number of VTTs, but now exclusively run my games in Foundry. For over a year, when I've joined online games as a player, it has been exclusively Roll20 and Foundry. Fantasy Grounds used to be a lot more common.

My 5e VTT journey has been RealmWorks (not a true VTT but allows showing the map with fog of war reveal)--> MapTool-->Foundry.

If I was running a WotC adventures, I would probably buy a sub and the 5e content on Roll20, even though I have foundry, just to avoid the prep time and have smoother 5e support. I would actually prefer Fantasy Grounds for 5e (for the automated to-hit and damage calculations) but connectivity was always a huge issue. Also, I like my players not having to download and install software.

For less crunchy games, I really like Role. Its main focus was to build an excellent Video Conferencing system for gamers with customizable character sheets and die rolling. But they added very easy to use map and token support to show basic positioning or to share maps and pictures. It's really smooth and easy to use. Role - Every story, every world, every version of you.

For in-person games where I want to display the map on a vertical screen and use minis on it, I still find MapTool to be the most efficient way to do it. And it is free.

I've spent many many hours trying out other VTTs as well, but the above are the only ones I've used to run games in, bought, and/or subscribed to for more than a month.

 

[MNblockhead]

I use Fantasy Grounds almost exclusively, but at this point it is mostly because I have so much money invested in it. I don't think I would choose it now, were I not already highly invested.

Curious why you think you would not choose it now?

 

[Reynard]

Curious why you think you would not choose it now?

It is too expensive and what I want now is a robust free drawing tool to whiteboard during a game. Ie I want as close to the table experience as possible.

 

[payn]

It is too expensive and what I want now is a robust free drawing tool to whiteboard during a game. Ie I want as close to the table experience as possible.

Zoom got whiteboard mode.

 

[Reynard]

Zoom got whiteboard mode.

Yeah, that is what I have started using with rules light games.

 

[Thomas Shey]

You can draw on-the-fly with Maptool, but it doesn't have the best support for arcs you could want.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Yeah, that is what I have started using with rules light games.

Miro maybe or Google draw

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Surprised at the Foundry love here.

I use Roll20 and now I'm probably stuck because I have sunk a couple hundo into D&D books there.

Also, the thought of the learning curve for FG or Foundry or even ObR daunts me (is daunt a transitive verb even?).

I was in a game where the GM just used Zoom and powerpoint or Google slides (I forgot to ask him which) with his maps and images of his NPCs. It was not map heavy, so he'd just use the drawing tools in Zooom to draw a map on the screen. It worked well for that game - not sure how it would work for a more tactical game like the way my players like me to run 5e. Especially when I'm using 5e published adventures.

 

[payn]

Surprised at the Foundry love here.

I use Roll20 and now I'm probably stuck because I have sunk a couple hundo into D&D books there.

Also, the thought of the learning curve for FG or Foundry or even ObR daunts me (is daunt a transitive verb even?).

I was in a game where the GM just used Zoom and powerpoint or Google slides (I forgot to ask him which) with his maps and images of his NPCs. It was not map heavy, so he'd just use the drawing tools in Zooom to draw a map on the screen. It worked well for that game - not sure how it would work for a more tactical game like the way my players like me to run 5e. Especially when I'm using 5e published adventures.

At work ive been in a group for several years now. When covid hit, we went to Zoom. I have a powerpoint that I use as a journal and excel sheet for combat tracking (theater of mind). This is for Traveller. Works juts fine. I am also using Foundry to run a Traveller game and its a bit cooler with custom maps and music.