Online Roleplaying
Play with online friends without leaving your home.
It can seem daunting to take your cozy, analogue tabletop roleplaying game that you have experienced around a table with friends face to face into an online, digital format. But these days it really is easier than ever before!
FINDING PLAYERS
Playing online can be a great way to keep a regular game going with friends of you can’t meet physically – but it’s also a great way to meet new players! If you are looking for a group, there are platforms dedicated to finding other players, such as RPGMatch and StartPlaying.
PLAYING ONLINE
There are many tools available to make the transition as smooth as possible and the actual play experience as close to real life meeting as possible. You might not even need anything more than a video call and perhaps a shared space to doodle in.
However, if you feel like you would like some more tools at your fingertips, there are a number of virtual tabletop platforms (VTTs) available for you to explore. All of them come with tutorials to teach you the ins and outs.
Virtual Tabletop Platforms
However, if you feel like you would like some more tools at your fingertips, there are a number of virtual tabletop platforms (VTTs) available for you to explore. All of them come with tutorials to teach you the ins and outs. What you need to get started is a stable broadband connection, a decent computer and mic and speakers (or a headset).
FREE LEAGUE VTT MODULES
Many Free League titles are available as VTT modules, with all of the contents already adapted for the virtual tabletop and ready to use – either via the VTT marketplace or, in the case of Foundry, right here in our own webshop.
FOUNDRY
Foundry VTT was released in 2020 and is a very powerful tool to support the GM during play. You can choose to either host it from your own computer, or a remote server, with players connecting through a simple link in their browser.
You can check out the demo to get a sense of how it feels and read the tutorial for more in-depth info on how Foundry works. There is a large number of supported systems, and also an ever growing number of community created modules that can be plugged in to enhance your game further.
A range of Foundry VTT content modules for Free League titles are available in the webshop.
Foundry requires a one-time purchase of the core software to use.
The following Free League games have free character sheets and dice rollers available:
- ALIEN RPG
- Blade Runner RPG
- Coriolis
- CY_BORG
- Death in Space
- Dragonbane
- Forbidden Lands
- Into the Odd
- Mutant: Year Zero
- MÖRK BORG
- Ruins of Symbaroum
- Symbaroum
- Tales From the Loop
- Twilight: 2000
- Vaesen
Foundry VTT has a large and growing selection of modules for Free League game available for purchase. Each module contains all of the content from a particular product converted to Foundry. Maps have been made into interactive scenes, tables are rollable, and every character has their own sheet. Browse our webshop for offical Foundry modules!
ROLL20
Roll20 was established in 2012, and as such is one of the most venerable and popular VTTs out there. It can run on almost any computer and has by far the widest selection of supported roleplaying games. Its core functions are free. You can later decide to do a paid upgrade for extra features.
Get started by creating an account at Roll20 and check out the official crash course to get you up and running as quickly as possible. Below, we have collected resources to run Free League games. To use the free resources you normally only have to choose the correct character sheet when creating the game.
Roll20 is free to use with optional paid subscriptions for additional storage and features.
The following Free League games have free character sheets and dice rollers available:
- ALIEN RPG
- Blade Runner RPG
- Coriolis
- CY_BORG
- Death in Space
- Forbidden Lands
- Into the Odd
- Mutant: Year Zero
- MÖRK BORG
- Symbaroum
- Tales From the Loop RPG
- Twilight: 2000
In addition, the ALIEN RPG, the Blade Runner RPG and the Tales From the Loop RPG have full official modules available for purchase on the Roll20 marketplace, with more on the way.
FANTASY GROUNDS
Fantasy Grounds is an online gaming service that offers many tools to make roleplaying online easier to manage. To get started you purchase a license or subscription, and then a game system to run. Check out the website here and the tutorial video here. A range of Fantasy Grounds VTT content modules for Free League titles are available on their marketplace.
Fantasy Grounds requires a one-time purchase, or a monthly subscription.
The following Free League games are available for purchase on the Fantasy Grounds marketplace:
ALIEN RPG
ALIEN RPG Core Rulebook
Colonial Marines Operations Manual
Chariot of the Gods
Destroyer of Worlds
Heart of Darkness
Ruins of Symbaroum
Player’s Guide
Game Master’s Guide
Bestiary
Symbaroum
Symbaroum Core Rulebook
The Chronicles of the Copper Crown
Vaesen
Vaesen Core Rulebook
A Wicked Secret and Other Mysteries
Mythic Brigain & Ireland
Seasons of Mystery
ALCHEMY
Alchemy is a virtual tabletop with a focus on immersion and a theatre of mind playstyle, with audio and visuals that draw you into the game world. It also has flexible tools for streaming your games as well as finding new people and groups to play with. You can use it for free or upgrade with the paid Alchemy Unlimited for more features. Currently Ruins of Symbaroum is available in the Alchemy Marketplace, but more Free League games will appear there soon.
Alchemy is free to use with optional paid subscriptions available for additional features.
The following Free League games are currently available for purchase on Alchemy, with more to follow:
Ruins of Symbaroum
DEMIPLANE
Demiplane offers a range of digital toolsets to make tabletop roleplaying games even faster and easier to play. A Demiplane NEXUS gives you full digital content, rules search, interactive tooltips, and more to come for its growing library of games. There is currently an ALIEN RPG Nexus and a Mutant: Year Zero Nexus.
Demiplane is free to use with optional paid subscriptions available for additional features.
The following of our games are currently available for purchase on Demiplane, with more to follow:
ALIEN rpg
ALIEN RPG Core Rules
Colonial Marines Operations Manual
Destroyer of Worlds
Mutant: Year Zero
Mutant: Year Zero Core Rules
Mutant: Year Zero Free Starter Booklet
