Alternatives to Alchemy RPG
A virtual tabletop for playing, creating and sharing tabletop roleplaying games with a scene-based layout. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Alchemy RPG
A virtual tabletop for playing, creating and sharing tabletop roleplaying games with a scene-based layout.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Alchemy RPG.
Roll20
A browser-based virtual tabletop for playing pen-and-paper role-playing games and board games online.
Roll20 runs only in the browser with no downloads, supports over 1,200 game systems and adds built-in dice and character sheets, but shows ads and sells some content separately.
Foundry Virtual Tabletop
A self-hosted virtual tabletop for running role-playing games that players join through a web browser.
Foundry Virtual Tabletop is a one-time paid purchase that the game master self-hosts, while players join through a web browser and the host keeps the game data.
Fantasy Grounds
A desktop virtual tabletop for playing D&D, Pathfinder and other RPGs online with rules automation.
Fantasy Grounds is a desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux with strong rules automation for supported systems, though it needs an account and much official content costs extra.
Owlbear Rodeo
A browser-based virtual tabletop for running tabletop role-playing sessions with maps, tokens and fog.
Owlbear Rodeo runs in any browser including phones and focuses on simple maps, tokens and fog, with lighter rules automation and a scene layout less story-driven.
TaleSpire
A 3D virtual tabletop for building scenes and playing pen-and-paper role-playing games with friends online.
TaleSpire moves play into 3D scenes built inside the program, runs only on Windows, is paid and still in Early Access with less rules automation.
MapTool
Host a virtual tabletop for pen-and-paper roleplaying games.
MapTool is free and open source under AGPL-3.0, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and combines maps, tokens and group chat that you host yourself.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Dungeondraft
A desktop map editor for drawing battle maps for tabletop role-playing games.
Dungeon Alchemist
A 3D map-making application that builds tabletop RPG battle maps by automatically furnishing drawn rooms.
Wonderdraft
A desktop program for drawing fantasy world and regional maps for tabletop games and fiction.
Tabletop Simulator
A physics-based sandbox for playing and building board, card and tabletop games online with others.
