Calamus Alternatives

Calamus is described as 'A map-making companion for tabletop RPGs, like Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder' and is a virtual tabletop in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Calamus for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and iPad apps. The best Calamus alternative is Roll20, which is free. Other great apps like Calamus are Foundry Virtual Tabletop, D&D Beyond, MapTool and Inkarnate.

Calamus alternatives are mainly Virtual Tabletops but may also be Role-playing Games. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Calamus.

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Calamus

Paid • Proprietary
Virtual Tabletop

Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad

A map-making companion for tabletop RPGs, like Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder.

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Roll20
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Freemium • Proprietary
Virtual Tabletop
Role-playing Game
Online
Android Tablet
iPad
40 Roll20 alternatives
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!
- - Roll20 is the most popular Web-based, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Calamus.
- - Roll20 is the most popular free alternative to Calamus.
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Roll20 Features
1. Real time collaborationMultiple users can work together in Roll20 simultaneously.
Web-Based
Online Gaming
Interactive map
Browser-based
Foundry Virtual Tabletop
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Paid • Proprietary
Virtual Tabletop
Role-playing Game
Windows
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
Software as a Service (SaaS)
17 Foundry Virtual Tabletop alternatives
Foundry VTT is a standalone application built for experiencing multiplayer tabletop RPGs using a feature-rich and modern self-hosted application where your players connect directly through the browser.
- - Foundry Virtual Tabletop is the most popular Windows, Linux, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Calamus.
- - Foundry Virtual Tabletop is the most popular commercial alternative to Calamus.
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Foundry Virtual Tabletop Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsFoundry Virtual Tabletop can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Intuitive Interface
Add-ons
D&D Beyond
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Freemium • Proprietary
Virtual Tabletop
Role-playing Game
Online
Twitch
29 D&D Beyond alternatives
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...
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D&D Beyond Features
1. Works OfflineD&D Beyond can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Clean character sheets
MapTool
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Tabletop
Mac
Windows
Linux
iPad
21 MapTool alternatives
MapTool is an online, multiuser, networked, graphical, interactive, programmable virtual tabletop. Requires Java 6+. It can be used for face-to-face play, or Internet role-playing in real time even if your players are on the other side of the world.
- - MapTool is the most popular Mac alternative to Calamus.
- - MapTool is the most popular Open Source alternative to Calamus.
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MapTool Features
View Blocking
Custom Repos
Inkarnate
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online
16 Inkarnate alternatives
Inkarnate is an all-in-one fantasy mapmaking platform with a free version and a huge library of assets. With Inkarnate, one can create world and region maps, city and village maps, battlemaps and interiors, as well as scenery maps.
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Inkarnate Features
Map-Editor
Mipui
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Tabletop
Online
35 Mipui alternatives
Mipui is an online, grid-based map editor, with focus on simplicity and collaboration - all edits appear in real-time to other viewers.
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Mipui Features
1. Real time collaborationMultiple users can work together in Mipui simultaneously.
Master Details forms
Tile and Tile-Map Editing
Map-Editor
Fantasy Grounds
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Paid • Proprietary
Virtual Tabletop
Role-playing Game
Mac
Windows
Wine
Steam
33 Fantasy Grounds alternatives
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...
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Fantasy Grounds Features
1. ModdableFantasy Grounds can be modified through the installation of external mods.
2. Works OfflineFantasy Grounds can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Game Launcher
Adventurer's Codex
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Tabletop
Role-playing Game
Online
23 Adventurer's Codex alternatives
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.
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Adventurer's Codex Features
Online collaboration
Browser-based
Standard Action
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Free • Proprietary
Virtual Tabletop
Online
25 Standard Action alternatives
Standard Action is a tabletop gaming application designed to be simple, but flexible. In game, Standard Action features an interactive game board, live chat, dice rolls, a turn tracker, customizable token stat bars, and much more.
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Tableplop
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Freemium • Proprietary
Virtual Tabletop
Role-playing Game
Online
24 Tableplop alternatives
Tableplop is an easy to learn, fun to use virtual tabletop for role playing games. It includes everything you need to play TTRPGs remote apart from audio chat and works great on mobiles and computers.
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Tableplop Features
User experience
Interactive map
Browser-based
Online Gaming
Map-Editor
Tablet support
Mobile friendly
Rolisteam
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Tabletop
Mac
Windows
Linux
29 Rolisteam alternatives
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.
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Beyond Tabletop
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Free • Proprietary
Virtual Tabletop
Online
34 Beyond Tabletop alternatives
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.
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Beyond Tabletop Features
Browser-based