FoundryVTT - A Quick(ish) Beginner's Guide

Turns out it is kinda hard to make a "quick" starting guide for a program with as many bells and whistles as FoundryVTT, but I'll be darned if I didn't try! Hopefully it has enough information to get some of you started, or at least give you an idea of just what goes into running a game on Foundry.

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[xXFyesanXx]

More than 2 years later and still a great introduction to FoundryVTT. Thank you! It's so hard to get started with GMing, I'm glad there are channels like yours! :)

[Reohz]

I was looking for a quick, simple showcase for what Foundry can do to show my players and this nailed it. Thanks.

[AnvilHammer-brxp]

The people at Foundry should use these videos for beginners. The amount of information with VTT is overwhelming and there is TOO much assumption that all new people know the basics. We may not. Good Job with your explanations. sub and like :)

[TheDJYosh]

This came in at the correct time, I was gifted this table top by a player recently for a future game. It's been a stark contrast from Roll20 but this helps me to give it an earnest try!

[luciuspuck]

This was a fantastic intro to Foundry! My first attempts to use it were confusing and the other videos seemed to assume the users had some familiarity with similar systems. Thanks for being clear and concise!

[epicawesome]

This was definitely the best video I've seen of the type. Top notch man

[tylerlaw]

Super appreciate this video. Just installed foundry two days ago and this answer most of my questions (at least all the starter ones).

[Nortic]

I’ve been considering getting Foundry VTT and this was extremely helpful in making my decision! Going to get it and reference your guide a lot, thankyou!

[seanmcneal]

Thank you! I’ve been looking for a short and sweet intro into setting up a Foundry game and you’ve definitely hit the mark. Every other video goes into so much depth and step by step detail that I end up losing interest and moving on to something else but the way you’ve done this is perfect, take my sub kind sir!

[MitchellHolt-ifgz]

full on best quick look at foundry! every other video has been terrifying and disheartening. hats off!

[thewavygravy]

Sir, from the bottom of my heart, thank you! This program is overwhelming to one as thick-skulled as myself.

[jeffadams]

I impulse-bought Foundry 8 months ago and have never used it because since I dug in I was lost. I tried to watch the other youtube series out there for Foundry tutorial and was destroyed by information overload. Thanks for posting this. It actually helped me understand it better on a more simple foundation. My only concern is that all my players are present during the game and I don't want to be fully digital, I still like to 3d print characters and stuff and use models for some parts of maps, So I have a 45 inch tv I plan on laying flat on the table, using Foundry for the base maps and still lay characters and monsters on top. So I will probably still use tokens, just in a hybrid way. I feel taking everything digital, you lose a lot of the craft of imagination and tangible parts of playing. So this video will helpfully do the basics which I need and I can find the path to the hybrid model of physical and virtual synergy.

[Cracklemere]

Stumbled across your channel this evening and hot damn. Concise, polished and genuinely useful videos. Thanks for the work!

[SirTwitch]

This was extremely helpful I'm new to the vtt world and have only heard good things about foundry. It seemed very intimidating with no knowledge of how it worked but now it's a lot more reasonable and understandable.

[andrewhenry]

OMG thank you so much for this video, I've watched others and so far none that I've seen have talked about these points. Followed and liked and will definitely share this!

[dreadogastusf]

Our group is moving to the platform for our D&D games. Thanks for the 101 on foundry.

[JustStopPlayingGames]

Good lord this is a well made video. Thank you so much for making this. I have so many ideas now!

[michaelgrouse]

Great video! Nice balance between evangelizing and letting me know that there are rough bits to Foundry. Also nice but subtle music.

[animateddream]

This is a damn good video, my guy! Thank you! I think I'm leaning more towards foundry at this point. As a default, I'm a very low-prep DM (new), and I was given the impression that foundry is even better for people like me than Roll20.

However, when I'd like to, I do like to go above and beyond to ensure that the atmosphere is optimal for my players' immersion and enjoyment.

One thing I like about Roll20 is that once you buy an adventure, everything is set and ready for you to use. This is apparently not the case for Foundry, as you have to manually port everything from D&D Beyond. I did, however, see someone use a converter to port a Roll20 adventure straight over to Foundry with everything (even the chat history) there.

The only thing I would like to know is if you need to buy resources for your players to set up their characters as easily as you've shown. (As opposed to filling in the Roll20 character sheets with supplentary sites)

[mrbrianparker]

Late to the party but the video was good, really well made, fun and packed with information.