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          [Official Website](<https://talespire.com/>)       

Intro

1. TaleSpire is a 3D application used to build beautiful, tile-based worlds for TTRPG's. The application is rule-agnostic, so you can use it with any TTRPG that uses square tiles. An easy, drag-and-drop interfaces allows you to build anything, from small rooms for battles to large cities that your players can explore. It comes with quite a lot of minifigs you can use for players and enemies, but also has a built-in import feature for HeroForge minis!

The game is currently in Alpha, so the devs at BouncyRock are constantly adding new features, tile sets, and minifigures. There is a large mod community, which the devs embrace, including a built-in mod community feature coming soon. You can also share maps and assets with the community through sites like TalesTavern and TalesBazaar.

Cost

💰 Currently there is only an up-front cost for the system, and each player will need to buy it.

There will presumably be further costs later for add-on packs or game system support but that isn’t announced.

Features

• Battlemaps
  • 💙 Shared battlemaps with player- and GM-controlled tokens is Talespire’s bread and butter. Its designed to look like an IRL game with IRL game pieces as much as a 3d computer system can
  • 💙 Many many reviewers harp on how easy it is to design maps even for people who are technologically inept ;)
  • ❌ Basic drawing capabilities aren’t there, but they also aren’t exactly necessary in a 3d environment
  • ✅ Map-making tools
  • ✅ Ruler works in 3d. Which seems small, but it looks great when you’re using it and makes fights in the 3rd dimension so much more special, like on a cliff face or city roofs.
  • 😕 Very basic fog of war
  • ✅ Dynamic Lighting with sun direction on a slider, post processing for frozen landscapes etc.
• Chat & Dice
  • ✅ Basic chat with roll commands & macros
  • ❌ Die rolls from character sheets
  • 💙 Visual (non-chat) dice rolling interface that bounce off the environment and your minis, like rolling dice on a table!
• Character Sheets
  • ❌ Character sheets for various games
  • ❌ Moving character sheets between games
  • ❌ Custom character sheet creation
• Compendium
  • ❌ Game SRDs available
  • ❌ Game rules available for purchase or upload
  • ❌ Drag-n-drop to character sheets
• Handouts, Etc
  • ❌ Types of handouts able to be edited and displayed
  • ❌ Playing cards, random tables
  • ❌ Calendars and note taking
  • ❌ Storage
• Automation
  • ✅ Turn Tracker
  • ❌ Click-to-roll sheets
  • 😕 Targeting, damaging, healing, and other effects with limited animations
  • ❌ Macro buttons
  • ✅ Community modules exist already even in Alpha, and will be getting better soon with a built-in tool for modules on the roadmap
• Music & Video Streaming
  • ❌ Integrated voice & video calls
  • 😕 Stream music to players with the built in player. no support for external music yet though.
• Extras
  • ❌ Mobile device support - unless steamdeck counts as a mobile device now
  • 💙 Devs are SUPER interactive and responsive. Very active in the official Discord!
  • ✅ Community - want a map from a Final Fantasy game or other games? they’ve got you covered lol. The community is strong because the platform is easy for everyone.
  • ✅ Rules Agnostic

Pros & Cons

• Pretty graphics
• HeroForge integration
• Large mod community
• Most props can be freely rotated and clipped into each other, allowing the building of custom props
• Has both Fantasy and Sci-Fi assets
• Devs are working on an API to integrate mods and web forms (such as character sheets)
• Cinematic and screenshot modes
• You can even use screenshot mode to get a top-down image of your build to use as a 2D map
• Large community that shares maps, assets, and mods
• In-game/in-world dice rolling with map interaction (ex: bouncing a D20 off a wall)
• Built-in music and ambient sounds for an immersive session
• Steam game, so hooking up with friends is easy
• This application is basically digital Dwarven Forge! | - For full interactivity, all players should buy a copy
• It requires a constant internet connection, so if you are playing locally away from wifi it won’t work.
• To get a full game going you will need a program like ‣ and/or ‣
• Not very optimized for performance (Still in Early Access)
• Tile rotation is limited
• Internet connection required
• Fog of War is still experimental and VERY buggy. Minis that are out of line-of-site are automatically hidden, but it's a bit tedious (but possible) to hide rooms from players.
• Relatively limited in array of tiles/props, but clipping helps a lot with the lack of props (you can combine props into eachother to make new items)
• Very limited mini stat tracking
• Very limited animations
• No ability to limit certain player views (ie: darkvision, etc)
• Limited atmospheric controls |

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