Fantasy Grounds is a popular platform for playing a host of different roleplaying games online. It is used by more than gamers worldwide to connect and play popular games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Vampire: The Masquerade, Savage Worlds, Call of Cthulhu, and more. This type of program is commonly referred to as a virtual tabletop, or VTT, due to their ability to emulate various part of an RPG session in a digital form.
Fantasy Ground Unity (FGU) replaces Fantasy Grounds (Classic or FGC). It enhances numerous aspects of the interface, but maintains backwards compatibility with data modules for FGC. FGC and FGU use a different license and software and therefore they are not able to connect with each other. You can move your content from FGC to FGU, though, with minimal changes required and begin using the newer features of FGU. In addition, previous modules purchased for FGC may have upgrades built into them for FGU that add new functionality. Look for the LOS icon on popular adventures in our storefront for an indication of which of these have been updated.
What is improved in Fantasy Grounds Unity?
A subscription allows the software to be used as long as your monthly subscription is active with PayPal. It helps reduce the upfront cost to you and provides regular revenue for SmiteWorks that makes it easy for us to budget expenses.
A license is a 1-time purchase that costs more up front but will be the cheapest for you if you plan on using the software for many years. Monthly subscriptions do not accrue towards a 1-time license and they don't qualify you for upgrade discounts.
Our wiki has information on installation, basic usage, ruleset specific help and developer guides.
A group of fans also run Fantasy Grounds Academy on Discord and they offer free interactive training courses to get new GMs and players up to speed quickly.
