Fantasy Grounds VTT

This is a great tool to help playgroups play online. Much better than Roll20 for sure. Mostly automates the tech stuff so that it helps get to the Storytelling. It streamlines everthing into tabs and drag and drop interactions with almost everything. I hear Forge is better in a few ways but this does exactly what I need it to and had all the books available.

I paid ultimate on a sale and support 6 players so we did save some money.

With the core rulebook of 5e along with Tasha's and Xanathars it automated character creation, provided loot tables, encounters, and with a little bit of learning I managed to automate my own homebrew effects.

aWESOME

Tried the demo but couldn't buy DLC from Steam because it was saying that FG wasn't in my library (I want to play Star Trek). So i bought the full version, downloaded a game and some extras and have absolutely no idea how to play - but it's awesome!

Does the thing!

This is the best VTT I have tried

It has been my go-for VTT for 4 years now, ever since the original version.

Fantasy Grounds is the best VTT I’ve ever used! As a GM, it makes organizing sessions so much easier, with quick and simple tools for preparing adventures and campaigns. Managing characters and NPCs is extremely practical, saving both time and effort.
Although it’s missing a few features found in other VTTs (like Roll20), FG makes up for it with exclusive tools that others lack, making it more complete and user-friendly overall.

Great with chatgpt for solo campaign but overprice and cannot refund

there are better tabletop rpg user interfaces out there now. the user interface is euro-trash tier and theres practically no accessibilty. 20 dollars gets you the "full" version but then another 30 dollars gets you another version that you could share with your friends. almost near 50 dollars is approaching triple A studio game prices. Not worth the value. hopefully the devs figure something out

Way easier than Roll20!!

Of the VTT out there on the market, I feel this is the best one. Obviously, you have to spend extra to get the various books you want but it's constantly being updated and supported. I highly recommend for anyone with a dnd group that needs to move from the table to the virtual table.

I don't really do breakdowns of rating but I can tell you my experiences and how I feel. I purchased the standard + ultimate while it was on sale around Nov 2024. I previously owned the standard version over 10 years ago but without ultimate, I felt like I was wasting my time. Back then, the subscription model really put my off. I tried it for a few months, but my player's schedules just didn't line up with the time I had my sub for, so we hardly played and it felt like a lot of wasted time and money.

It felt like a waste because I spent the money yeah, but also the time to craft my own adventure and prep for a game that ultimately felt like temporary, so it was hard to justify doing a good job on it in my mind. Fast forward to today and I see ultimate + standard on Steam for like $25 all together, no subscription, just get it and have it. My initial fears crept up again, would this be a waste of time? money? Maybe, but the other reviews mentioned no subscription and seemed rather happy. So I took the risk and got both. I didn't even have players lined up or a campaign in process. But it felt like a good price I couldn't pass up.

You ever looked for the perfect journal or organizer? Looking at hundreds of journals to determine which one had the right structure, style, and feel for you to put your thoughts into? This is how it felt picking a VTT, but FG's options, aesthetic, and feel just felt good to me.

After getting it, I played around with the modules, options, character creation and tho it felt like it was empty (because I had no content) it felt more permanent, a better foundation to build my ideas and world build without it being taken away should I stop paying a monthly sub. I don't have monthly reoccurring disposable income but I had $30 to spend and it was well worth it.

41 logged hours of just world building, module creating, pdf converting has led me to not just enjoy FG as a product but as a tool and game within itself. Creating NPCs with links to their items, spells, stories and figuring out how to make a polished and well connected campaign took over my time this week. I didn't play any other games. If I had free time I would just load up FG and work on the world I was building.

Without the subscription it felt permanate, I know I don't really OWN the program but it feels like I do and that destroyed my previous feelings about the flimsy nature of using VTTs in general. Once FG was in my steam library I could load it up like any other game, "play" it to my hearts content without needing other people or feeling like my time in it was finite, and with ultimate license my players can enjoy what I am working on one day without any cost.

I love this. I haven't hosted a single game or played with other people yet but that changes in a couple weeks when we my friends and I get together for our first session.

horribly arcane dlc purchase process requiring me to actually ask on the discord for something that should be done automatically

Yes, there's a learning curve but it's worth putting the time in, this is definitely my favourite VTT, great features everywhere you look, great implementation of the various modules I've bought (5E D&D rule books & both 5E Syrinscapes), my players really love it and it has simplified & streamlined the game so much. A high personal recommendation.

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As a GM, I absolutely love Fantasy Grounds Unity! Over the years, I’ve tried a few virtual tabletops, including Foundry VTT and Roll20, and while they all have their strengths, Fantasy Grounds Unity really stands out for me. Roll20 never quite clicked—it felt clunky and limited for what I needed as a GM. Foundry had a lot going for it, but I ran into some issues that were hard to ignore.

First, the lack of official support in Foundry was frustrating. As a GM, I want to spend my time preparing sessions, not wrestling with community-made modules just to get my D&D Beyond content into the game. The importing process felt awkward, unreliable, and honestly a bit cringe. Then there’s the port forwarding. Not only is it required every single session, but the alternative is paying for a monthly subscription to host on a server. Why would I pay a subscription fee when I can buy Fantasy Grounds Unity once and have everything I need without the extra cost? The combination of those two issues—no official support and constant port-forwarding or subscription fees—made me swear off Foundry entirely.

Enter Fantasy Grounds Unity. As a GM, it’s been a total game-changer. Official modules are readily available from their store or even on Steam, and importing them is as simple as clicking the "Check for Updates" button. It’s all there—maps, encounters, tables—ready for me to use without any extra effort. Setting up pre-made adventures is a breeze: just drag and drop the map, place your encounters and tokens, and you’re ready to share it with your players. Running a campaign? It’s as simple as a button click. And the best part? No port forwarding required. I can focus on storytelling and creating memorable experiences for my players, instead of troubleshooting my connection settings.

Now, I’ll admit the UI isn’t the prettiest—it feels a bit dated. But Fantasy Grounds Unity has been rolling out updates, and it’s clear they’re committed to improving both the usability and the aesthetics of the application. Despite the UI’s quirks, it’s straightforward and effective, which is what matters most to me as a GM.

Overall, I can’t say enough good things about Fantasy Grounds Unity. It’s streamlined, easy to use, and gives me more time to focus on crafting great adventures for my players. If you’re a GM looking for a solid VTT that won’t waste your time with unnecessary hurdles, I’d highly recommend giving it a try.

Implemented quite well so far, the setting and structure could be made easier for casual players, so that you can play a "one shot" if necessary and or have a complete story prepared with the help of AI.

Ace

Excellent VTT. Steep learning curve but once you get the hang of it, it's super versatile and can accommodate nearly any tabletop roleplaying game.

My favorite VTT for dnd.

A bit of a learning curve but works as expected with tons of options!

This VTT is very solid, and has a lot of automations that make the lives of PC/DM easier. I love to play with this tool

I've used FG VTT (Back when it was called FG Unity) for
* a couple of one-shots
* a charity stream (I'm not a streamer generally, FYI)
* a campaing during pandemic that lasted about 8 months
* my current campaign two sessions in
Overall, I like it. It has its challenges and sometimes a certain feature requires a bit of research but I haven't had major issues and the devs have developed the product quite a lot. I haven't needed it much but from what I see, the community is also helpful.
I've used it for D&D (I did play a "Warcraft" game using base rules) and a lot of rules are already integrated, so that's very cool.
I don't know how it compares to other VTTs tbh, because I've only tried r20, which is another cool product but I got in FG simply because there is no sub fee. I bought it years ago and I own it to this day.

A few humble suggestions to fellow DMs:
* Check out Inkarnate, it's an amazing map tool
* If you're coming from real TT, combats will be different - there is likely much less calculation thanks to FG's integrated rules, I found it best to ensure adding some descriptions so it's not a button-pressing sim
* Check functionality and read about it! Things like being able to target other tokens wasn't visible to us first and those functions are super cool
* Use language option in the chat, it works wonders (only people who know that language will understand)
* Definitely do a session 0. I also recommend checking it yourself and creating a character yourself, even as a DM, so you understand how it works.

So yes, I can't say it's the best VTT since I haven't tried others but I think at least its good enough (and has improved a ton since I acquired it) and the business model works well for me. We've had hundreds of fun hours so I definitely recommend it.

Great VTT to play with

fantastic with endless usablity if your willing to do the work or get involved in the comunity

Amazing Tabletop software that really allows you to push the limits of most things when it comes to VTT's. I cant say how it competes as it is my first, but as a newer GM this thing is awesome, i bought the Standard license until im ready to host sessions, however we mainly play homebrewed content for D&D 5e so it can be a bit tricky finding a system that works. This one absolutely does! it has allowed me to add so much content to our worlds, and beyond that allowed me to play a custom ruleset entirely (with a little effort). This VTT supports community driven .mod files to extend the usage of the program without needing intense coding knowledge just to add a few automations or features (i.e. "NPCs auto roll death saves")

Been using Fantasy Grounds for years now, and it is a great virtual table top.

It is kind of complicated and I didn't like how small the text and interface was, but I found a macro command that made the text and interface bigger and now I feel comfortable. I am using a D&D 5E solo campaign to learn how to DM D&D and use the program and this seems like an ideal way to learn! I am starting to understand the basics after about an hour of playing this solo game. This is the solo learning campaign and it is great! https://www.dmsguild.com/product/472854/Play--Learn-Solo-Fighter-A-Warrior-Born-Fantasy-Grounds

Incredibly robust Pen and Paper tabletop toolset that enables for online play, saving, chat, custom campaigns, and pretty much anything you would need to host a campaign online. Buy DLC campaign expansions the same way you'd buy them to expand your IRL collection (or simply use your IRL collection, just enter the stats manually). Finally, no more janky Tabletop Simulator mods; This is the definitive Pen and Paper tool currently available.

Trying to build a PC as a player, the UI is extremely janky and counterintuitive.
It's never immediately obvious what is a free text and what is a list, prepare for a lot of clicking around randomly.
PC Ship Sheet is unusable, you should be able to "build" the ship by picking the various parts, but it seems like all lists are not linked properly, nothing does anytrhing.
Tutorials, documentations and info on forums are either nonexistant, severely outdated, or maybe they exist but can't be easily found.

best vtt out there.

Don not buy ! This app doesnt work with DLC's, I did everything created account, linked steam, updated but it still didnt find my 3 dlcs. Dont buy this mess...

for full functionality, buy a subscription... buy an upgrade to an improved license... buy this, and this and that

So i'm confused, why does it just keep opening install when i try to open the app? ( I've already installed.)

the best!

If you can't play TTRPGs in person, this is a great way to gather your pals for a game night. The tools are fairly easy to use and there's loads of tutorials on the Fantasy Grounds forums. There's no voice chat support, so having Discord or similar app available to everyone is a must.

This is great for playing with friends in different states. I'm not sure about the public games, but I imagine they depend on the person. All in all, really enjoyable.

i am very dissatisfied with this software. i have no positives for it as I have not been able to get the most basic features working utilizing the help sections and the community being so close minded to sharing information on how they got it working, also the lack of support for older Dungeons and dragons role playing systems, such as versions 1 through 3.5.
the character generation tool is a scrap of code barely functional, does not work unless you create or join a campain and does not work for rulesets 1 through 3.5 D&D, the rulesets included with ultimate barely cover the basics for character creation, cannot scan through the rulesets included with the program. a serious tabletop gamer would be better off just buying the books , ripping each page out, scanning them for a digital file........
i could not get the tools to work across my other devices such as seeing that i have a code for andriod.
when a company finally make a VTT available across multiple platforms seamlessly without buying new copies for each device as a lifetime ultimate license i will then try it out. this product is barely functional on windows 10, not fuctional on andriod and I dont own Apple as the last good Apple computer was released in 1988 before steve jobs sold out to macintosh and started loosing his job.

A solid Fantasy and Futuristic VTT. I have played with FG Unity for over 5 years now. Love it.

This game keeps getting better with every update. Worth it.