Which VIRTUAL TABLETOP should YOU choose to play online?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2024
- With so many virtual tabletops, or VTTs, out there nowadays, it can be very difficult to find the VTT that fits you best. This video solves that problem. I will provide you with 6 different VTTs ranging from simple to complex that can fit your specific need. This video answers this question: Which virtual tabletop should you choose to play online?
My recommended VTTs:
- Owlbear Rodeo: www.owlbear.rodeo/
- Fari: fari.app/
- Alchemy RPG: alchemyrpg.com/home
- Foundry VTT: foundryvtt.com/
- Roll20: roll20.net/
- One More Multiverse: multiverse.com/
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List of VTTs I tried for this video:
- AboveVTT
- Alchemy RPG
- Arkenforge
- Dungeon Club
- Fantasy Grounds Unity
- Fari
- Foundry VTT
- Harpy
- Let's Role
- One More Multiverse
- Owlbear Rodeo
- Questline VTT
- Quest Portal
- Role
- Roll20
- RPG Stories
- Shard Tabletop
- Talespire
- Tabletop Simulator
- Tabula Sono
- The RPG Engine
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:56 What is a VTT?
02:15 Disclaimers about my list
02:50 How I chose the VTTs
04:25 Best simple VTT
07:02 Best VTT for Theater of the Mind
09:08 Most versatile VTT
10:52 Best VTT for official adventures
12:30 A VTT like no other
13:50 Thoughts on VTTs
14:59 Summary - เกม
I was a Roll 20 guy until Foundry released, and I never looked back.
Foundry is SO GOOOOD! Definitely beats Roll20 on all fronts except official 3rd party support
@@DiceAndEasy The community for Foundry is tremendous. I also went from Roll20 to Foundry two years ago. I found that moving away from D&D to Pathfinder and AlienRPG really good and optimized for Foundry nicely. I agree with you also that The Forge is the way to go. Thank you for your videos!
@@maciekdrozdzik4748 the Foundry community is fantastic! Always eager to help! Thank you so much for your kind words! Means a lot to me!
that "one more multiverse" is just amazing, that one might be the future of VVT's ... maybe having alchemy on the phone for journal and OMM on pc for visuals would be the best course of action, gotta have those quality players tho, to learn how to use both tools.
It’s a really cool VTT! I hope it sticks around for a long time!
I love OMM, but their tools for developing sheets for other games were horrible, at least the last time I checked. Otherwise I love the idea of bringing some "physicality" back to things.... but if you're playing something that isn't 5e good luck setting it up
@@colbyboucher6391 agree that setting up other game systems takes a lot of work which is why I hope they add more game systems like they did with Blades in the Dark.
OMM just announced that they're shutting down.
Gotta say, One More Multiverse was by far the most interesting VTT you showed here. I think it's really hard to build something that's generally more compelling than Roll20, Foundry, or FGU. But that pixel art aesthetic could be really compelling for the right type of game. This is the same reason that Alchemy stands out as well.
Totally agree! Going through so many VTTs I saw many that were in the same space as Roll20 and Foundry so it was nice seeing some really interesting ones with their own strong vision going
Fantasy Grounds is amazing imo got so many available rulesets and its a dream for dungeon masters who like to get nitty gritty in prep
I am surprised you did not rate Fantasy Grounds higher. I have used a couple of VTTs like Foundry, Roll 20, FGC, FGU, and brief tests with others, and nothing compares to FGU in my opinion. Obviously it is quite pricy, but without a subscription cost I have had my money worth it! It is robust, has many QoL features, and great for setting up various custom effects, and have some mods as well.
I did try it during my testing phase but I found it to be incredibly hard to learn even the basics of the software though I do understand that it is very versarile and robust once you do learn it. The price was also another issue for me.
Thanks for doing all of this testing and learning at least the basics of each.
You’re welcome! Glad you found this video useful!
Thank you for this. I've done some of these, but you've definitely gone the extra mile.
You’re welcome!
Great list! For Pathfinder 2 specifically, the support for official adventures are impressive in Foundry. They don't have many yet but the one there are of very high quality.
Thank you! Ah that’s great to hear!
Thanks for all the research, much appreciated!
Thanks for the kind words!
Now I'll have to watch all your videos. Thanks for the infos!
You’re welcome!
Thank you for your sacrifice. . . I was so lost looking for a VTT.
What did I just witness? At the moment you said "hit those subscribe and like buttons down there" the subscribe button was enveloped in a rainbow colored aura. That is the first time I have seen it and it was cool. Subbing! Thanks for the video. Oh, and I hit the like as well. 😁
Yeah, I noticed that in another channel the other day too, I think it's a new TH-cam thing.
Amazing video, D&E! Thanks for all your hard work :)
You’re welcome!
Thank you very much for this video, gonna try some of this tables with friends on next week) Goodluck with your youtube career ;)
Glad I could be of help! Thanks for the kind words!
Great work, tons of good info. Thank!
You’re welcome!
For me Foundry is definitely the best. The sheer amount of accessibility and customization options, with hundreds of actively developed modules and systems (not to mention official D&D 5e support) is just an unbeatable combo. OMM looks really interesting as well, but Roll20 didnt age well and is often a pain to manage.
Totally agree!
My guy does it again 🙏🏾
Thank you for the kind words!
I think it's also worth mentioning Tabletop Simulator. There are a bunch of dungeon tiles models, and you can make billboarded minis using in-game tools, orbuy models from hero forge to import your own 3d minis. It's not purpose built for ttrpgs, but it can support them very well if you spend some time getting familiar.
I did try it out in my research and it is s viable option. However it requires a lot of setting up and prep, and it is quite complex for playes to use, hence why it’s not in this video.
Character sheets in TTS are hellish
Foundry also has purchasable full adventure paths for Pathfinder now too. They are super complete with all the content plus extras for a VTT like soundtracks. I’ve been using Foundry for a year or so now. It was a learning curve for sure but I recently tried Roll20 which by comparison is sooo painful to use. Foundry does so much of the heavy lifting for players and DMs.
Oh that’s great! I’m not familiar with Pathfinder side of things (though I do want to learn it) so it’s good to hear that they are officially supporting Foundry!
Thank you. I had not heard of Alchemy.
You’re welcome! It’s such a great VTT!
One More Multiverse looks amazing, someday I'll try it for sure
It’s pretty dang cool!
My choice goes for shardtabletop for dnd !
Maptool is my favorite by far. Gives me so much more control over what gets automated with scripting, plus it's hosted on my own server and open source. Foundry looks really solid though.
This is seriously the video I needed. I started making maps with Inkarnate, as they have a really good system with cool assets (figured I'd pay for a month and get everything done I needed to in that time) but then after that was totally lost. I was to the point where I was looking at using RPG Maker MV (with a fog of war and co-op plugin) because the amount of information out there was just so overwhelming. All I needed was a digital map system to use for a game that's taking place in person (and the fog of war/darkness aspect would be really nice too for the final dungeon).
Glad I could help! Which VTT did you end up going with?
@@DiceAndEasy Going to try OMM, but if that doesn't quite work because it's IRL then I have OwlBear Rodeo open too, but that one almost seems more complicated 😅. I imported my Inkarnate map into OBR, but I can't figure out how to move it, or anything. Might have to look up a tutorial. If I could just figure out how to get the plugins on RPG Maker to work right, I could be onto something.
Honestly am just trying to find a simple map thing I can put on my windows laptop (for free) and connect to the TV so my maps and tokens are up there, and can be moved with the mouse. Don't need much else for now.
@@FenrirAldebrand if you want simplicity, Owlbear Rodeo is definitely what you want to go with. You should be able to improt maps into it.
I appreciate the look at all these vtts! It helped pushed me to get Foundry for it's versatility and even with the learning curve, I'm enjoying it a lot.
Alchemy sounds amazing to use for something like the Sea of Thieves ttrpg, which and so gotta check that out now.
Great to hear that my video was useful for you! And welcome to the Foundry crew! I absolutely love the VTT!
Alchemy is fantastic for less crunchy games! They are currently in the process of adding official support to a bunch of game systems!
Having tried a handful of these, you've got solid recommendations. I appreciate the research time involved here - especially given more than one with that steep learning curve, so thank you for that! I've been using Harpy for my games lately, and I was curious if you wouldn't mind sharing a bit more of your opinion on that one.
Thank you for the kind words! Appreciate it!
I felt that Harpy has an interesting angle with the 3D assets but currently it feels too complex to be useful for a simple scenario and lacking features like automation etc. to be considered for a complex scenario. I also had a very hard time just setting up a map, getting some characters in, and trying to do a round of combat. Granted, I only gave the VTT about 1 hour of testing time so it could be that once you get into it, things flow better.
@@DiceAndEasy That's entirely fair, Harpy's definitely not the best battle map out there. It's served me really well for more social games, though. As you say, there's no One Best VTT - having so many on the market is great in that you can get one that fits your table well, even if it can make it hard to shop around for the right one (and I like the way you grouped them in this video for GMs to see what's most relevant to them). Thanks again!
@@turixrehm thanks a lot for comments! There are indeed a lot of VTTs and the space is developing rapidly!
So far I’ve been using Arkenforge for my table because I use a tv that we put minis on. But I’m looking around for something better that also has that top down look and preferably that has like flowing water and whatnot. I’m gonna give owlbearv2 a try because that lava looked awesome!
Owlbear is a great simple VTT! Not sure if anything else has the same level of mini integration with TVs as Arkenforge does.
Amazing Job!
Thank you!
I use Planar Ally because its self hostable, scalable, and overall a great ootb experience for players and GMs
Thanks for the recs! Foundry & Alchemy are on my to-learn-list now. I use a -lot- of songs on my campaigns (for environments, npcs, travel, shops, role play mood changes, etc) On your experience which VTT would be a good pick that lets me select songs quickly without lag or glitches? Tbh if I could have a DJ music table for VTTs I'd set it up. That's how much i prepare that aspect of my campaigns😅Could Foundry allow me to program something like that?
You're welcome! I would say for your music needs, Foundry is better suited. The music system in Alchemy currently is very basic. You can set a background track and combat track per map, and ambient tracks for both of those as well but that's it. Although, Alchemy is working on a new music system which apparently let's you fade between different types of tracks. It looks cool but isn't out yet so I don't know how well it will work.
On Foundry, the music controls are better out of the box than Foundry but still aren't too powerful. You can set up playlists and change between them. However there are modules that allow you to set a custom track per player or NPC, add layered music etc. so for your needs Foundry is probably the best option.
Great Video, good job 👍
Thanks a lot! Means a lot because I spent a lot of time and energy on this video.
@@DiceAndEasy I know what you mean. Alone the time prepping videos for foundry is a lot, but over 20 vtts...
@@VTTom yeah it took a hot minute 😅
Fantasy Grounds had a price change, the Standard License is $20 and the Ultimate License is $50 (only DM needs a license with Ultimate).
Great overview. I'm looking for a VTT that is easy to develop for (i.e. extend). I would like to add new rule sets. It seems like a lot of these don't do that?
Foundry VTT does allow for that! You can create your own modules and game systems for it.
Take a shot everytime he says VTT
Good luck with that death lol
I was a Foundry guy moved to roll20, I quit FVTT after each Foundry update my officially purchased modules would break and took weeks to fix if ever. If your playing anything beside DnD or Pathfinder Foundry stinks for support since its all user created.
Everything being user-created is why support doesn't suck, lmao
Just don't update or help update the modules yourself
For simple & free plug and play with DDB, AboveVTT can't be beat. It does everything we need. Just my 2c.
Amazing video
Thanks!
I am pretty new to this VTT approach for TTRPG. I am old school but the new reality forces new approaches. I am looking for something super simple so Owlbear/Discord seems to be the right combo for me. However, I have a question for you, how do you set your VTT nicely so you have the play zone in the middle and your player's video chat all around it?
Thanks for watching the video! It can definitely feel overwhelming when starting to look at VTTs. Regarding setup, what I do is I have 2 screens and on one screen I have my VTT (usually Foundry VTT) and on the other I have my Discord call. You are able to pop out a call in Discord so you can have it in a separate screen. If you would want the videos from the call to be in the VTT nicely, you would have to use a VTT that has in built video call functionality. Not all of them have that though and the quality of those varies wildly.
So, I looked into Alchemy cause the way you presented it looked awesome. But how exactly did you trigger that fire effect when casting Firebolt? Literally cannot find anything like that.
Ah that is footage from Alchemy’s trailer so I believe it is something they just added to the video and it’s not actually in the software itself.
Man, I'm gonna miss One More Multiverse...
Yeah it’s such a shame
Im curious to know if you've tried D&D Beyond now they've released maps? It looks very simple to use. Im stuck between Roll20 and D&D Beyond as a group of brand new (and newish) players
I haven’t. I currently don’t want to give money to WotC due the past few years of their actions, and I can’t try the VTT without paying then so not going to be looking at it for now.
Thanks for the gift
You’re welcome!
what about maptools? lol thats like the oldest and still being updated and still free vtt
Didn’t come across it in my research. There’s so many VTTs out there that I was bound to miss a few of them
Are any of these good for pvp?
What do you mean by pvp?
Drinking Game: Take a shot every time he says "VTT"
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any deaths caused by this game.
No hex grid?
I’m a square grid type of person
There was no mention of FGU. Was there a reason?
So these were just my categories that I came up with after trying over 20 VTTs which included FGU. I found FGU very hard to use and expensive though I do understand that it is versatile hence why it didn’t make the cut.
love the video. but I found fgu way cheaper than roll20. u can usually find a one time gm subscription on sale for 50% or more off. which is half the cost of 1 year of roll20. also the modules are around the same price. fgu always has sales every week.
Foundry is the perfect VTT for everybody's needs. It does everything all the others do, but more customisable.
While I agree that Foundry is incredibly versatile, and fit many needs, it's not for everyone and every scenario.
Do you know charactersheetonline ? ;)
I had not heard of it before! From the looks of it, this one is fairly new which is probably why I didn’t run into it when I did research for this video early this year. Looks newt though!
@@DiceAndEasy Yes, it's very young and very promising! I hope you'll do a video on it one day! 😁
Does OMM work with 3.5?
From what I remember it supports 5e out of the box with simple SRD content. You could in theory use it for 3.5e but would have to do some custom work.
ok thank you! :)@@DiceAndEasy
@@Firebreather87 You’re welcome!
Isn't Roll20 losing D&D licence soon?
I haven't heard any official word on that but I wouldn't be surprised if WotC decides not continue licensing once the current agreements run out. I think WotC wants create a walled garden where they are the only option.
Yeah, especially since they will soon(TM) have their own VTT @@DiceAndEasy
@@Ziplock9000 they already released the 2D VTT on DnD Beyond so we’re already there. They are attempting to fully cover the VTT market with it and the upcoming 3D VTT. On top of that they ended a publishing deal with one huge physical book distributer so they are clearly wanting to push more people to DnD Beyond.
Yeah, I'm just checking out 'maps' right now thanks.@@DiceAndEasy
RIP One More Multiverse. :(
So sad that it's shutting down 😭
soooo just saw OMM is actually shutting down :(
Yeeaaahhh I saw it as well! So sad to hear it 😭
I just use photoshop with gridlines lmao
If it works, it ain’t stupid!
No TablePlop ; video instantly outdated.
It looks like Tableplop hasn’t been updated in almost a year. As such, it doesn’t meet the criteria of being considered for this video.
Bro I thought I was called on discord
None.
Roll20 is so mediocre, is fine for a free product but not to invest monthly fee or modules there.
Agreed that it's fine for basic use but for advanced use, there are better options. The Roll20 engine overhaul they are working on at the moment could make a huge difference to the VTT. Also, to their credit, they have been adding a lot of sorely needed features to the VTT in the last 2 years. I feel like their strategy and direction changed drasticallyabout 2 years ago and they have been improving the VTT ever since.
This Video needs definetly more Views🫶
Thank you! Share it with your friends who might be interested in VTTs!
Foundry. There. Made it easy for you.