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    What is MapTool?

    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 in particular works great with voice-chat services!

    These tools are not a role playing game by themselves, nor are they meant to replace everything at the RPG table. Rather, they are designed to be as flexible as we can make them, usable for a wide variety of gaming systems, from fantasy to sci-fi; from tabletop miniatures games to purely spoken-word games.

    The tools aren't built from the ground up for any specific RPG, which is what allows for the great flexibility we have, but as a result, it can be difficult for us to indicate easily to individuals how best to make use of the tools for their specific purposes. Fortunately, the community forums are a thriving, active source of rapid responses to any questions you may have. We take pride in this as one of our greatest strengths and we encourage you to join us there. If the game you want to run is a commonly-found one, there's a good chance you can locate someone who's done most of the fine-tuning for you! At the risk of leaving some out, our users have developed frameworks for D&D3.x, D&D4e, Pathfinder, ShadowRun, nWOD, GURPS, and many others.
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    • Top positive comment  about 2 years ago • 0 replies
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    More features and better control than Roll20, and doesn't require a subscription to create new character sheets/support new games.

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    Really good free tool to manage your tabletop game, doesn't come with with many predefined rulesets, but it's very flexible in creating these, so you can even play with your own ruleset
    Positive comment • over 1 year ago • as an alternative to  Fantasy Grounds Fantasy Grounds

    It's free and really, it has all the shit Fantasy Ground has (except Dice Rolling --- I THINK), but that's what I'm wanted because we are also using Discord. Howerver, because of how good MapTools is, there is a high chance we are just doing it in this sofware. 10/10.
    Positive comment • over 1 year ago • as an alternative to  Fantasy Grounds Fantasy Grounds

    ericwaters Although it's not the most intuitive VTT it there, MapTools is a mature and stable choice. It's free (and Open Source), has loads of features, an active development team, and a lot of community content as well. There's no voice/video chat, but that's what Discord is for.
    Positive comment • almost 2 years ago • as an alternative to  Roll20 Roll20

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    Mac: Requires Java 6+
    Windows: Requires Java 6+
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    Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about MapTool, and it has gotten 11 likes

    • Developed by RPTools
    • Open Source and Free product.
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    MapTool was added to AlternativeTo by WhiteKnight on Jun 6, 2011 and this page was last updated Jan 24, 2022.

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