Разработчик: Bouncyrock Entertainment
Описание
Overview / What Is TaleSpire?
TaleSpire is a beautiful way to play pen and paper RPGs online. Bring your stories to life and embark upon campaigns together with your friends, regardless of where you are in the world.
With Talespire, the beauty and physicality of tabletop gaming meet the endless possibilities of a digital world. Here you can collaboratively build your worlds without compromising the handcrafted aesthetic of using traditional miniatures.
As a player, you can take on the mantle of multiple heroes and creatures, manage your stats, and express yourself using the growing emote system. Perform dice rolls directly on the board and interact with your environment — at least, as far as your GM will let you!
As a GM, you can dazzle and thrill your friends by building expansive maps, setting up shots, and controlling immersive soundscapes to bring all your delightful and devious designs to life.
TaleSpire is not tied to a specific game or ruleset. Whether you’re running a one-shot or a sprawling campaign, if it's on a square grid then we have your back. We are now in Early Access, so now is your chance to raise up your sword, rally your friends, and take your next adventure online with us.
Building and play are one
Setting the stage for your story takes no time at all with Talespire, but even if you forget to prep, it can all be added in while you play. Want to destroy a wall to reveal a secret passage? Do it! Want to rain down piles of gold from the heavens? You have the power. At any moment during your adventure, you (or multiple GMs) can jump into building mode and change the world without interrupting anything else. Our persistent online boards can be created at a moment’s notice, and everything is synchronized in real-time as you dice-roll your way to glory.
A slew of tools to help you on your adventures
It’s dangerous to go alone, but luckily we have a bunch of tools that can help, and all are as pleasing as they are useful. Beautiful dice, rulers and area markers, a range of emotes, and special modes for turn-based combat and cinematic sequences are at your disposal.
A growing library of assets
Pick from a plethora of pieces to create your scenes! The current roster stands at 280 miniatures, 2100 tiles and props, and 60 unique audio tracks. Our library is ever-expanding; we produce fresh asset packs every month.
Share your creations
TaleSpire boards are designed to be easily shared, whether with friends or with the wider community on sites like TalesBazaar or TalesTavern. You can copy sections of your boards (slabs) and paste them as text outside of TaleSpire. Simply paste the text back into TaleSpire to summon the slab to your hand.
This tale has only just begun
Being in Early Access we still have plenty of adventures ahead of us. We have an active Discord community, which you can find in the social section, and alongside your feedback we’re looking forward to developing the game’s features. So come, journey with us a while.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 64bit
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX11.1 (feature level 11_1, shader model 5.0) capabilities.
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 64bit
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX11.1 (feature level 11_1, shader model 5.0) capabilities.
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 5 GB available space
Mac
- OS: macOS 13 (Ventura)
- Processor: M1
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- OS: macOS 13 (Ventura)
- Processor: M1 Pro
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 5 GB available space
Отзывы пользователей
This is a great and really detailed tool/game. It wasn't too hard to learn the builder tools, and there's a lot you can do. It is also super easy to import community content, and being able to link custom minis from hero forge is awesome. The camera can feel a bit clunky at times but it's not too bad. Overall A+
Massive rip off, they make it sound like you get 4 seats for your friends with it but they want you to pay £19 for the game and then £39 for 4 seats.
I love the idea of Talespire, but when trying to run it on my computer (which is pretty modern, runs on a 4070), it starts to glitch out and eventually BSODs my computer after a few minutes if I ever tab out of Talespire to go to another window. I can't find any help for this issue online, so I imagine it's some strange rather specific bug with my operating system, but regardless it's completely unusable by me and risks damaging my computer if I keep trying to make it work.
If you have the patience to build maps, Talespire is a great product that will allow you and your friends to play on a 3d map. At times it's stellar, amazing even, but other times it can be a genuine frustration depending on how expansive your game is, how varied the environments, etc. Attempting to build caves, dungeons, tunnels and such can be migraine inducing. I know some of my players experienced difficulties, especially on Mac, but most issues could be dealt with relatively quickly or easily.
All in all, for the cost of 25$ I'd say Talespire is one of the better programs to use for running games but expect to spend a *lot* of time building maps or importing from talestavern.
I cannot recommend this in its current state. Bugs where whole units don't show up and continually disappear. Lack of variety. It's a frustrating UI whether your building or fooling around as a player on the maps. I will edit this as updates come out, but I just can't get around how frustrating this is right now.
possibly one of the most frustrating building tools I have used in a while. I am always on the lookout for good map making software and as it stands this is one of the weakest. Though it does have a large assortment of models, far from the grandest selection I have seen, you will be reusing tons of models in this tool. The real issue though, is the placement. In all map making softwares this is the key feature, and it fails here. To place a single door that was half the size of a basic wall I had to mess with 3 other models to get it to stick correctly. Being that this is a 3d world there is always going to be perspective issues, where you place a model down and it looks okay in one axis, but is completely misaligned on another axis. It was a complete nightmare just trying to align the door properly because of its lack of aid in alignment, something most programs have little issue with. It really comes down to that, what should have taken 10 minutes to achieve with other software, took nearly a half hour due to the constant realigning I had to do. Note: All i was trying to do was make a store on what would be the 2nd floor of a building, accessed by stairs. Aligning the stairs was a pain cuz to get the right height I had to use two different blocks that made the esthetic unpleasing as they were clearly mismatched, even though they were both suppose to be concrete, one had smooth corners the other had sharp hard corners but there was little else to use in their place. I immediately ran into a 2nd issue when I was placing the store front walls on the 2nd floor just at the top of the stairs. Unfortunately the wall tiles sink an inch downward when trying to put them right next to the street tiles, (Note: The street tiles are unnecessarily thick which aided to the misalignment as the cement blocks were placed atop sidewalk tiles. Which would require me to apply floor tiles to offset the really thick street tiles.) So to remedy this issue I had to place a wall atop an adjacent model than drag it over so it would not sink and mess up the alignment of the map. This is when I stopped and realized, I'm doing a lot to make up for the difficulty of this software, when compared to others the alignment is never an issue and I'd be 10X faster getting a map going. So im refunding and maybe it will be worth my time later, as of now it has a lot to work on in the measurement/alignment department.
Talespire has the potential to be something fantastic, but falls short Extraordinarily!
It lacks so many essential features and tools, and requires massive work-arounds by the players to the point where it really does warrant a redesign of the game by the devs to address these. Building tiles WILL at frequent intervals end up not lining up correctly, clip through other tiles, and do not mesh together well at all. The grid they use somehow is so terrible at doing what grids are supposed to do on bigger builds, causing the previously mentioned issues. There is a lack of basic building blocks, scaling and sizing inconsistencies, lights bleed through solid walls, and more. Some players can create some very beautiful builds, which usually consist of using props in place of tiles, or having copious amounts of time and knowledge of the janky and poor interface to commit to such a build.
I love the potential, I love how it looks, I wish there was a better alternative to Talespire as it seems clear they aren't keen on releasing essential tools or features. I've invested a lot of time into this and have had Talespire long enough to know that the issues described above will not be fixed, addressed, or even cared about.
I have been using this program for my D&D game for the last 2-3 years. It has come an incredibly long way since. Adding HeroForge support (And HeroForge itself getting tons of updates) is allowing for imaginations to finally come to fruition. The base assets are fine for basic games, but the community support creatures and HeroForge support has made it so creatures and characters of all types to be used. And with the right lighting and map design, almost any environment can be created, or borrowed from pre-made creations of TalesTavern.
I only wish that there were more weather effects available. There's Fog, Day/Night, and other filters, but there's still no falling snow or rain. A climactic showdown during a thunderstorm is a classic trope. Would love to see it in Talespire one day.
Otherwise, DMs, if you're looking for a 3D tabletop experience, this is the one.
This is a Review to Pressure the Developers in Bouncyrock to add Fog of war, as It currently stands this software is utterly useless to me without a decent Fog of War, and the current implementation of Hidden Volumes is just not good enough and adds a substantial amount of time into in-game adjusting and setting up.
When a Fog of war of a statisfactory amount releases and the software is ready to be used as a VTT this review will change. until then I can not whole heartily recommend Talespire as a VTT for Online play which is my needs of it .
The best pen & paper creator at the moment with amazing community of content map creators at talestavern.
Good Tabletop builder, love using it. and i even got funny number.
this is my preferred way of playing D&D and this needs to be more prominently played in the community. it has tons of community made maps and models and has heroforge integration. miles better than tabletop sim although more of a learning curve.
The ratio of effort to reward in this campaign design software is incredibly high, seeing creations come to life and having players experience them is magical.
I would highly recommend for any skill level of DM, you can put together basic dungeon arrangements top down open for ease of work or go so far as designing entire castles and megadungeons, with a dedicated player party Talespire will be the best co-dm you've probably ever had.
A perfect game for people with a good imagination and a couple of friends. This game is definitely worth its money! Additionally, you can use templates and various props from the community content page, which makes the game even more replayable. One of the best games I ever played!
TaleSpire
First Impressions
TaleSpire is hands down one of the best Virtual Tabletop (VTT) programs out there. It’s basically what happens when your D&D game gets an epic 3D glow-up. Sure, it’s a bit labor-intensive, but with a strong mod community backing it up, your sessions will be so immersive, even your players will forget they're rolling dice from their living rooms. If you're ready to build dungeons like a digital Bob Ross, this is the tool for you.
Pros
3D visuals that will make your players gasp in awe—or at least ask if they can turn the map to see what’s hiding behind that boulder.
Mood-setting? Check. Want some spooky fog, atmospheric lighting, and epic background music? You’re covered.
Leaps and bounds ahead of other VTTs in terms of immersion and versatility.
It’s not just for campaigns—you can use it for mood, music, PVP brawls, and making your Twitch stream look like a professional D&D broadcast.
Dollar per update value? Insane. You pay once, and they just keep dropping free content like it’s Black Friday.
HeroForge Mini integration, dice rolling, thousands of online slabs made by the community—it’s like D&D Christmas every time you log in.
Grain of Salt
Some people whine about having to buy individual accounts for players... but come on, man. They’re giving us so much free stuff, it’s like complaining about free pizza because you had to pay for the soda.
It would be nice to have dual windows—one for GM view, one for player view. You know, so I can look at my beautifully crafted dungeon while my players inevitably screw it all up.
Negatives
Can’t run this on a TV for your group—so much for pretending you’re in Critical Role.
There’s a learning curve. Yes, you will spend some time learning how to build the perfect map... but hey, all good things take time, right?
I’m not saying I’ve lost hours of my life perfecting digital dungeons, but... okay, I totally am.
The Verdict: 9/10
If you want your D&D game to feel like a full-on cinematic experience, TaleSpire is the way to go. Whether you’re running a remote campaign or throwing some quick PVP fights at your friends, this tool will elevate your game to new heights. Plus, with all the updates and content, it’s basically a steal. Just buy it already—and maybe invest in a second monitor while you're at it.
This is labor intensive in some respects but the community makes it just a wonder to use. The players love having a 3d visual for combat and I have come to use it for so much.
Pretty good program and only is getting better with each update.
would be nice if you can have a player view open in one window and a 2nd window for gm view. Cant run this on a TV for my group.
Probably one of the best tools available for designing area maps for tabletop roleplaying games. Especially as Talespire grows and more variety is added to assets, this will become indispensable to game masters seeking a digital alternative to tiled battlemaps, graph paper, and/or theater-of-the-mind.
It mimics dwarven forge tiles table top play pretty well but has a learning curve to get used to.
This is literally the VTT of my dreams, people complaining about the seat thing goddamn go find a job. The VTT is extremely cheap and the seats are even cheaper, the quality at hand here is absolutely mind blowing and they apparently keep updating it constantly. I'm more than happy to support, and my players will have a blast.
My groups Forever DM gives this game his seal of approval.
10/10
Buy it, it is awesome i use it as a supplement to in house sessions so i wont bitch about the seats. For what you get for the money its amazing. All my players really look forward to the battles now. Fuck hasbro
Really nice tool for mood setting and managing game board. Leaps and bounds ahead of other VTTs for that. Just needs to become more feature rich
Still one of the best VTT programs available with a lot of great options and a strong mod community that makes the DnD sessions I run for my players much more immersive for my Discord server.
Minds at Play's official VTT - it's a fantastic setting for our games and incredibly intuitive.
TLDR: Lack of transparency
At no point was i informed that i would need to buy a separate seat(for player) to play a game, as a DM I thought i would be able to just invite friends to play using the guest edition.
Other than that the game still has very good assets and is still getting updates, i just wish they made the seat system more transparent on the steam page.
Great for 3d enviroments and movement
A very cool tool to create tabletop environments that gets better with every patch! The devs do great work. Do yourself a favor and pick this up. It even has purchasable seats for your players so they don't need to own their own copy of the game.
Truly impressive stuff.. There's so much building pieces and accessories and enemies and, well, just a lot. It takes a while to understand the building system, for sure. I feel like some categories could use more pieces or more diversity. And theres definitely some functionalities missing, for example, mirroing your selection. That's REALLY needed. I wasnt able to play with anyone yet though.
Mainly because of this whole chair system.. That is really, really bad. But, at the same time, theres some good intentions behind it. The idea is, you, as the DM, purchase the full game. Then you or the other players divide to buy the chairs, which are kinda half of the price of the game per person right now. I dont love this.. But, at the same time, I guess they need to earn some cash with this. What I dont like is.. If I bought the full game, it doesnt seem like it comes with a chair. Thats really weird. Perhaps this needs some better clarification from the devs.
Overall though, even if I'm pretty horrible at building and it definitely takes a lot of time, something that, sadly, not all tables are ready to embrace, TaleSpire is truly alluring. And I cant wait to build more and more<3
It's 30$ for the game, and then 15$ per person to join you with the "free" guest edition, so you're paying about 90$ for a standard party to play the game.
I love this editor. You can make amazing scenes or even import some via the Tallspire Bazaar website, and the community is amazing. The free content with updates is also awesome, and I like that there isn't a subscription. That being said, the downside is the $15 per player seat system. I think with the purchase of the game, you should be given at least 1 seat. That way, you can use a TV or something as a second monitor and have the player view it for small groups.
I'm not mad about buying seats for players, especially since we get free content every update. I view this as the same price I would have paid for an expansion pack. But I do think that having bought the full game, I should be entitled to at least one seat. That way, the players can't see what I'm doing behind the scenes, and I can properly DM.
Bouncy Rock, if I were you, I would Gift anyone who bought your game a free seat. Then, start just including it in the full version of the game. Other companies are already ahead of the curve on this. I came from using DND beyond, where only 1 person needs a subscription to share all content with players. The fact that they now have a dedicated maps system should have you trying to compete.
Great potential for small groups. Or online play.
pay 25 dollars to have the game? great system, very pretty. wanna play with your friends? guest version? great! get into the game, 15 dollar pay wall per person. they buy the game themselves? still need to pay 15 to join your game. what the fuck bouncy rock. why not just make it 5 dollars to let them have control of their minis and not the whole building system? like they only have guest version permissions until they buy the whole thing, with the 5 dollars off bc guest pass?
otherwise great system, but tabletop sim's got you beat
Brilliant tool for running a remote campaign, running a local campaign, as an atmosphere and musical tool for a local campaign or just a fun tool for some quick PVP with friends. Also, dollar per update value is insane. Some people have complained about having to pay for individual accounts for each player, which just: come on man. They're giving away all kinds of new content on a monthly basis. Just buy the software to help guarantee that these guys never go out of business.
It's so beautiful, you can customize everything and there's already a rich community of people making things for it
People really need to spread awareness of this and stop shitting on it. A guest seat for Talespire literally costs the same price as one mini will cost for WotC's "Project Sigil" Vtt in their cash shop. (Which is the only thing still in development, apparently.)
So, yeah. Consider your choices: This, or what people are literally calling "DND Fortnight"
While the graphics look great for this software, the whole system is compromised by the paywall to actually use it with others. Too many other great tools out there for a GM / DM to use without having to pay and arm and a leg for the players to join a session or a campaign.
With that said, I spent a little over 2 hours trying to build a small, two story tavern to setup for new players and enjoyed the freedom that this system has out of the box for map creation. What I didn't like was having too many items of the base game that didn't line up for walls / corners / etc. and kept having to redesign the whole building to get things to partially fit together. There was also the issue that the transitions from floor to floor of the tavern would block the view of the other floors and no easy transition. I am told this has been fixed somewhat in a recent update, but I can't bring myself to re-install the software to try.
Maybe others will have better experiences with this than I did.
Very nice VTT and after some trial and error, you can put together a simple map very easy.
For those that are not happy with having to buy seats for other players or the other players having to buy a copy of the full game, which might be preferable, i can only say that back in the day when you still played PnP at a table, almost everyone there had to, at least, get the Players Handbook or equvalent, which costed and still costs around 50$.
No matter how you slice it, you're screwing the DM. After purchasing the game in order to actually have people be able to play with you, you then have to purchase individual seats for $20 each, unless players purchased the full game themselves.
Absolutely disappointed. Thought it at least came with a couple seats, having to pay an extra 20 for each player that's going to play a tabletop game is the scummiest crap since WotC deciding they're using AI for a large amount of their stuff.
BEST VTT IVE EVER SEEN IN THIS DAY AND AGE..... BUT - Even if your dm buys the game, they have to buy seats per player even if they have the guest edition, otherwise anybody you want to play dnd with using this VTT has to own the game which racks up quickly. im all for supporting small developers but there has to be a more party friendly way to share it? even like 5.99 per seat for a whole campaign or something like that idk im no salesman. but im very disapointed i bought this ands couldnt convince anyone else to get it
very slick, especially for a beta and it is only getting better. My only complaint is the layer aspect could be easier to navigate
I was very disappointed with TaleSpire after implementing purchasing seats to play with friends.
Having an additional payment after purchasing it is an extremely unfair and harmful monetization scheme for both players and the long-term health of the software.
Firstly, there is a financial barrier. I understand that perhaps the values in dollars or euros may be considered low by some, but when converting to the currencies of countries with a weaker economy the values become absurd. (example: I bought TaleSpire for almost 50 coins and if I wanted to invite four friends to play with me I would pay around 100 coins, generating a total cost of 150 coins. For comparison purposes, this was the amount I paid buying Baldur's Gate 3 upon its release)
Second point, this type of monetization will possibly generate parallel markets, as players will be able to start selling seats in lobbies. This generates an abusive practice where the lobby owner charges players to participate, harming the online role-playing community as a whole.
The two points above greatly limit players, which harms the growth and longevity of the platform. The impression that remains is that this model is an excessive way of profiting from a multiplayer experience, which would normally be free. A shame because I was almost convincing friends to buy, but the fact that the seats are with me limits the possibilities of rotating the Dm's.
I leave this review in the hope that you will go back on this monetization model decision. If this doesn't happen, here's my opinion regarding TaleSpire's new policies.
Very fun to be able to customize a playfield for your TTRPG, you have the option to pull in existing purchased minis through HeroForge (makes sense for players, not GMs). Expect your first map to take waaaay too much time and your 5th map to come together pretty fast.
There are community sites with LOADS of prebuilt stuff for easy upload if you don't want to build your own.
fun, but you have to pay for other people to play with you (you have to buy at least two copies of the game in total, or buy a "seat" [which costs only a little less money] to be able to play with two people).
Coming from Tabletop Simulator to this feels like going from the stone age to the advent of faster-than-light travel
Paywall after paywall, they are not transparent about the costs of this game. The price of the passes should definitely not be more than half of the base game. In order for players to join your table, they need a "seat" which needs to be purchased. It's around 15-18$ depending on where you are from per person. If you want to get custom hero forge models, you will also need to splurge on buying each and every model's digital download which is around 8$. This game has so much potential to be great, but honestly feels like a money-grab.
This tool is great for DMs who want to add some realistic visual flair to their games. It is a fairly simple application to learn, it looks great, and it is growing every week. Many folks have added their personal versions of maps and such in a public library, so there are lots of maps to choose to use, or you can look at them as templates for your own designs. Love this!
I like it, hide feature could be better and player vision needs work but it good.
My D&D group uses Talespire every week for our sessions (we meet online). It allows us to have really detailed settings, a good visual of the horrid situations we are in, and prompts much more improvisation for combat and roleplay. It makes dice rolling, keeping track of health, and statuses of characters easier. It's a great tool and we love it.
This is the buggiest piece of garbage I have ever seen. Virtually impossible to place items where you want them. Putting a staircase next to a wall is impossible. Items placed disappear unless you zoom out. Trying to make a second story on a building will make you want to commit suicide.
Do NOT buy this. For your own mental health.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Bouncyrock Entertainment |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 16.11.2024 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 91% положительных (2822) |