Shmeppy Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Struggling as a DM to handle VTT

  Shmeppy is particularly good for little to no prep time play. Not free though. Source: 12 months ago

• What digital tool do you need as a GM/Player ?

  You probably already heard about this one, but just in case, I have heard good things about https://shmeppy.com/ for this sort of purpose. It is not free though, and I have not had a chance to try it out myself yet. Source: over 1 year ago

• Alternatives to roll20?

  I really like shmeppy. It's got a very intuitive and fast user interface, great for rules light games and maps that you improvise as you play. Source: over 1 year ago

• Running a dungeon virtually

  I converted my in-person game to full virtual at the end of The Before Times and it’s been fairly pain-free. We use Discord for voice chat and dice rolls, and Shmeppy (https://shmeppy.com/) for maps. Its somewhat low fidelity but it works for most dungeons you’ll do. Tokens, fog of war, etc. It’s not free either but $5/month is cheaper than the cost of [insert nerd food stereotype here] every week 🤷🏼‍♂️. Source: over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Companies of one, what is your tech stack?

  Https://shmeppy.com A single node process serves everything on a Ubuntu digital ocean server. It’s managed by the daemon utility. PostgreSQL holds all the data. There’s some significant in-memory caching in node. The server code is written in typescript and JavaScript. During deploys I t’s transpired on my laptop and then rsynced to the server. Monitoring and backups are done via cron jobs on another digital ocean... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• How do you play your online games?

  I use shmeppy and Google meets, dice logs . Https://rolz.org/ Https://shmeppy.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• DM Opinion: Adjusting enemy HP on the fly is a valid Dungeon Mastering technique that undermines nothing, and one you should consider using for a variety of reasons

  I use a combo of Shmeppy to draw custom maps, Roll20 when I want to use a full art map, and a google doc. Source: almost 2 years ago

• I Love GMing, but I Hate Making Maps

  Link for the lazy: https://shmeppy.com/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Show HN: My mate is making a tool for DnD players to quickly visualise scenarios

  Seems to be going after the same problems that https://shmeppy.com does. The specific choices are different though (like drawing is much different). - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Online OSR players: how do you map?

  Looks like this is no longer free ($5/month), but still a decent resource. Source: about 2 years ago

• "First Time DM" and Other Short Questions Megathread

  I've heard of Schmeppy; are there any other options? Source: about 2 years ago

• Roll20 Alternatives?

  We use Shmeppy https://shmeppy.com/ and Discord as our solution. It is system neutral and we've used it with a few different games, including "mostly systemless" oneshots. Source: about 2 years ago

• Theatre of the mind vs VTT Maps

  Shmeppy might let you scratch your itch of "mapping without sacrificing too much imagination". There're some other ways to sketch maps out there as well. Source: about 2 years ago

• Best Virtual Tabletop (VTT) for DMs who like to improvise?

  Shmeppy does it for me. https://shmeppy.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Best VTT for live drawing?

  Two of the simple drawing based VTTs would be Gamescape or Shmeppy. Source: over 2 years ago

• Is there a vtt that is JUST tokens and maps?

  Besides Owlbear Rodeo, there's Shmeppy, Plannar Ally, Dungeon Revealer. The last two need some setting up to do but are open source and updated frequently. Source: over 2 years ago

• Show HN: Initiative.sh, an in-browser command line for D&D

  My experiences have been similar. I do still need to look up spells and item prices and such from time to time, so I did integrate those from 5e since the data is readily available[0] under a free(-ish) license. I figure if you need to look up rules, you're probably better off pulling out a book and using the index. I don't expect my character generators to surpass the many resources that are out there already.... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Looking for a lightweight, SIMPLE way to handle battlemaps only

  Check out Shmeppy. Sounds like what you’re looking for (disclaimer: I made it). Source: almost 3 years ago

• Playing online - how do you handle revealing a map as players discover it?

  Shmeppy lets you use fog of war. They just moved to a subscription model for DMs but it's a genuinely good service that I used for online play before my players and I were vaccinated. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Searching for a chrome Virtual Table top

  Both Shmeppy and Owlbear Rodeo work just fine on Chromebooks. I've used both on mine. Https://shmeppy.com/ Https://www.owlbear.rodeo/. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Virtual table top in a hurry

  Https://shmeppy.com/for maps, https://playingcards.io/ for initiative and bennies (I either share the screen through discord or players can join the room), discord for chat and honor system for dice rolls. It is a lot of switching back and forth for people with only one monitor. Unless anything has changed, all of this would be free. Source: about 3 years ago