Online RPG Tools

Updated Dec 03 2020

(I culled dead links – if you find more, let me know!)

This list grew out of a post written by DMSamuel back in sept of 2011. If you have anything you would like added to this master list of Online RPG tools, send him an email at DnDeBrief AT gmail DOT com.

Virtual Tables and Shareable Screen Apps:

1. Owlbear.Rodeo
2. Whiteboardfox
3. Whiteboard.team
4. Foundry Tabletop
5. WBO Whiteboard Online
6. Flinga Collaborative Thinking
7. Maptool – free, open source, has a learning curve
8. Roll20 – popular, free, but more features if pay fee
9. Astral Tabletop
10. Arkenforge
11. d20Pro
12. Fantasy Grounds – currently updating to use unity engine
13. Twiddla Online Whiteboard – shareable drawing space
14. A Web Whiteboard – sharable drawing space
15. ScreenMonkey Lite 
16. BattleGroundsGames
17. iTabletop 
18. OpenRPG
19. Qex VTT
20. Site with a great list of virtual corkboards!

Dice Gadgets (free):

1. Online Customizable Dice Roller
2. Wizards of the Coast Dice Roller
3. Rolz Online Diceroller
4. Any Dice

VOIP (voice chat / video programs):

1. Discord
2. Big Blue Button
3. Jitsi
4. Whereby
5. Skype
6. Zoom
7. Google Hangouts
8. Ventrilo
9. Teamspeak
10. Zello (formerly Loudtalks)

Free Map Creation help:

1. Hexographer (now Worldographer)
2. Random Dungeon Map Creator
3. Dungeonographer
4. Inkwell Ideas Map Generators (dungeon, tavern, inn, etc)
5. Ye Olde Map Maker
6. Autorealm Mapper Program
7. Posterazor Map Tool
8. Dave’s Mapper
9. Pyromancers (Dungeon Painter)

Map Repositories:

1. RPG Mapshare
2. Dyson Logos Maps
3. Dungeoneering map share
4. Dundjinni Map repository
5. Dungeons Unlimited

Campaign Management tools:

1. Realmworks
2. Obsidian Portal
3. Epic words
4. RPG Manager
5. WebCampaignManager.net
6. Scabard
7. World Anvil
8. Chronica

Text Play by Post sites:

1. Rpol
2. RPGGeek
3. Gamersplane.com
4. Roleplayer Guild
5. Myth-Weavers
6. EN World

Miscellaneous & Chargen Tools:

1. D&DBeyond
2. Kobold Fight Club Encounter Builder for 5e D&D
3. 5th edition SRD and another: 5eSRD and another: Open5e
4. DonJon Random Tables
5. Random Fantasy Name Generator (and other genres)
6. D&D 5e Tools by Leugren
7. The Homebrewery for 5e D&D
8. Random Character Gen for older D&D Editions
9. Mad Irishman (Character Sheets for many different games)
10. Daniel’s Token Collection 1 (large file)
11. Daniel’s Token Collection 2 (large file)
12. Propnomicon How-To videos for making terrain and props
13. 4e D&D Random Treasure Generator
14. Gamma World (D&D) Character Generator
15. PathGuy’s Star Wars Saga PC Generator
16. Pathguy’s 4e D&D PC Generator
17. 4e D&D Cardmaking tools
18. 4e D&D Power2ool
19. Ski’s 4^th Edition Character Generator Or this alternate link: 4e CharSheetGen
20. Dingle’s Games D&D 3.5 NPC Generator
21. Dingle’s Games Pathfinder 1e NPC Generator

Help Finding Local Gamers: FIND GAMERS

• General List of Other Virtual Tabletop Resources

Defunct Links (preserved here for posterity):

1. GameTable
2. Wizards of the Coast D&D Virtual Table 
3. Dice Roller for Google Wave
4. Grumble Mapper
5. Gridmapper (Gridmapper tutorial)
6. BatttleMapr
7. Cartographer’s Guild
8. Wizards of the Coast’s Map-A-Week Archive
9. Phastinus
10. RPGFO
11. d6d20
12. 4e D&D Encounter Planner
13. Dungeon Master’s BattleScreen
14. Custom Calendar Generator
15. RealNPC fantasy NPC Generator
16. Online Pathfinder Character Generator
17. Gamma World (D&D) level 1 PC Generator
18. WotC’s Character Name Generator
19. G+ group
20. Infrno
21. Dice Roller MiniApp
22. Catch Your Hare
23. Invisible Castle
24. Fantastic Maps
25. 4e D&D Masterplan
26. Full Suite Fantasy RPG Generator Tools
27. RPG Attitude D&D 3.5 NPC Generator
28. Klooge Werks – Free demo, Full license for fee
29. Random Dungeon Creator (different from the above link)
30. Random City Map Generator
31. Random Inn Floor-plan Generator
32. HeroLab Character Generator