TaleSpire

Dev progress is so slow and full of empty promises. They focus on the most random and not requested features instead of implementing different colored dices, in-engine character creation tool and even proper notes. C'mon. It seems there are only two devs working on this but it's been over 4 years...

"It is very important that the Talespire Software provide a welcoming positive environment for everyone where users can feel free to participate and to express themselves without fear of harassment or trolling. To that end, Owner may appoint monitors, record system use, and/or provide for system triggers within the Talespire Software that alert Owner of disruptive behavior, and Owner may take corrective action to maintain the community. YOU HEREBY CONSENT TO SUCH MONITORING AND RECORDING." This is part of their current EULA.

Great VTT for D&D and other tabletop game systems. Plenty of third party support and it merges seamlessly with Hero Forge.

It's not a stand alone tool. You will require supplemental resources like DnD Beyond or Pathfinder 2E. Even so this game is a massive leap forward for online TTRPGs

I hate 2D VTTs which are taking huge amount of time to prepare and make it don't look like sh*t. If you are paying for 2D something you can play in miro or figma jam with the same pace for free (in my party's humble opinion). On the other hand, Talespire takes two hours to setup vibrant live experience for 5 scenes total, from easy to edit community slabs and creatures and it's freaking JOY to build things in Talespire. The tool is still missing some core features, but it's the closest I can get to the "minis on the table" gameplay.

Our party loves it. Our DM put together some great maps for our campaign. New features are added slowly, but it's getting there. It is a huge help to visualize combat, distance, size of spells etc. I especially love how many different mini figures you can add. We tried printing or buying figures when we used to play physical, but that gets expensive really fast. We used this program in combination with DnD Beyond (and also discord if we fully play online). Overall I, as a player, love and I can only recommend it.

I'm a bit conflicted on this. I've been a DM for ten years and primarily have worked with Forge, and I've used other tools such as Dungeon Alchemist and array of other mapping tools. I'd say give this some time to bake a bit further, but it's still EA and it's been kicking about since 2021. I think this tool is a great idea, I truly do, and the tool does have good implementations and features. However, there's many basic features that you'd expect out of a VTT or mapping tool, that just isn't here. Couple it with the fact you'll have to use another tool to facilitate any rule set. Yeah, you can self-calculate everything, but that kind of detracts from having a VTT. The implementation also feels clunky at times, where kind of expected user experience isn't there... For example, you can select a group of tiles, instead of being able to drag and drop that group, I have to cut the group to move it? I also can't delete the grouping by hitting delete, but I have to cut it and then right ...

An incredible tool for any DM that lives far away from his adventuring party. Keeping a remote game going is a major challenge but the immersive tools on Talespire keep people interested.

TaleSpire is absolutely amazing. The learning curve can be a bit steep before you get used to the controls (which can feel a bit clunky at times, I'll admit) but after that the possibilities of what you can build are nearly limitless. While the number of assets is limited (huge, but limited), it allows you to kitbash different assets together. Meaning the only real limit is your own imagination. And if you don't have that there is an insane amount of modal assets and whole maps made by the community that are freely shared online. 10/10, would buy again.

- Not a whole like of props that match the zombie setting I would like. - Props will not intersect and you can't use builder mode as good as you would in some other dnd map creations. - hard time seeing where to put the stuff. - can't rotate vertically. if they fix this in the updates then I'll concider the thumbs up but for now I don't think it's a great product yet.