Hey guys,
My partner and I launched a new virtual tabletop service that today called Beyond Tabletop. It’s a simple set of tools for drawing maps, creating flexible characters, and generally getting an RPG game up and running without having to learn some complicated interface. The controls are intuitive and allow for spontaneity for your game master and players. It’s also a web-based application, so there’s nothing to install and it runs on any device with a modern web browser.
We launched today because it’s International TableTop Day, and as long-time tabletop players, we’re big fans of Pathfinder and the online RPG communities. You can check out our Kickstarter here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beyondtabletop/beyond-tabletop
We built this application because we honestly couldn’t find one that let us be as lazy as we wanted to be. We wanted to use a virtual tabletop in our real life game to avoid some of the mess - wet erase markers are the worst, and tokens were always falling off the table. Seriously one of our players is the worst eraser we’ve ever seen, his page is just black smudges, and we’re pretty sure he uses that to cheat on his rolls. But the virtual tabletops we tried took way too much time to use, required us to install things or plan way in advance - they just didn’t fit our style.
We wanted to spend our time playing great games, not dealing with all that stuff. So that’s what Beyond Tabletop is about.
This application is already built, but we’re still adding features. We’d love to get some feedback from you guys about what you want in a virtual tabletop, so check out our Kickstarter and see what you think. Thanks, and happy gaming!
let me just say, awesome. the one thing that I think it is missing,is background images. If there was a way to build a dungeon, and then draw on it as well... nerdgasm
Thanks for the feedback! We built Beyond Tabletop with expansion in mind, and we're still working on adding features. Our Kickstarter has several tiers that include alpha and beta access, and those users will help us determine which features are most important for our application.
We've already gotten a few requests for this feature, so if you sign up for alpha, it's likely you'll see it added soon!