The prices you quoted are for BRPG, an RPG-oriented virtual tabletop program. I am the developer of BRPG, and I would like to talk about the so-called "outrageous" price, because I think that is an unfair statement. The highest-selling RPG VT is Fantasy Grounds, which is priced higher than BRPG, is Windows-only, has no audio or animation support, is poorly documented, and is not easily customizable. BRPG, on the other hand, is cross-platform, supports audio and animation, has very thorough documentation, can be easily customized without and scripting/programming/XML-editing, has a lot of free content available for download, and as an added bonus also lets you play boardgames, wargames, cardgames, and dice games. I contend that BRPG is very competitively priced, and I'm very sorry to hear that you think the price is "outrageous".Grimshad wrote:First I would like to say I was looking for a virtual board/card game creation tool and I ended up finding "Battlegrounds" Which did some neat stuff, but they charge $40 for the game host and $20 per person that plays with you which is outrageous.
In any case, if you were indeed looking for a virtual board/card game creation tool, you should instead have looked at Battlegrounds Gaming Engine (aka BGE), which is $15 for 2 players, $20 for 4 players, $30 for 8 players, and $40 for 16 players (in other words, between $2.50 and $7.50 per player).