Rob Knotts
2007-09-21, 03:29 PM
Somebody recently pointed me to a software application called Fantasy Grounds (http://www.fantasygrounds.com/). It's an online interface intended to let people play tabletop games without all being at the same table, similar to the online service WotC is planning for 4e.
Of the three people I game with, two of them live around 30 miles away from me, and being able to run games for them online would be a big help. It wouldn't replace getting toghether around the same table sharing pizza & caffeine, but it would gaming more regularly a lot more practical than it is now.
So I'm curious, anybody else out there ever use Fantasy Grounds? Is it particularly suited to just one game system, or is it pretty well open-ended? Has anyone tried any other similar interfaces? Since it's basically my responsibility to get gaming materials for both myself and the other players in our group, I'd like to get as much feedback as possible before having to buy downloads for each person in our group.
Of the three people I game with, two of them live around 30 miles away from me, and being able to run games for them online would be a big help. It wouldn't replace getting toghether around the same table sharing pizza & caffeine, but it would gaming more regularly a lot more practical than it is now.
So I'm curious, anybody else out there ever use Fantasy Grounds? Is it particularly suited to just one game system, or is it pretty well open-ended? Has anyone tried any other similar interfaces? Since it's basically my responsibility to get gaming materials for both myself and the other players in our group, I'd like to get as much feedback as possible before having to buy downloads for each person in our group.