Planetcrawl using 3D viewer for Traveller style maps (computer, tablet or smartphone)

 If you have been on this blog in the past, you have certainly noticed that I had always wished that it was possible to view and manipulate the Traveller game planetary maps in a 3D format.

The problems were, first to be able to put the maps on a 3D object (dodecahedron, or even better a sphere).

For a time, I was able to do this with Sketchup, but its transformation into a subscription cash cow and an online app made it quite impractical...

The second one was the necessity to have an easy viewer for the players to manipulate the map. Here again, the existence of a simple Sketchup viewer was a solution, which also disappeared...

But now, I have been able to make a viewer which is quite easy to use. You just load a planet map into it, and you have the 3D view to look at. 

It is a PWA app, which means that it can run in your browser on your phone, tablet or computer; or that you can download and run it offline. It is free, of course...

You'll find a video which explains all here :

And the link to the PWA app is in its description (with links to blank maps and some ressources).

Have fun !

Dragonbane tokens and standees

 Here is a new video about playing on VTT in a sideway AI theatre way...

This one is about the Dragonbane RPG, but it also showcase standees and a new VTT really cool app... which I recommend, other VTTs should work, but are probably difficulty overkill. ICVTT that I used until now should still be a great choice, but RPG Map has a few features more useful for the kind of games I play (1 to 1 import of assets, turning maps into isometric ones, scale that can be set with numbers instead of eyeballing...).

Orcs for sideway roleplaying battlemaps

Using movable scenery parts extends the sideway roleplaying battlemap in depth and gives more options to the characters. Here is a full display of the results.

All the assets that appear in the video can be downloaded if you want to play the game. A always, I recommend using a simple VTT program like ICVTT, other VTTs should work, but are probably difficulty overkill.

Variant Elemental fillable character sheets for online gaming

Some weeks ago, I posted, here on the blog,  character sheets that could be used with ELEMENTAL roleplaying rules.

They are intended to be used in online gaming, but there is no reason they could not be used otherwise.

 They are designed to be easily modified to include an illustration of your character.

The charsheets presented then were the english version, but here are the french versions if needed.

PDF Elemental Charsheet in French

ODT Elemental Charsheet in French

But, Elemental being an universal set of rules, other charsheet styles could be prefered depending on the setting of the game.

Here is one style that I use for fantasy games:

PDF Elemental fantasy Charsheet in English

ODT Elemental fantasy Charsheet in English

PDF Elemental fantasy Charsheet in French

ODT Elemental fantasy Charsheet in French

And here is one charsheet in Dark style:

PDF Elemental dark Charsheet in English

ODT Elemental dark Charsheet in English

PDF Elemental dark Charsheet in French

ODT Elemental dark Charsheet in French

The pdf files can be used immediately but they don't have a character illustration; the odt files are intended to let you insert a character portrait and then export in pdf.

The detailed explanations to use the charsheets are in the previous post. 

A return to the Delian Tomb

 I wanted to present a short, well known, fantasy scenario, adapted to be played using the sideway theatrical view I have developed, using AI assets. 

And which scenario could be more appropriate than the Delian Tomb, created by Matt Colville and serendipity ?

So, here it is. All the assets that appear in the video can be downloaded if you want to play the game. A always, I recommend using a simple VTT program like ICVTT, but other VTTs should work, but are probably difficulty overkill.