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 Android apps. The best MapTool alternative is FreeVTT, which is free. Other great apps like MapTool are Roll20, Foundry Virtual Tabletop, DiceRight and Inkarnate.

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  1. 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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. Narrative-first tabletop RPG engine for Game Masters to build branching adventures and run them in live multiplayer sessions.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  3. 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
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
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  4. Mordex icon
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    Mordex is a campaign operating system for tabletop RPG game masters. Built by a DM, it replaces the usual stack of separate tools — VTT, lore wiki, quest tracker, map editor — with one connected campaign where the world, the NPCs, the factions, the quests and the battle map all...

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  5. 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
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  6. Hextml icon
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    Hextml is a web-based map maker and campaign manager. It uses the best of HTML5 to let you make beautiful hexagonal maps. Maps can be linked together with submaps to design some location with more details. Custom tiles can be imported into the software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. EpicWorldBuilder.com gives you a unified space to build worlds, design maps, run campaigns, and play online with friends without juggling multiple apps. The world-building system works like a personal Wikipedia, with pages for characters, places, items, and lore that you can...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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