Getting started
How to set up a campaign, invite your group, make characters and play, whether you're running the game or joining one.
Campaigns
A campaign holds everything for one game: its scenes, characters, members and chat.
- Open Your campaigns and click New campaign.
- Give it a name and click Create.
Inside a campaign, the sidebar has Overview, Scenes, Characters, Members, Extensions (GM only) and Settings.
Inviting your group
On the Members page, the GM has an Invite players card:
- Copy link copies the invite link (it looks like
/join/…). Send it to your players. - Regenerate makes a new link and stops the old one working.
- Disable turns invites off until you click Enable invites.
Anyone who opens the link can join. If they aren't signed in, they only need to pick a name, and Tableplop makes a guest account for them. Guests can add an email and password later in Account settings to keep their account.
Every member has a role:
| Role | Can |
|---|---|
| gm | Run the game: manage scenes, characters, members and extensions |
| player | Play: make and control their own characters, chat, roll |
| observer | Watch along |
The GM changes roles with the dropdown next to each member, and can Kick members. Anyone can Leave campaign. Each member also has a table colour.
Extensions and character sheets
Character sheets come from extensions. The GM adds them on the campaign's Extensions page: click Add on an extension in the Registry, or remove one under Installed. The SRD Lite extension gives you a ready-made 5th-edition sheet.
Characters
- Open the campaign's Characters page and click New character.
- Enter a Name and pick a Sheet (from the campaign's extensions).
- Click Create. The full sheet opens.
On the sheet you can set a portrait and choose who can see it:
| Access | Who sees it | Who edits it |
|---|---|---|
| hidden (default) | You and the GMs | You and the GMs |
| open | Everyone in the campaign | You and the GMs |
| public | Everyone in the campaign | Everyone in the campaign |
Only the owner and GMs can rename a character, change its portrait or change its access. Some sheets also have a Build view that walks you through creating the character step by step.
In a scene, the Character tab shows your character's sheet next to the map. Open full sheet opens it full-page.
GMs put characters on the map from the Tokens tab: Add → Character. See Scenes for everything about maps and tokens.
Chat and dice
Type in the chat and press Send. Put dice in braces to roll them inline:
| You type | Rolls |
|---|---|
{1d20 + 5} |
A d20 plus 5 |
{2d20kh1} or {1d20a} |
Advantage: two d20s, keep the highest |
{2d20kl1} or {1d20d} |
Disadvantage: keep the lowest |
{4d6dl1} |
Four d6, drop the lowest |
{1d6!} |
An exploding d6 (roll again on a 6) |
{1d20 + strength} |
Uses a value from your character's sheet |
{d%} |
A percentile die |
Hover over a roll to see each die. Start a message with !p to whisper it
to the GMs only.
Rolls are thrown as 3D dice that everyone sees landing the same way. Instead of clicking Send, press it and flick to throw the dice with your own speed and spin.
Initiative
Open the scene's Initiative tab.
- Players: click Add characters, tick yours, and add them. You can advance the turn only on your own turn.
- GMs: add anyone, including custom entries that stay hidden from players until you reveal them, then Start combat. End combat when it's over.
Voice and video
At the bottom of the scene sidebar, click Start call (or Join call if someone is already in one). You can mute, turn your camera off or Leave call at any time. Video tiles float in a window you can drag around.
Calls connect your browser directly to the others in the call, so they can see your IP address. The privacy policy explains this.
Your files
Resources holds your uploaded images, maps and audio. Use Upload and New folder to organise them. The Storage meter shows how much of your space you've used; Patreon supporters get more.
Your account
Account settings lets you change your name, picture and password, link Patreon, Download my data, or delete your account.