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See What Sort of Games Are There To Play? for an introduction to tabletop rpgs and different genres.

[edit] Art Libraries

• Pre-Made Maps
• http://www.opengameart.org - Graphics, Sound Effects, etc.
• http://rpgmapshare.com - maps
• http://www.game-icons.net/ - online repository providing heaps of cool game related graphics(Creative Commons)
• http://rpgvirtualtabletop.wikidot.com/tokens - tokens (free & paid)

[edit] Graphics Tools

Useful graphics tools to create maps, tokens and portraits for your games. See also: Useful links for mapping

• GIMP - opensource 2d graphics software(alternative to Photoshop)
• Blender - opensource 3d graphics software

[edit] Mapmaking

[edit] Exports to Roll20

Map tools that can import Dynamic Lighting walls and/or light sources to Roll20, through APIs like Script:Walls or Script:UniversalVTTImporter

• Import with Script:UniversalVTTImporter
  • DungeonFog- Vector-based online mapmaker (free & premium) shareable maps & export for Roll20
  • DunGen - free and high resolution Dungeon Generator, creates maps at 70px per tile and under 5mb to import directly into Roll20.
  • Master's toolkit(ArkenForge)
  • Cave Generator(The Half-goblin's Almanac) (free) – generate cave networks, with a selection of

• import with Script:Walls
  • Illwinter's Floorplan Generator (~$7,Steam) – grid based floorplan generator, ideal to quickly create encounter locations for your favorite RPG. These can then easily be printed or exported to Roll20

• Import with Script:DungeonAlchemistImporter
  • Dungeon Alchemist - AI-powered Fantasy Game Mapmaking Software

[edit] General

• Campaign Cartographer 3 software
• Dave's Mapper Online mapmaking tool
• Donjon - Random Generators, including dungeons, towns and worldmaps
• Dundjinni fantasy mapmaking software
• GM Friend - hex-based map maker with subhexes and random generation
• GOZZYS.COM - Random Map Generators for Dungeons, Caves, and Wilderness.
• HexTML - free, online mapmaker with custom tiles and multi-user capability
• itch.io Medieval Fantasy City Generator - dynamic online city map generator
• MapForge - Windows/MacOS mapmaking software
• Maper-RPG - online mapmakingeditor, with options to us uploaded images.
• Mipui - simple and fast grid-based mapper with real-time collaboration
• Pyromancer's Dungeon Painter - Dungeon Painter Online(uses flash), and Dungeon Painter Studio(Steam)
• PyMapper - Mapmaker written in Python (Free, last updated 2016)
• RPG MAP EDITOR II by deepnight - online mapmaker
• Tiamat The Tile Mapper Online mapmaker
• Worldographer Generate or create from scratch world/kingdom maps, city/village maps, and dungeon/battlemat maps.
• http://rpgvirtualtabletop.wikidot.com/mapping-software - List of various mapping tools

[edit] Tokens/Portraits

• Hero Portrait Creator
• Token Creator - by rptools.net
• Token Stamp 2 - online token creator
• 2 Minute Token Editor

[edit] Sounds

• http://audacity.sourceforge.net - open source sound recorder/editor
• http://www.freesound.org - sounds
• http://www.pdsounds.org - public domain sounds - sound library
• http://sounddogs.com/ - sound effects
• http://tabletopaudio.com/ - Original, 10 minute ambiences and music-loops for your tabletop role-playing games. These loops are now integrated into the Roll20 Jukebox.

There are also SoundPads which are mixing-boards of ambience sounds and music, which can be Broadcast to your players (independently of Roll20).

[edit] Gaming Systems by Genre

This is an incomplete display of different game systems by genre. Includes links to obtain rules or rulebooks online as well as Roll20-specific info if such exist. Games listed here should ideally have a Roll20 Character Sheet available.

[edit] System Specific Tools

[edit] Books

• The Lazy Dungeon Master, by Sly Flourish
• Gamemastering By Brian Jamison 330 pages, free
• Grain Into Gold, A Fantasy World Economy A Simple and Sane Supplement for use with your Fantasy Role-Playing Game

[edit] Game Master articles

• The Alexandrian, Game Mastery 101
• Sly Flourish, General RPG Advice & DM Deep Dive
• The Angry GM, RPG Advice with Attitude
• Campaign Mastery,Expert advice on creating and running exceptional campaigns.
• The Complete Hippo Massive collection of articles in Gming by user famoushippopotamus
• Economicon Thoughts about D&D fantasy economy and its implications

[edit] Youtube Channels

Main Page: Video Guides

See the Video Guides-page for Roll20-centric guides & tips.

• How to be a Great Game Master channel
• Take20 GM Tips channel
• Matthew Colville Running the Game - 58 video playlist
• Web DM - Gamemaster tips focused on D&D5e

[edit] Related pages

• Useful links for mapping
• Free Roll20 Content
• Game Resources in the Off-Topic forum archive