Fantasy Grounds II

Download the installer here. Running the installer requires an active internet connection to complete. Note that the installer is the same for all versions (Full, Lite, Ultimate and Unregistered.)

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All licenses (50 MB)

The lite and unregistered versions of Fantasy Grounds II can be used to demo the software. Just use the installer above.

The demo contains all the features of the full version with the following restrictions:

• No new campaigns can be created.
• Changes to existing campaigns are not saved between sessions.
• Characters created in the local character preparation mode are not saved.
• Hosting a game is restricted to one client connection at a time.

For running Fantasy Grounds on Linux or Mac OSX, see System Requirements.

Should you find trouble connecting, check out the Networking FAQ.

A demo campaign is available to use in order to demo a sample 3.5E or 4E game session. It is installed by default by the Fantasy Grounds installer. If you didn't install the demo adventure while installing FG, you can also download the example campaigns below. Once downloaded, open the ExampleCampaigns.zip file and follow the directions in the readme.txt file.

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Example Campaigns (3.5E, 4E) (1 MB)

Patches to Fantasy Grounds II

Fantasy Grounds II is patched using an internal updater feature. When an update is available, the Check for Updates button will be outlined. Click the button and the update starts downloading. If you think that an update should be out but the button does not have the golden rim, click the button and the update check starts.

Courtesy of Xorn, DosWelk, KhersheyJr and Aramasz on the FG Forums

• Overview of Fantasy Grounds
• Downloading and Installing Fantasy Grounds
  (License info correct, but installer has been updated)
• Brief Overview of FG for Players
• Logging in to a game and chat commands overview
• How to find a game to join
• How to access libraries and references in Fantasy Grounds
• Adding and using images and maps in your campaigns
• Character movement functions in Fantasy Grounds
  
• Using the Vote system in Fantasy Grounds
• How to install a mod (module) for Fantasy Grounds
• Adding portraits and tokens to Fantasy Grounds

• Campaign Management (20:41, 20.9 MB)
  A run down of how to use Fantasy Grounds II for adventure preparation.
• Hosting Games (33:04, 33.5 MB)
  Hosting Games with tips and tricks for DMs - 4th Edition ruleset shown
• Player Quickstart (30:08, 31.5 MB)
  A Quick overview of the basic player features of FG2 and the 4th Edition Ruleset.
• Importing a character from the DDI Character Builder
  You can have your players send you their DDI characters to import for faster setup
• Example of Play (44:54, 45.5 MB)
  Putting it all together with an actual example of play.
• Exporting Monsters/NPCs to a Library Module
  A user created tutorial that doesn't require XML knowledge to build a library module with monsters that can be searched by name.
  
• Creating a new character (4E example)
• How to manually add a spell or power to your character (4E)
• Combat Tracker How attacks work (4E example)
• 4 hour long play session using 4E (user upload)

• Pathfinder Tutorial 1 of 3
• Pathfinder Tutorial 2 of 3
• Pathfinder Tutorial 3 of 3
• Importing a character from HeroLab

• Savage Worlds Ruleset basics
  The basics of using the Savage Worlds ruleset
• Basics Part 2
• Combat Tracker Tutorial Part 1
• Combat Tracker Tutorial Part 2
• Combat Tracker Tutorial Part 3
• Combat Tracker Tutorial Part 4
• Creating a Campaign
• Using the Chase Tool from SWD
• Rippers Extension Demo
• Deadlands Extension Demo

• Combat Example and table look-ups
• Adding PCs to the Combat Tracker
• Adding NPCs to the Combat Tracker
• Using Encounters
• Adding Map Tokens

The Fantasy Grounds community and affiliates are working on many rulesets for various roleplaying games. Details of these can be found from the Store, Armory and FGWiki. Currently available rulesets include:

* Bolded entries indicate official rulesets included or available for purchase at the store

The Fantasy Grounds PEM Utility allows you to extract the PAK, EXT and MOD files that are included in the Fantasy Grounds installation. It also supports creating your own packages.

Download now:	FGPEMUtility.exe (3 MB)
	FGFontGenerator.exe (41 KB)

Xorn's original video tutorials covering the use of the program and some of the basic fundamentals. These videos are slightly out of date with the latest version of Fantasy Grounds, but the basic functionality shown here still exists.

• Quick Start Guide (24:26, 23.8 MB)
  Quick overview of the basic features of FG2, from both DM and Player perspectives.
• Campaign Entry Basics (13:34, 13.5 MB)
  Demonstration of the basic building blocks for building a campaign (DM focused).
• Adventure Module (28:35, 31.8 MB)
  In-Depth how-to guide for creating and exporting a campaign into an adventure module.
• Miniature to Token (3:00, 5.3 MB)
  Quickly and easily turn any image (DDM minis used in tutorial) into a side-view style token.
• Map Rescaling (4:30, 8.3 MB)
  Simple method for rescaling an existing map to fit your preferred grid size.

The d20_JPG ruleset was created by JPG as a replacement for the d20 ruleset. This ruleset will eventually be incorporated into the 3.5E ruleset, but is available here for those who wish to use it now. This ruleset does not self-install, and will need to be extracted to the rulesets subfolder of the Application Data Folder link in the Start Menu.

Download now:	d20_JPG Ruleset (10 MB)
	d20 Ruleset (11 MB)

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