Adventurer's Codex AlternativesVirtual Tabletops & Role-playing Games like Adventurer's Codex

Adventurer's Codex is described as 'A fun, easy to use, Open Source tool for tabletop RPG players to manage their characters, campaigns, and parties. The goal is to help you focus more on the game by bringing your paper character sheets into the 21st century' and is a virtual tabletop in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Adventurer's Codex for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, iPhone, Mac and Android apps. The best Adventurer's Codex alternative is Roll20, which is free. Other Adventurer's Codex like games are MasterScreen, D&D Beyond, Role Gate and Dungeoneer.

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A fun, easy to use, Open Source tool for tabletop RPG players to manage their characters, campaigns, and parties. The goal...

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Adventurer's Codex alternatives page was last updated Jan 25, 2024
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  1. Roll20 icon
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    Roll20 is the free, easy way to play tabletop games (such as pen and paper RPGs) online with others. It's completely web-based, so it runs right in your browser. It supports video and voice chat, background music, character sheets, a massive art library, and more!

    48 Roll20 alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Roll20 Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Web-Based
    3.  Online Gaming
    4.  Interactive map
    5.  Browser-based

    Roll20 VS Adventurer's Codex

     
    • Roll20 is the most popular Web-based, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Adventurer's Codex.

    • Roll20 is the most popular free alternative to Adventurer's Codex.

    • Roll20 is Freemium and ProprietaryAdventurer's Codex is Free and Open Source
  2. MasterScreen icon
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    MasterScreen is the ultimate set of tools for running tabletop or online roleplay campaigns and managing intricate fictional worlds. Runs on every device without any downloads. Built by nerds and free for everyone.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • Online

    MasterScreen Features

    1.  Virtual Tabletop
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Pathfinder
    4.  Real time collaboration
    5.  Support for MarkDown
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Session Sharing

    MasterScreen VS Adventurer's Codex

     
  3. D&D Beyond icon
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    D&D Beyond is the official digital toolset for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition. Twitch integration and a massive online compendium of official characters, spells, items and more provide an easy to use system with everything dungeon masters and tabletop D&D gamers...

    33 D&D Beyond alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Twitch

    D&D Beyond Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Clean character sheets

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  4. Role Gate icon
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    Role Gate is a platform for playing tabletop RPGs through chat, allowing flexible participation at your own pace, with features like separated in-character/out-of-character chat, character sheet editor, interactive helpers, and party splitting.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    Role Gate Features

    1.  Moddable
    2.  Endless gameplay
    3.  Multiplayer
    4.  Real time collaboration
    5.  Player vs Player
    6.  Online co-op
    7.  Single player
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Multiple languages

    Role Gate VS Adventurer's Codex

     
    • Role Gate is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Adventurer's Codex.

    • Role Gate is Freemium and ProprietaryAdventurer's Codex is Free and Open Source
    • Role Gate is MultiplayerAdventurer's Codex is not according to our users
  5. Dungeoneer icon
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    A VTT with DM tools for 5th edition D&D. Includes an initiative tracker, random table support, challenge rating calculators and more.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Dungeoneer VS Adventurer's Codex

     
    • Dungeoneer is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Adventurer's Codex.

    • Dungeoneer is the most popular Open Source alternative to Adventurer's Codex.

    • Dungeoneer is Free and Open SourceAdventurer's Codex is also Free and Open Source
  6. Rolisteam icon
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    Rolisteam helps you to manage tabletop role playing games with remote friends/players. It provides many features to share maps, pictures and it also includes tool to communicate with your friends/players.

    32 Rolisteam alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Rolisteam VS Adventurer's Codex

     
  7. Talespire icon
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    TaleSpire is an online, digital, graphical way of playing classic P&P Role-playing games with your friends. As a DM, build your campaign in-game and invite your players for sessions. To your left you can watch one of our streams to see for yourself.

    32 Talespire alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Talespire Features

    1.  Dungeon Crawlers
    2.  RPG Maker
    3.  Pathfinder

    Talespire VS Adventurer's Codex

     
    • Talespire is the most popular commercial alternative to Adventurer's Codex.

    • Talespire is Paid and ProprietaryAdventurer's Codex is Free and Open Source
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    Battlegrounds: RPG Edition (aka BRPG) is virtual tabletop software designed to enhance your pen-and-paper roleplaying games, whether your players are in the same room, or on the other side of the world.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Battlegrounds: RPG Edition Features

    1.  Online Gaming

    Battlegrounds: RPG Edition VS Adventurer's Codex

     
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    The Aurora Builder is a free tool that lets you create characters for your dungeons and dragons game using the bundled content, your own content, and content created by others.

    25 Aurora Builder alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Aurora Builder Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  XML import / export
    3.  Track Characters

    Aurora Builder VS Adventurer's Codex

     
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    Fantasy Grounds is a virtual tabletop to help facilitate play of tabletop-style role-playing games online with a GM (game master) and one or more players. It replicates what you would traditionally do around a physical table, such as rolling dice, managing character sheets...

    41 Fantasy Grounds alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Steam

    Fantasy Grounds Features

    1.  Moddable
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Game Launcher

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    Beyond Tabletop is a set of tools for RPG players with easy-to-use online character sheets and maps. Subscription-free and designed to be used on all devices online. Currently offering a battle map and character sheets for Pathfinder and D&D 5e.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Beyond Tabletop Features

    1.  Browser-based

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  12. PlanarAlly icon
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    PlanarAlly is a web tool that adds virtual battlemaps with various extras to your D&D toolbox. Self hosting, Offline support, Simple layers, Infinite canvas, Dynamic lighting, Player vision, Initiative tracker. Free to use and is open source.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    PlanarAlly Features

    1.  Browser-based

    PlanarAlly VS Adventurer's Codex

     
    • PlanarAlly is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Adventurer's Codex.

    • PlanarAlly is Free and Open SourceAdventurer's Codex is also Free and Open Source
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