MapTool Alternatives

MapTool is described as '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' and is a virtual tabletop in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to MapTool for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best MapTool alternative is DiceRight, which is free. Other great apps like MapTool are Roll20, Foundry Virtual Tabletop, Inkarnate and Linwood Setonix.

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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.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Roll or customize 3D digital dice for tabletop roleplaying games. Create private rooms that your whole party can connect to and see instant dice results in a 3D environment. Build your own stunning 3D dice using an easy-to-use editor or extend the functionality of dddice using a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • 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

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    • Online
     
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    From Wizards of the West Coast, the Dungeon Tiles Mapper lets you create tiled dungeon maps online for free through your browser using a simple grid-based editor. Just select your tiles and drag them where you want them.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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

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    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.

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Fabletop is a tabletop roleplaying game that is played in your web browser. It takes the freedom of tabletop roleplaying and provides an easy-to-use app for playing online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Fabletop has a nice a e s t h e t i c but it lacks a lot of the functionality of MapTool. Definitely not a replacement.

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    • Fabletop is Free and ProprietaryMapTool is Free and Open Source
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    A map-making companion for tabletop RPGs, like Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  10. EpicTable icon
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    EpicTable is a virtual tabletop (sometimes referred to as a “VT”) that allows you and your friends to play your favorite pen-and-paper roleplaying games, regardless of whether you’re sitting across the table or across the world from one another.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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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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    One More Multiverse (OMM) is a place to play tabletop roleplaying games like the 5e SRD, Blades in the Dark, Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast. This usually means finding a group of 3-5 people and telling a story together, using OMM to build your character, maps, and visuals.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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