August 7, 2017



SmiteWorks is working alongside Wizards of the Coast to significantly lower the cost of entry for Dungeons & Dragons players looking to play online with the Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop. While the project has been a major success, both partners would like it to be even more successful. The prices for official D&D content for Fantasy Grounds will be reduced on August 15, 2017 as part of an initiative to increase new player adoption. Modules which previously cost $49.99 will now be $29.99. Large adventure modules will now be $24.99. Existing customers will benefit in lower prices on all newly released content.



History of the D&D License on Fantasy Grounds

The official D&D licensed content was first released on Fantasy Grounds in April 2015 for just the Player's Handbook, Monster Manual and the Lost Mine of Phandelver. Since that time, the team behind Fantasy Grounds has converted and released every available Dungeon & Dragon book in a digital format suitable for online play within their virtual tabletop (VTT).



New releases from Wizards of the Coast now arrive for the VTT at the same time that the books hit the shelves in local gaming stores. The full set now includes an impressive thirteen titles for the current edition of D&D, as well as a handful of modules that were originally released for prior editions, but now work within the fifth edition of the worlds best selling roleplaying game. The products themselves have also undergone a number of updates and revisions to periodically add in new functionality as it is developed for the base program.



The results have been a large growth in online D&D players, with a 50% growth in the number of games being played in just the last year. To read more about Fantasy Grounds, please visit them on Steam or at their website, https://www.fantasygrounds.com.