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DND Campaign Management Tools

by Kim

The Best of DnD Campaign Management from Around the Web

Campaign management is an ongoing struggle for every DM. Knowing your players, your NPCs, story lines, and all the details in-between is tough. We’ve collected the very best in campaign management tools to help you keep everything straight!

Online DnD Campaign Management Systems

Whether you’re keeping track of your world or your players, campaign management needs to be accessible and online tools have sprung up to fill that demand. There’s a ton of different tools out there, so we collected the best we could find so you don’t have to search then out yourself. These online DnD campaign management system all have different perks and features, so check them out and find the one that works best for your group.

Campaign Management – Online Organizational Systems

D&D Beyond

D&D Beyond

A massive set of organizational and functional tools to help you run your game

Obsidian Portal

Obsidian Portal

A wiki-style world building tool for DnD

World Anvil

World Anvil

A wiki-style world building tool for DnD

Kanka

Kanka

Flexible mobile-friendly world building tool

RealmWorks

Realm Works

Paid campaign management tool

Adventurers Codex

Adventurer’s Codex

Collaborative campaign management tool, works on mobile

Chronica

Chronica

Ever-expanding campaign management tool. Includes a full set of features and has free and paid options

Tavern Keeper

Tavern Keeper

Free open-style wiki-like campaign manager

City of Brass

City of Brass

Minimalist world builder with wiki-style organization

crusader

Crusader

Management of campaigns, organizations, characters, locations, notes, and more.

DnD VTT (Virtual Table Top) Systems

Do none of your friends live near you? Normally that makes DnD much harder to play, but with virtual tabletops you can simulate the experience of DnD online! Event better, some virtual tabletops can be used in person to enhance the game with digital maps, line of sight mechanics, and fog of war for your dungeons.

VTTs and Online RP Systems

roll20

Roll 20

Arkenforge – Map making Audio and Campaign management – Map making Audio and Campaign management

Arkenforge

fantasy grounds

Fantasy Grounds

d20 Pro

D20 Pro

Foundry Virtual Tabletop — Foundry Virtual Tabletop

Foundry Virtual Tabletop

Tabletop Simulator

Tabletop Simulator

Astral TableTop

Astral

lets roll

Let’s Roll

talespire

TaleSpire

skirmish

Skirmish

epic table

Epic Table

beyond tabletop

Beyond Tabletop

Apps for DnD Campaign Management

For those who like to keep track of things on their phone, we’ve linked some apps that can make keeping track of your character, spells, or companions easier.

Android/Google Play DnD Apps

Fifth Edition Character Sheet Apps on Google Play

5th Edition Character Sheet

5th Edition Spellbook Apps on Google Play

5th Edition Spellbook

Companions for D&D 5e

Companions for D&D 5e

world scribe

World Scribe

Apple Store DnD Apps

genesis

Genesis