Virtual Tabletop Software

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These programs allow you to play d20 role playing games over the internet.

Battlegrounds: RPG Edition 
Easy-to-use virtual tabletop software that features dynamic Fog of War, sound & image transfers, and offline play (for face-to-face game sessions with a projector or TV). Works with any RPG rules system and supports play in any genre.
$0 Demo, $32.00 GM Client, $16.00 Player Client, Floating licenses and bulk discounts available.
Mac OS X or Windows (and Linux, using VirtualBox or WINE)
Fantasy Grounds 
Virtual tabletop for Pen & Paper RPGs. The product contains the character sheet and other convenient features for the d20 system, but is fully customizable to different roleplaying games. Large user base, has been on the market since Dec 2004.
Bundle discounts available from the normal $34.95 Full and $19.95 Lite license prices.
Gametable 
An open-source, Java-based, networked virtual game table. Gametable's key advantages are its simple, minimalistic interface and speedy performance. Role-playing system agnosticism is another key goal of the project.
Free - Open-Source Software
Requires Java 1.4 or later.
Known to work on Mac OS X and Windows.
GRiP 
(Generic Roleplaying for Internet Players) is a Virtual Tabletop with programmable character sheets, chat/pics/sound/map transfer and dice/card suite.
$35 DL, $40 CD for GM Client, Players Client is Free. Windows
kLoOge.Werks 
Description Here
MapTool
MapTool is an elegant graphical tool to share maps (images) and map data (drawings, markers, grid placement) in a client/server fashion between multiple players.
Free
Java 1.5
OpenRPG 
Description Here
Free
ScreenMonkey 
Description Here
ViewingDale
ViewingDale is a suite of tools that allow you create maps from scratch and share them over the net. The browser uses graphics card hardware acceleration for real time pan and zoom to any level. You can use it to print out great battlemaps, or use it networked as a virtual online battle map.
Windows 2000, XP, XP-x64
£25 GBP (~$45)
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