◆ ONE
System-Shaped
It already knows what a clock is. Or a stress track, or a faction turn. You never teach the tool the rules — they're the foundation it's built on.
One table per game system
Built for your gameNot every game
We build one virtual tabletop per system, from scratch. Stars Without Number gets sectors and faction turns. Old School Fantasy gets a torch that actually burns down. Derelict gets stress, panic checks, and characters who die easy. Nothing here is a plugin — and nobody at the table pays.
Free forever · No card · GMs and players alike
Old School FantasyLIVE
OSR crawlStars Without NumberLIVE
Sectors5th Edition FantasyBETA
Spell trayCyberpunk RedBETA
NetrunningGrimDelveBETA
Lantern timerDerelictBETA
StressOld School FantasyLIVE
OSR crawlStars Without NumberLIVE
Sectors5th Edition FantasyBETA
Spell trayCyberpunk RedBETA
NetrunningGrimDelveBETA
Lantern timerDerelictBETA
Stress◆ NOT A SCREENSHOT
Go on — touch it
The real tools, running right here on the page. Click a system. Step the order. Roll the dice.
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COMBAT NOT STARTED
Click Start combat to roll enemy initiative and begin taking turns.
Built for one game system, end to end.
◆ TWO
Crafted, Not Configured
No mod packs. No spreadsheet cosplaying as a game. One craftsman, one system, one purpose-built table at a time.
◆ THREE
Made for Tables
Players never pay and never sign up. They click a link, type a name, and they're at the table. You bring the world; we bring the seats.
Pick your system.
Old School Fantasy
ShawnsVTTs
Classic OSR dungeon-crawl tools built for Old-School Essentials and compatible retroclones.
- OSR crawl
- Torch timer
- Reaction rolls
Stars Without Number
Sine Nomine Publishing
Sandbox sci-fi with sector maps, faction turns, and a hacking minigame that respects the rulebook.
- Sectors
- Factions
- Hacking
5th Edition Fantasy
ShawnsVTTs
Spell tray, concentration tracking, and inventory slots that respect encumbrance, in a dark heraldic frame built for long campaigns.
- Spell tray
- Concentration
- Encumbrance
Cyberpunk Red
ShawnsVTTs
Netrunning, armour that ablates, and critical injuries that stay with you, on a city map that lights up when things go wrong.
- Netrunning
- Ablative armour
- City map
GrimDelve
ShawnsVTTs
A lantern that runs on real time, a GM library of your own content, and a table that gets darker the longer you stay down there.
- Lantern timer
- GM Library
- OSR crawl
Derelict
ShawnsVTTs
Stress and panic checks, hull breaches, and characters who die easy. Someone has to go in first.
- Stress
- Panic
- Hull breaches
Every system here is a full bespoke tool — never a plugin, never a generic table with a character sheet bolted on. Beta means shipped and playable, with the rough edges still being filed down. New systems land when they're ready, not on a marketing schedule.
From zero to session
- 01
Pick a system
Choose the VTT built for the game you're actually running. Sign in and you're running — no card, ever.
- 02
Build your table
Drop in your sector, your crew, your clocks. The tool already speaks the system, so there's nothing to configure.
- 03
Send the link
Players click, type a name, and sit down. No accounts, no downloads, no per-seat fee. Ever.
Support the project
●Free for every GM · Free for every player · No card
Free
The whole tool, free forever. No card, no expiry.
Free
- ◆1 active game on any 1 VTT system
- ◆25 saved maps · 50 NPCs · 50 lore pages
- ◆50 quests · 250 journal entries · 500 notes
- ◆Unlimited players, always
- ◆Cyberpunk Red is uncapped and unlimited
Adventurer
Chip in what a coffee costs. Keeps the lights on.
$5/mo
- ◆Everything in Free, with the caps off
- ◆Unlimited NPCs / lore / quests / journals / notes
- ◆1 active game · 1 virtual tabletop system
- ◆Your name in the credits
Most support
Game Master
Covers a slice of the server bill and buys build time.
$10/mo
- ◆Unlimited active games
- ◆2 virtual tabletop systems at once
- ◆Unlimited entities everywhere
- ◆A vote on which system gets built next
World Builder
Funds the next virtual tabletop outright.
$15/mo
- ◆Every virtual tabletop system on the shelf
- ◆Unlimited games, no caps anywhere
- ◆Early access to new builds
- ◆A vote on which system gets built next
The tiers above apply to Old School Fantasy, Stars Without Number, 5th Edition Fantasy, GrimDelve and Derelict. The Cyberpunk Red VTT has no caps and no tiers — it is free and unlimited for every GM and every player, permanently.
All amounts in USD · Billed via Patreon · Cancel any time, no fees · The free tier never expires
Questions we actually get
Do players pay anything?
Nobody pays. Players never pay: they click the invite link, tap once to sign in, and they are at the table. No password, no card, no signup form. The GM's account is free too. This is not a freemium tease; it is how ShawnsVTTs works, forever.
Why not just use a generic VTT?
Generic VTTs are toolboxes. You spend your prep hours teaching them your system, then patching the parts that don't fit. We start from the rules instead. A clock is a clock. A faction turn resolves on the map. Nothing to configure.
What happens when my system isn't built yet?
Tell us. The roadmap is driven by what people are actually running, and supporters get a vote on the order. The six tabletops here are all playable today, so what gets built next is a new system rather than finishing an old one.
Can I switch systems?
Yes. Free and Adventurer cover one system at a time and you can swap it whenever you like. Game Master covers two at once. World Builder covers everything on the shelf, including whatever launches next.
Is my campaign data mine?
It's yours. Export your sector, crew, clocks, and notes as JSON at any time, including after you cancel. No hostage-taking.
Answers
Questions people actually ask
Straight answers about the games we build for and the tools people run them on, including the ones where we are not the right choice.
- What Does VTT Stand For?
- Stars Without Number vs Starfinder: Which Sci-Fi RPG Fits Your Table?
- Is Old-School Essentials Good?
- Old-School Essentials vs Basic Fantasy: Which Retroclone Should You Run?
- Cyberpunk Red vs Cyberpunk 2020: What Changed?
- The Best Free VTTs for Stars Without Number in 2026
- What Reddit Uses to Run Stars Without Number Online
- What Is the Best VTT for Stars Without Number?
- What Is the Best VTT for Old-School Essentials?
- What Is the Best Free Virtual Tabletop?
- What Is the Best Roll20 Alternative?
- Is Foundry VTT Worth It?
- What Is Stars Without Number?
- Stars Without Number vs Worlds Without Number: What Is the Difference?
- What System Does Stars Without Number Use?
- What Is Old-School Essentials?
- Does Old-School Essentials Use THAC0?
- Old-School Essentials vs Shadowdark: Which Should You Play?
- How Does Netrunning Work in Cyberpunk Red?
- How Does Hacking Work in Stars Without Number?
- How to Try a Virtual Tabletop Free, and Actually Evaluate It
- How Do Ship Comms Work in Stars Without Number?
- How to Run a Stars Without Number Sandbox Without Losing Your Prep
- Stars Without Number Sector Generator: Rolling a Sector and Using It
- Generic VTT vs Purpose-Built VTT: Which One Fits Your Table?
Guides
How the tools actually work
Longer walkthroughs of the subsystems — faction turns, sector maps, hacking, ship combat — written for GMs deciding whether this fits the way they run a table.
Blog
From the Blog
vttanswers
What Does VTT Stand For?
VTT stands for virtual tabletop. It is the software a roleplaying group uses to share a map, roll dice, and track characters when they are not in the same room.
stars-without-numberanswers
Stars Without Number vs Starfinder: Which Sci-Fi RPG Fits Your Table?
Stars Without Number vs Starfinder is a choice between a GM toolkit for sandbox play and a tactical game with published adventure paths. Here is how they differ in prep, crunch, and what a session feels like.
old-school-essentialsosranswers
Is Old-School Essentials Good?
Old-School Essentials is good if you want the 1981 rules presented so clearly you can find any of them mid-session. It is not trying to modernise the design, and that is the whole point.
Your table is waiting
Free forever, no card, nothing to cancel. If it doesn't beat what you're using now, walk away — nobody at your table paid anything either way.