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Top 5 Virtual Tabletops

Dungeons & Dragons was a godsend to many during the pandemic.

Sure, we’ve not been able to play face2face games with our folks and friends, but through the awesome power of connectivity software companies, virtual tabletop software (or VTTs) have made it not only possible but added depth to our most beloved RPGs that many had never considered possible.

Virtual Tabletops have added something uniquely special to our games. Before, most of the action took place inside your mind, but with a Virtual tabletop, you can see the action yourself. Virtual tabletops help to paint a picture around you and give the players a fantastic dropdown look of the world in which their character currently resides.

Virtual tabletops are also amazing tools for Dungeon Masters and Game Masters, offering them all sorts of interesting ways to world build and see their creative visions come to life.

With the boom of online gaming, there’s no wonder thousands of these awesomely rich virtual tabletops emerged and gained traction recently.

Here are our top 5 virtual tabletops together with a small bit of insight into why you might love them too.

Roll20

Definitely the most well known for its longevity, Roll20 is one of the first virtual tabletops to gain the licence from wizards of the coast to not only populate their software but to sell books and content directly from the platform. They also support hundreds of other RPGs so if you’re looking to get into using Virtual Tabletops, here would be a good start. They also offer a great Roll20 Crash Course.

Astral Tabletop

Not too dissimilar to Roll20, this Virtual Tabletop offers access to a really engaging community, where best practices and other great concepts are shared via their really popular Astral Discord

Tableplop

This Virtual Tabletop offers the smoothest of interfaces, whereby any beginners might not feel as intimidated as you would with Roll20. As of writing this blog article, Tableplop is still in its Beta stages, but it certainly looks the business.

Foundry VTT

Without a doubt, the most popular Virtual Tabletop for professional GMs; Foundry has everything and more. tons upon tons of mods that make this virtual tabletop arguably the best on this list. It also supports animated maps and has some of the best lighting effects you’ll see on a Virtual Tabletop.

Fantasy Grounds

One of the toughest Virtual Tabletops to get your head around. Fantasy Grounds offers a wealth of customisation, but you might have to have some programming knowledge to get out of it what others on this list of Virtual Tabletops offer out of the box.