MCDM Draw Steel 0 FGU support

[WinterSoldier7]

Forget Daggerheart, MCDM is where it's at.

Early days, I know, but will there be planned support for Draw Steel by MCDM?

Matt Colville, a fan of FGU as I understand it, suggested as much a long time ago - but I was wondering whether there were any solid details that can be shared.

What's the news?

[ddavison]

I hope to have something to announce in the near future. We are going to be super busy this year and next.

[LordEntrails]

Forget Daggerheart, MCDM is where it's at.

Early days, I know, but will there be planned support for Draw Steel by MCDM?

Matt Colville, a fan of FGU as I understand it, suggested as much a long time ago - but I was wondering whether there were any solid details that can be shared.

What's the news?
In the meantime, you do know there is a community one right? https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?82761-Custom-Ruleset-for-Draw-Steel-(MCDM-RPG)

[WinterSoldier7]

Thanks, ddavison - busy, indeed :)

Hey, I did not know there was a community one, thanks for the share! I'll check it out

[Egheal]

I hope to have something to announce in the near future. We are going to be super busy this year and next.
Nice! in french we call that "faire feu de tout bois", something like leaving no stone unturned. Well done SmiteWorks.

[Vass_Dts]

I supported the Draw Steel kickstarter, and, though, I haven't yet had the chance to play it, I'm very excited at it, and would love nothing more than having it run smoothly on FG.

Colville has been an outspoken fan and user of FG, though in the past he did allude at it being difficult to use (mind you, this statement was related to the olden days of FG Classic). Having said that, MCDM are collaborating with DMHub to create their own dedicated VTT specifically for Draw Steel; the Codex.

I've seen videos on it, and I have fooled around with the DMHub VTT and I can say it definitely has certain features that I wish FG would "steal," though I really dislike its UI from a visual perspective. I feel like it's got no breathing room, everything is so big and takes so much space (YEAH, I, an FG user, is actually saying that! :P ).

Back on topic; Matt has said that more often than not, they actually lost money on converting their stuff for VTTs (or at the very least they weren't as successful products as they'd wish). Which is why we haven't gotten stuff like The Talent and the book of Boss fights on FG. That, in addition to the fact that they're making the Codex (which still has a way to go until release) means I'd actually be (pleasantly) surprised if we see something actually official out of Draw Steel in FG. At the same time, Matt has been enthusiastic on the notion of community devs bringing Draw Steel to other VTTs. So, he's got no problem with ppl bringing it in, it's that he'd probably rather not have MCDM directly involved in such a project.

I have been monitoring Exxodis' work on the FG ruleset since the start, and he has made great strides, but the ruleset still has a way to go to be a smooth experience. And I mean that not as a critique; I have great respect and admiration for his hard work and hope he gets us there. :)

[LordEntrails]

Sounds like you missed the announcement: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?85492-Daggerheart-from-Darrington-Press-Is-Coming-to-Fantasy-Grounds!

[Trenloe]

Sounds like you missed the announcement: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?85492-Daggerheart-from-Darrington-Press-Is-Coming-to-Fantasy-Grounds!
This thread is discussing a different RPG system, MCDM Draw Steel - https://shop.mcdmproductions.com/collections/draw-steel

[LordEntrails]

This thread is discussing a different RPG system, MCDM Draw Steel - https://shop.mcdmproductions.com/collections/draw-steel
Doh! Uh.. yea, you're right. Umm. Ah, did you hear about Dagger Heart?

[Vass_Dts]

Doh! Uh.. yea, you're right. Umm. Ah, did you hear about Dagger Heart?

Ahahaha! Have you heard about our Lord and Savior, Saint Dagger of the Heart?

:p

[JonStormbringer]

I hope to have something to announce in the near future. We are going to be super busy this year and next.

Any more words on this? Just curious as I'm getting ready to start up a DS campaign and need to decide if I'm going use the community version here, or split my time between Codex and FG. I'd rather stay with FG.

[ddavison]

Unfortunately, we don't have any news to share on any official MCDM support. There is some FG Forge content available.

[JonStormbringer]

Unfortunately, we don't have any news to share on any official MCDM support. There is some FG Forge content available.


Thanks for the candid answer. My players and I spent some time looking at Codex and decided we wanted to play DS within FG. We didn't see anything revolutionary in Codex to make us want to change--by their own admission, they are at least a year from launch. The FG community ruleset for DS has had some great work on it. We'll use that.

I am hoping MCDM is not going to try and go it alone and only publish on their own platform. That mistake has already been made...

[Leprekorn]

Did this fall through? I assume MCDM has just decided to go with The Codex which TBF is pretty awesome as a 1 system VTT.

[ddavison]

We expressed our interest in adapting their newer content for Fantasy Grounds. It is up to them. You can let them know on their channels if you would like to also see it on Fantasy Grounds.