On May 10th 2014 Fantasy Grounds was made available on Steam! Fantasy Grounds is a hybrid application which allows you to play games and create your own games. It facilitates this play and provides some optional add-on Adventure modules which can be loaded and played with very little preparation. Each game will require a GameMaster (GM) and one or more…
FG Con
FG Con is a community organised virtual convention using the premier virtual table top platform – Fantasy Grounds FG Con runs twice yearly in April and October. GMs with Standard Licenses are bumped up to Ultimate licenses for the 4 days that FG Con runs for enabling players with demo licenses to participate on all tables. Each new Con sees…
Fantasy Grounds
Run games as the GameMaster or take part as a player, Fantasy Grounds provides all the necessary tools to communicate, manage information and perform tasks such as rolling the dice, sharing images, character sheet tracking, combat tracker and much more. With the latest v3 upgrade to Fantasy Grounds the CoreRPG ruleset was added to allow major features to be added…
Screenshots
Everyone role plays differently, everyone GMs things differently. Fantasy Grounds has the flexibility to support your gaming style. The following screenshots were taken from sessions in previous FG Con’s and show different rulesets, diferent levels of use of automation, of chat, of images and other resources. Featured below are screenshots of games using Savage Worlds, Pathfinder, Castles & Crusades and…
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Fantasy art, from pencils to pixels
by Raymond E. Gaustadnes Back in the 80’s Conan the barbarian was my main source of inspiration and the spark that got me hooked on fantasy. Soon after I discovered Middle Earth through a text only game on the Commodore 64 and I knew I wanted more! I was later introduced to the Middle Earth Role Playing game by a…
Call of Cthulhu is alive and well!
SmiteWorks has long held a license to convert Call of Cthulhu material and many adventures have appeared in the store over the years, but the flow has slowed recently. Well, I’m happy to say that it’s alive and well and there are a number of us pushing the adoption of the new 7th edition rules and running introductory investigations for…
Titans Grave – Ashes of Valkana
In June, Geek & Sundry launched the Titans Grave webisode series on Youtube starring Wil Wheaton, Hank Green, Alison Haislip, Yuri Lowenthal and Laura Bailey. Together with Chris Pramas of Green Ronin Publishing they created this role-playing game setting of science-fantasy for the AGE (Adventure Game Engine) system. The show has high production value and is really entertaining. Since then,…
Zacchaeus Corner: 5e Effects pt 2
In this article the inestimable Zacchaeus looks at Effect Targeting In the dialog for Spell/Ability Effect you will note that there is a box called ‘Targeting’ which can be set either to ‘Targets’ or ‘Self’. It is important to understand that this isn’t asking you to tell Fantasy Grounds who the target of the effect is but rather where the…
Castles & Crusades
One of my favourite game systems is Castles & Crusades. Community member and veteran GM JohnD shares his thoughts on Castles & Crusades on Fantasy Grounds. Castles & Crusades (C&C is a ruleset that deserves more attention than it has received here on Fantasy Grounds. The name of the game derives from the Castle & Crusade Society, founded in the pre…
Zacchaeus Corner: 5e Effects
Community member Zacchaeus has really gotten involved in the D&D 5e system and has begun writing some helpful articles for GMs and players wanting to get the most out of this amazing ruleset on Fantasy Grounds. In this article Zacchaeus talks about one of the hottest topics – 5e Effects! One of the most powerful features of the built in…
MoreCore Extension
Fantasy Grounds is the best damn VTT out there. Or at least it is for Pathfinder and D&D 5, 4 and 3.5 and a handful of other games like Savage Worlds, Castles & Crusades, Rolemaster Classic, Call of Cthulhu and a few others. Its a pretty common belief that if there isnt a Fantasy Grounds ruleset available for your game then you cant…
Free Pulp Token Set
Ive put together a bunch of public domain images in Fantasy Grounds Portrait and Token formats for use in your games. These would probably suit Pulp, Cthulhu, Western, Deadlands style games but might also be useful elsewhere. Click here for instructions.
Barbarians of Lemuria
Barbarians of Lemuria: Mythic Edition – fast, rules-lite, sword and sorcery roleplaying in the Lands of Lemuria. “It is a savage age of sorcery and bloodshed, where strong men and beautiful women, warlords, priests, magicians and gladiators battle to carve a bloody path leading to the Throne of Lemuria. It is an age of heroic legends and valiant sagas. And…