March 3, 2025

D&D’s Unreal-powered Sigil virtual tabletop is now open for adventuring – Polygon

Sigil is free to try, or less than $5 to run games for your friendsby Charlie HallSigil is free to try, or less than $5 to run games for your friendsby Charlie HallDungeons & Dragons highly anticipated virtual tabletop, Sigil, went live on Thursday according to a blog post. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, the fully three-dimensional system includes integrations with character sheets created in D&D Beyond, a tool for building and customizing miniatures, animated spell effects, and more. Fans can try the tool out and join multiplayer games for free, but running a multiplayer game will require a Master Tier subscription, which is currently listed as $4.58 per month.According to the D&D Beyond website, this isn’t a beta but the full release of the toolset. We’ve demoed the software a handful of times in the several years its been in development, and it feels very capable. But don’t expect an experience like Baldur’s Gate 3, necessarily. Instead, it’s more of a recreation of the tabletop experience, with static miniatures, terrain, and buildings — albeit augmented with some very powerful bells and whistles.Most important for harried Dungeon Masters and their players, the system integrates with D&D Beyond, which means you can bring over your existing characters, monsters, and even some elements of your ongoing adventures to prime the pump. But it’s a lot more sophisticated than that. The blog post calls out the following elements:D&D also offers another virtual tabletop called simply Maps which is currently in beta.The best of Polygon in your inbox, every Friday.© 2025 Vox Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved

Source: https://www.polygon.com/dnd-dungeons-dragons/531824/sigil-dungeons-and-dragons-dnd-virtual-tabletop

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