It seems fitting that a system designed for uniting remote gamers led Davidson to hire Gregory without ever meeting him face-to-face.ĭavidson says Fantasy Grounds’ largest audience is “people who want to play remotely across the world, different states, or just across town without worrying about weather or traffic.” GMs using Fantasy Grounds as a campaign tracker and information management tool in offline mode make up a smaller audience. John Gregory was one of those developers.” Given that Gregory helped build the 3.5 and 4th-edition Dungeons & Dragons rulesets Fantasy Grounds uses, it was a smart hire. He purchased the company in 2009, which “allowed me to engage some of the various RPG publishers in the gaming industry and work with some excellent properties. I desperately wanted to go off and build video games for a living.”įantasy Grounds, then, offered the former software developer and consultant a perfect opportunity to blend his computer skills with his enthusiasm for gaming. “I have always been a gamer and a computer science guy.
“They were looking for a way to play tabletop RPG games remotely when they were no longer able to gather in person,” says Davidson. In 2004, three business partners in Finland created the app that would become Fantasy Grounds. We're kicking this partnership off by interviewing Fantasy Grounds’ owner, Doug Davidson, and making a special offer for our fans. It's great knowing players who love Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale can create their ideal character using a Viconia portrait or Koveras's Ring of Protection (that Koveras sure is a nice guy). Players using Fantasy Grounds can purchase add-ons to customize characters, including portraits and items from our enhanced edition games.
As someone who’s played tabletop games in AOL chat rooms (they had a built-in die roller, the height of innovation in 2002!), I find Fantasy Grounds’ invention highly appealing. A few months ago, Beamdog partnered with Fantasy Grounds, a company that provides virtual gaming tables to gamers wishing to play traditional pen-and-paper games online.
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