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Lots of updates!
Sorry for the lack of communication lately. I've been heads down working on a lot of items across all of the VTTs. Thanks for bearing with me. I was overo…
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Updates, guides, and behind the build
Release notes, game mastering guides, and dispatches from building bespoke virtual tabletops for the games worth running.
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Derelict - Latest Update
Big update this week. You can now see and hear your crew right in the game, no separate Discord tab needed. Party video calls. Click any portrait to switc…
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Coming Soon - Go Live: A Full Stream Overlay
I've got two VTTs coming very soon: one is called Derelict, a custom sci-fi horror survival VTT that can handle those types of games (but it's primarily aimed…
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Sunday: Twitch Livestream of VTT Prototype
This Sunday, the 12th, at 7:30 pm Mountain time, the OSRP (OneShot RP) group will be running a live action role-playing game that will be using one of our…
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What are we working on
I've been extremely busy lately trying to figure out how to provide the VTTs while navigating the licenses for various TTRPG products. I've finally landed…
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Cyberpunk Updates
The sprawl runs on screens, and now so does your table. Every character gets a pocket handset that slides in from the edge of the screen: text, call, look…
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Cyberpunk & Derelict
Cyberpunk was a big stretch. The city just got an in-fiction messaging device and a zoomable city map on which you can build districts. The Derelict side …
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Tell Us — Your Direct Line to Me
If you've been using any of the ShawnsVTTs tools, you may have already noticed the 💬 Tell Us button sitting in the header. I want to take a minute to exp…
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Big Week in the Sprawl: Drugs, Vehicles, and NPCs That Fight Back
We are going to try to have early access to our Cyberpunk Red VTT next week, provided we complete all testing. This week, a dense sprint landed across the…
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Today's Updates
Cyberpunk VTT: It's coming! The GM Library authoring side has been in place for a while — you can create your own Roles, Skills, Cyberware, Equipment, Pro…
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Old School Fantasy VTT (OSF) Is Now Live!
A new VTT built specifically for Old-School Essentials and B/X-style play is now live at osf.shawnsvtts.com. You can jump into the demo right now with our…
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Latest Changes
Personal Update — headed on an international trip. Here's what shipped this week across all three VTTs.
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Old School Fantasy VTT: Early Access Is Now Live
Old School Fantasy VTT is now in early access. Build your party, track HP and spell slots, and run sessions for B/X-style games.
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Latest Update
Quick update on what shipped this week — OSF character sheets, SWN faction fixes, and GrimDelve light tracker improvements.
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How Hacking Works In Our SWN VTT — A Guide for GMs and Players
A complete walkthrough of hacking in the Stars Without Number VTT — how to set up systems, run intrusion checks, and what GMs need to prep.
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Faction Turns in Stars Without Number
How to run faction turns in the Stars Without Number VTT — creating factions, assigning assets, resolving turn actions.
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GrimDelve Is Now Live!
GrimDelve — our VTT for the Shadowdark RPG — is now live. Here's everything that's in the launch build.
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We Got It Wrong — Here's How We're Fixing It
We made a mistake in how we approached the GrimDelve branding and we're being transparent about what happened and how we're fixing it.
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Codex of the Black Sun is now in-app... with Kevin Crawford's blessing
Kevin Crawford gave his blessing to include the Codex of the Black Sun in the SWN VTT GM Library. Here's what's now available.
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Encounter Builder — Stage Combats Like a Set Designer
The Encounter Builder is live — design combat encounters with drag-and-drop monster placement, terrain notes, and CR estimation.
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Update on GrimDelve
A quick update on GrimDelve's status, the name change, and what's coming this week.
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GrimDelve's GM Library Is Now Open!
GrimDelve's GM Library is live — Shadowdark rules reference, monster stats, spell lists, and encounter tables, all inside the VTT.
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GM Library Added — News on Codex of the Black Sun!
The SWN VTT GM Library is live with rules reference, faction tables, and sector generation tools — plus exciting news about Codex of the Black Sun.
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The Latest Updates On Our VTTs
Weekly update covering improvements to the comms system, GrimDelve light tracker, and the encounter builder preview.
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Comms Gets Filters, FTL Range, and a Cleaner Hacking Tab
The Comms System gets message filters, FTL range overlays, and a dedicated Hacking tab in this update.
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Start Here: Try My Virtual Tabletops Free
New to ShawnsVTTs? Here's everything you need to know to start your first game — for free, no credit card required.
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A Guide to the SWN VTT Comms System
A complete guide to the Comms System in the Stars Without Number VTT — ship-to-ship messaging, broadcasts, interceptions, and composing as an NPC.
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Tour the Demo, Tell Us What You Think
The demo is live. Take a tour of the Stars Without Number VTT and tell us what you think via the in-app feedback channel.
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Questions & Feedback Channel Now Open
The in-app Tell Us feedback channel is now open. Here's how to use it and what to send.
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Starship Combat Comes to the Bridge
Starship combat is live in the SWN VTT. Run bridge crew actions, track hull and system damage, and resolve combat turn by turn.
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The Sector Map Is Your Campaign Hub
How to use the Stars Without Number VTT sector map as a live campaign hub — factions, worlds, travel routes, and session-to-session continuity.
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GrimDelve: A Big Drop — Crawls, Mishaps, Level-Up, and Random Tables
A major GrimDelve update: crawl turn tracker, mishap table roller, level-up flow, and expanded random encounter tables.
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Stars Without Number: Starship Combat
Starship combat development update — where the build is, what's designed, and the timeline to launch.
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GrimDelve Levels Up — Chat, Light, and Tokens That Talk
GrimDelve gets in-session chat, an improved light tracker, and character tokens that display current light source status.
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Torches Tick Down — and GrimDelve Catches Up
GrimDelve update — torch countdown timer is live, and GrimDelve is catching up to Stars Without Number feature parity on core session tools.
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GrimDelve Nears! One Sign-In Across All VTTs, and Our Dice Engine(s)
GrimDelve beta is approaching, single sign-on is live across all VTTs, and a deep dive into how the dice engine works.
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A Tour of the Sector Map
A guided tour of the Stars Without Number VTT sector map — how to generate sectors, add worlds, and use the map as your campaign dashboard.
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A Free Trial, A Real Front Door, and a Public Homepage
The ShawnsVTTs marketing site is live, the free trial is open, and here's what changed on the product front door.
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Patreon Sign-In, Player Invites, and Multi-Game, Done Right
Patreon OAuth sign-in is live, player invites now work via shareable link, and the multi-game architecture is explained.
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Latest Updates
Progress update — faction turns are working, NPC ship AI is wired, and GrimDelve character sheets are started.
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Most VTTs are built like spreadsheets
Why most virtual tabletops feel like data entry, and how building one VTT per game system changes that.
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Today's Update - Progress
First week progress update — what's been built, what's in review, and what's coming next.
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Shawn's Virtual Table Tops
Introduction to ShawnsVTTs — why I'm building bespoke virtual tabletops for individual game systems instead of a generic platform.