Questions about Forge Money

[Henrique Oliveira Machado]

I'm not North American so i need to use exchange currency money to buy things in FG Store.
The exchange is a little harsh right now, so even a little discount i can get in any USD currency makes a good difference to me, so i have a couple questions.

1) Does FG do frequent sales on the Gold used in FG Forge? If yes, how often and where can i see/subscripe to sales announcements?

2) Is there any way i can buy Forge gold using Steam funds?

I've seen that 1000 gold is like 10 USD usually.

[LordEntrails]

Maybe someone else has seen something else, but as far as I know the Forge gold has always been a fixed price to USD. Don't think their is any link to Steam. Sorry I can't say for certain.

[Henrique Oliveira Machado]

Maybe someone else has seen something else, but as far as I know the Forge gold has always been a fixed price to USD. Don't think their is any link to Steam. Sorry I can't say for certain.

Thanks. I'll wait for a couple more replies, but if there is no discount on FG Gold, i'll just buy the extensions i want without delay.

[Tempered7]

I've never seen Forge gold sale in my 7 month membership but Im relatively new in 20+ years of a software.

Sorry to squeeze this into the discussion but,

2) Is there any way i can buy Forge gold using Steam funds?

This would enable people like me to buy things from the Forge (there are many extensions I need for Solo Play) as the only method -Paypal- is banned in my country.
I already opened a request at
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?category=2&status=1&btnSearch= Search
"Another Pay Method than Paypal"

If it is steam, I can even buy expensive ones thanks to steam wallet. I just save wallet money for 2+ months instead of buying it at once. Everyone wins. And SW wouldnt have to deal with credit card security.

There are some games that sells MTX currency does this.

[Henrique Oliveira Machado]

I've never seen Forge gold sale in my 7 month membership but Im relatively new in 20+ years of a software.

Sorry to squeeze this into the discussion but,



This would enable people like me to buy things from the Forge (there are many extensions I need for Solo Play) as the only method -Paypal- is banned in my country.
I already opened a request at
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?category=2&status=1&btnSearch= Search
"Another Pay Method than Paypal"

If it is steam, I can even buy expensive ones thanks to steam wallet. I just save wallet money for 2+ months instead of buying it at once. Everyone wins. And SW wouldnt have to deal with credit card security.

There are some games that sells MTX currency does this.

Yes. Steam have an awesome politics on pricing things for 3rd world countries and has more paying options.
I'm not at all poor, but because most software are sold in USD, everything gets very expensive when you sum it all up and multiply by currency exchanges.
A simple hobby can get veeeeeery expensive.

For example. A syrinscape product that is 80 usd, for me is 500 (almost half minimum wage).
Also, the modern subscription models gets very expensive over time, so most products, when prices are not localized, becomes very expensive.
Steam is awesome.

[Tempered7]

Yes. Steam have an awesome politics on pricing things for 3rd world countries and has more paying options.
I'm not at all poor, but because most software are sold in USD, everything gets very expensive when you sum it all up and multiply by currency exchanges.
A simple hobby can get veeeeeery expensive.

For example. A syrinscape product that is 80 usd, for me is 500 (almost half minimum wage).
Also, the modern subscription models gets very expensive over time, so most products, when prices are not localized, becomes very expensive.
Steam is awesome.

Yeah. I can't buy 40$+ anything anymore. It is now 1400 for me and if I do that, I have to starve. And I have to buy 25$+ things with 2 months save.
But we I think we should also consider Smite Works and Forge members because Steam gets 30% of the share.
If something like steam wallet (SmiteWorks Wallet) was in here, that would change everything because instead of waiting for sales, we'd just save money in the wallet until we hit the price number.

[Henrique Oliveira Machado]

Yeah. I can't buy 40$+ anything anymore. It is now 1400 for me and if I do that, I have to starve. And I have to buy 25$+ things with 2 months save.
But we I think we should also consider Smite Works and Forge members because Steam gets 30% of the share.
If something like steam wallet (SmiteWorks Wallet) was in here, that would change everything because instead of waiting for sales, we'd just save money in the wallet until we hit the price number.

Wow. What country are you from? That exchange is crazy.
I wish you the best of luck.

[Tempered7]

Wow. What country are you from? That exchange is crazy.
I wish you the best of luck.

Let me not say it, but it is one of the Cr*phole countries.
Thank you, though. We're still alive which is a miracle.

[Lonewolf]

It is perhaps not the most ideal solution for you but Forge gold is given away to Games Day GMs. In addition to the free gold you get can get $5 credit per game on any future PDFs you need. Ask about details on discord server if rewards can still be claimed.

[Henrique Oliveira Machado]

It is perhaps not the most ideal solution for you but Forge gold is given away to Games Day GMs. In addition to the free gold you get can get $5 credit per game on any future PDFs you need. Ask about details on discord server if rewards can still be claimed.

Very nice. Unfortunately, i only DM in person, and also theres the language barrier. But with that i could buy a extension for every 2 sessions. Its nice.

Ill think about that.