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 games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Calamus for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac and Android apps. The best Calamus alternative is DiceRight, which is free. Other Calamus like games are Roll20, Foundry Virtual Tabletop, D&D Beyond and Inkarnate.

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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...

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    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Steam
     
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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 is to help you focus more on the game by bringing your paper character sheets into the 21st century.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Adventurekeep is an online toolkit for Dungeon Masters to create epic adventures with ease. Adventurekeep provides state-of-the-art tools for building and running 5e adventures.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. GM Forge icon
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    GM Forge is a Standalone Virtual Tabletop and is a sandbox for GMs. Friends can join through web browsers for free once the GM purchases a copy.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    DiceCloud is a single-developer project started in 2014 with the aim of being a character sheet that stayed in sync between the DM and their players, and made it clear where every value in the sheet came from, and how it was calculated.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Rolz offers free tools for rolling dice for RPG players and dungeon masters featuring scores of randomization tools including random name and character generators and an API for developers to make use of those tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Dungeons with friends lets you easily set up, DM, and play tabletop roleplaying games from anywhere on your mobile phone. This virtual table top is designed for asynchronous play - so you don't have to find a time that works for all of your players.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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    epicGM is a cross-platform tool offering features to track campaign notes, compendiums and a battle map. It brings a complete suite of tools to help you run your games smoothly so you can focus on bringing the best game experience to your friends and players!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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