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Build 3D Digital TTRPG Maps for Free with Tabula Sono – Live on Kickstarter

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Feb 2 2022

Tabula Sono lets you build 3D digital maps on the fly for all of your RPG adventures and share them easily with your party.

Is your game table cluttered? Are you in need of a way to create maps for your online campaigns? Check out Tabula Sono – a free, out-of-the way 3D virtual whiteboard for all tabletop RPG gaming.

Sono is inspired by that in-person tabletop gaming experience — sitting around the table with friends, a whiteboard, some markers, and miniatures. It’s a blank 3D canvas that allows DMs to quickly build worlds, and players to keep their focus on imaginative, collaborative storytelling. Everyone gets their own view of the world and can control their own screen and characters.

Tabula Sono character tokens

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Gamemasters can quickly draw walls and rooms, change scene settings, assign player miniatures, and hide/reveal objects as your party ventures forth into the magic of tabletop RPGs.

An Open World

Tabula Sono is designed to be to an open virtual world for any tabletop RPG, any rule set. No complicated UI, restrictive rules, or excessive codexes — just a cool way to visualize the tabletop and your party. This isn’t set dressing, it’s tonal world building, so players can stay immersed and focused on the actual social gameplay without getting railroadedinto pre-planned moments.

So the party isn’t ready to leave the tavern for the quest you set up for them? No problem — draw up a quick secret room for them to discover and get on with it! No breaks, scrambling, or railroading necessary.

Prep multiple scenes, maps, and stories ahead of time or create on the fly while playing. Or do both — plan for your storyline but change things up when needed! Whatever your DM style, Sono works by giving you the necessary tools while staying simple and out of the way.

Player antics don’t have to mean derailment. Keeping the party engaged in the adventure by letting them have a meaningful impact on the story and enjoy silly off-the-wall moments — that’s what creates the most productive campaigns with those stickable memories. The greatest campaigns consist of story that’s created and told together.

Tabula Sono Features

  • Quick and easy world building
  • Assign and control miniatures
  • Prep for your story ahead of time
  • Real-time, collaborative play
  • Theatric streaming
  • And More!

Free to Play, Easy to Join

With no downloads, installs, or purchases required, players can quickly and easily jump into their game. The DM sends out a gamelink, and —CLICK— the players are in! The DM can then assign miniatures to players, giving them control of their own tokens.

We’ve put our own blood, sweat, tears, and savings into Tabula Sono — we’re not industry funded or sponsored, meaning we have total agency to build and provide a product we believe in. And with the support of the TTRPG and Kickstarter communities, we can keep our resources focused on providing high quality, useful features, free for all to play.

The Kickstarter funds will be used to offset server costs, legal and licensing fees for some of our free content, marketing costs, and most importantly, to keep our team’s focus on product development and creating content for the free aspects of the platform for as long as possible.

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