Your table, always up. Foundry Virtual Tabletop at a fixed address, so the session starts when people arrive rather than when the host's laptop wakes up.

What problem does it solve?

Somebody in every group is the host. The campaign lives on their machine, which has to be on, awake and connected for anyone to play, and the game is cancelled on the night they have a cold. Running Foundry here takes that person out of the critical path.

Your world sits on backed up storage instead of the laptop they also use for work, at an address your table bookmarks once, with nothing forwarded through anybody's router.

Do I need to own Foundry?

Yes. Foundry is commercial software, licensed per person, and we cannot distribute it. Buy a licence at foundryvtt.com and bring it with you.

Your instance ships empty and installs Foundry from a download link only your account can generate. It takes about a minute, and the documentation walks through it. Nothing you do at that stage can break anything: before you paste a link, the instance simply waits.

One thing to know before you buy: Foundry's terms allow a single hosted instance to be reachable by other people at a time. If you already run one at home for your group, retire it before opening this one to your players.

Do my players need an ElfHosted account?

No, and they do not install anything either. Send them the address and they join in a browser.

Because of that, your Foundry is reachable without our single sign on, and access control is Foundry's own. Set an Access Key for each player, and an Administrator Password so nobody wanders into your setup screen. Do both before you share the address.

What can I run on it?

• Any game system Foundry supports. D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, Call of Cthulhu and a long list beyond.
• The whole module ecosystem. Install through Foundry's own browser, straight from the manifest.
• Dynamic lighting and fog of war, scenes, tokens, dice, character sheets, journals and audio, which is Foundry doing what Foundry does.
• Your own upgrade schedule. Foundry's built in updater installs new versions into your storage, so you take a version bump when your modules have caught up rather than when we say so.

What pairs well with it?

Grimoire keeps the rulebooks, maps and tokens searchable beside the game. Dungeon Revealer is the lighter option for a one shot where setup time matters more than features, and plenty of tables run both.

Frequently asked questions

Is a licence included? No. Bring your own, and buy it directly from Foundry.

Can I move an existing world in? Yes, upload it through the file manager, or through Foundry's own file picker.

Will my modules keep working after an update? That is why you control the timing. Update when your modules have caught up.

What happens during an update? Foundry shuts itself down when it finishes installing, and your instance starts back up within seconds. Reload the page rather than assuming it broke.

What does it cost? Nine US dollars a month for the hosting, billed monthly, cancel whenever. The Foundry licence is separate and yours to keep.