Role-playing game software, as opposed to role-playing video games, is a software intended to assist in developing and running of role-playing games. It does not allow the game to be played entirely within the computer. Such software assist in the drawing of maps, player character and non-player character creation, generation of monsters, and provision of dice rolls and their results. The software may be specific to a single role playing game system, or flexible enough to be applied to multiple game models.
Software
Year Title Developer Publisher Setting Platform Notes1981The Imperial Data Recovery System FASA Traveller 1985 Dragonfire II: The Dungeonmaster's Assistant Erik Brynjolfsson, Steven Bergstein Magicware Various Apple, Commodore, IBM Personal Computer 1988Character Creator SandBar Software 1988AD&D Dungeon Masters Assistant Volume I: Encounters SSI 1989AD&D Dungeon Masters Assistant Volume II: Characters & Treasures SSI 1993 Campaign Cartographer Dungeon Designer City Designer ProFantasy Software Various Microsoft Windows 1996Advanced Dungeons & Dragons CD-ROM Core Rules 1996TableMaster 2000 PCGen Bryan McRoberts et al. Various Cross platform Won gold at the 2005 ENnies for Best Electronic Product.2002 D&D e-Tools: Character and Monster Generator Code Monkey Publishing Various Microsoft Windows 2002 AutoREALM Andy Gryc Various Microsoft Windows 2003 TOS+ (The Only Sheet Plus) The Only Sheet Fantasy Microsoft Windows 2004Fantasy Grounds SmiteWorks Various Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX, Linux 2007D&D Insider Wizards of the Coast 2007Virtual Table beta Wizards of the Coast Promised feature for D&D Insider. Canceled in 20122012Roll20 The Orr Group Various Website, mobile app 2019Black Cat DMs Familiar D. Halliday D&D 5E Microsoft Windows freeware2020Forgotten Maps D&D 5E Website, Mobile freeware2020Foundry VTTFoundry Gaming LLCVariousSelf-Hosted Web Application
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