Board Games & Tabletop
113 tools
Tools for board game and tabletop-RPG night: polyhedral dice, turn order, first-player picks and five-dice rolls for Kniffel/Yahtzee-style play. These are unofficial fan tools and are not affiliated with any game publisher.
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Dice, cards & game-night tools
- D20 RollerRoll a twenty-sided die instantly — the classic tabletop RPG check die.
- Polyhedral Tabletop Dice RollerRoll a full set of tabletop polyhedral dice: d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20 and d100.
- Initiative TrackerRoll initiative for every combatant and get an instant sorted turn order.
- Five-Dice RollerRoll five dice with three rolls a turn and holds, and keep a thirteen-round scorecard that works out what every hand is worth.
- Swiss Pairing GeneratorPair a Swiss-system round by score, avoiding rematches and sharing byes fairly — everyone keeps playing, and nobody is knocked out.
- Custom Card Deck DealerBuilds a deck from your own cards, deals it without replacement, and keeps every card accounted for.
- Draft SimulatorRuns a whole draft: a shrinking pool, snake or linear order, and a record of who took what.
- Advantage/Disadvantage RollerRoll two dice and automatically keep the higher (advantage) or lower (disadvantage) result.
- Board Game Tournament SchedulerSchedule a games night so every player faces every other player, with the rounds worked out and nobody left sitting out twice.
- Playing Card GeneratorDraw one or more random playing cards from a standard 52-card deck.
- Paper Dice Net GeneratorDraws a printable net for any of the five Platonic solids at the exact edge length you want, with glue tabs and your own face labels.
- Dice Pool RollerRoll a pool of same-sided dice and count how many meet a success threshold.
- Cribbage Hand ScorerScores a cribbage hand and shows every fifteen, pair, run, flush and nob that made the total, so you can check the count rather than take it on trust.
- Percentile Dice Roller (d100)Roll one or more d100 (percentile) dice, commonly used for percentage-based tables.
- Exploding Dice RollerRoll dice where a maximum face rerolls and adds again — the 'exploding dice' house rule.
- Gacha Pity SimulatorWorks out what a pity counter really does to a quoted drop rate — expected pulls, the rate you actually see, and where the first hit tends to land — and checks the arithmetic against a simulation.
- Poker Hand GeneratorDraw a random five-card poker hand from a fresh 52-card deck.
- Board Game PickerA suggestion for what kind of board or party game to play tonight.
- Dice Pool Success CalculatorThe exact odds of counting successes in a pool of dice, as a full distribution that sums to one and matches counting every outcome.
- Tournament Tiebreak CalculatorWorks out Buchholz and Sonneborn-Berger from a round-robin results grid, and checks the table awards exactly one point per game.
- Nim Position SolverSolves any Nim position outright, listing every winning move and confirming each one leaves a nim-sum of zero.
- Subtraction Game SolverComputes Grundy values for any take-away game, finds the losing heaps, and detects the period the values settle into.
- Riffle Shuffle CalculatorWorks out how far a deck still is from properly mixed after each riffle, and where the famous seven-shuffle answer comes from.
- Narrative Dice RollerRoll four dice showing plus, minus or blank, a generic mechanic used in narrative-focused tabletop games.
- Dice Game Style PickerA dice-game style suggestion, like a push-your-luck or category-scoring game.
- Board Game Theme GeneratorA theme idea for designing your own board game.
- Domino Draw GeneratorDraws a random tile from a standard double-six domino set.
RPG character creation
- Random NPC GeneratorGenerate a quick NPC with a name, trait, role and quirk for tabletop RPGs.
- RPG Alignment GeneratorA character alignment — like Lawful Good or Chaotic Neutral — for a tabletop character.
- RPG Class GeneratorA character class for a tabletop RPG character.
- Point Buy Stat CalculatorSpends a point budget across ability scores using an escalating cost table, with the spend re-costed and nothing affordable left behind.
- RPG Race GeneratorA fantasy character race for a tabletop RPG character.
- RPG Background GeneratorA character background for a tabletop RPG character.
- NPC Occupation GeneratorAn occupation for a non-player character, beyond 'generic villager'.
- RPG Backstory Trait GeneratorAn ideal, bond or flaw prompt to round out a tabletop RPG character's backstory.
- Fantasy Deity GeneratorA fantasy deity name and domain, like 'Thessa, Goddess of Storms'.
- Monster Motivation GeneratorA reason a tabletop RPG monster fights, beyond simple hostility.
- Villain Plan GeneratorA patient, long-game scheme for a tabletop RPG villain.
Tabletop & fantasy names
- Fantasy Name GeneratorFantasy names built from a stated sound system — fourteen origins, endings, length and a seed.
- Random Tavern Name GeneratorGenerate a fantasy tavern name for tabletop RPGs or fiction.
- Random Town Name GeneratorGenerate a fantasy town or village name for tabletop RPGs or fiction.
- Guild Name GeneratorA name for an in-game faction, clan or guild, distinct from a fantasy shop or tavern name.
- Fantasy Potion Name GeneratorA name for a magic potion, distinct from the site's full spell-effect generator.
- Castle Name GeneratorA name for a fantasy castle or fortress, distinct from the site's town and tavern name generators.
- Fictional Currency GeneratorAn invented unit of money for a fantasy setting, distinct from naming a place or person.
Quests, encounters & loot
- Dice Roll Table GeneratorTurns your list into a d20, d50 or d100 table with ranges that tile the die exactly — then rolls on it.
- Fantasy Quest GeneratorGenerate a quick quest hook with a twist for tabletop RPG sessions.
- Random Treasure GeneratorGenerate an evocative random treasure item for tabletop RPG loot.
- Random Encounter GeneratorGenerate a quick random encounter prompt for tabletop RPG sessions.
- Random Table BuilderTurn a weighted list into a rollable d20 or d100 table where the ranges cover every face exactly and the printed odds are the real odds.
- Random Magic Item GeneratorA magic item with a short enchanted effect, for tabletop RPG loot.
- Random Monster GeneratorA monster name and a short trait, for tabletop RPG encounters.
- Dungeon Layout GeneratorRoom-and-corridor dungeons built by binary space partitioning, where connectivity is structural rather than checked afterwards.
- Dungeon Feature GeneratorAn environmental detail to drop into a dungeon or ruin — a hazard, mechanism or oddity, distinct from a monster or puzzle.
- Random Spell GeneratorA spell name and a short effect, for tabletop RPGs and fantasy writing.
- Cave Map GeneratorOrganic cave layouts from cellular-automata smoothing, with every pocket joined so the whole map is walkable.
- Tabletop Weather GeneratorA weather condition for a tabletop RPG travel scene, from clear skies to a sudden storm.
- Random Quest Reward GeneratorA quest reward that isn't just gold — favours, maps and connections count too.
- Rumour GeneratorA rumour or hook for players to investigate — true, false, or ambiguous.
- Travel Complication GeneratorA complication to throw at a party travelling between locations.
- Prophecy GeneratorA cryptic prophecy fragment for a fantasy campaign or story.
- Treasure Map Clue GeneratorA cryptic clue for a fantasy treasure map or hunt.
- Enchanted Object GeneratorA magic item with a genuine catch, distinct from the site's magic-item and quest-reward generators.
- Magical Limitation GeneratorA genuine cost or limitation on magic, distinct from simply naming a spell.
- Dungeon Puzzle Prompt GeneratorA puzzle mechanic for a dungeon room, distinct from an environmental hazard or feature.
- Village Secret GeneratorA fact a settlement itself is hiding, distinct from an unverified rumour circulating among its people.
- Non-Combat Encounter GeneratorA tabletop RPG encounter that doesn't involve combat.
- Curse GeneratorA magical curse concept, for tabletop RPG or fiction use.
- Travel Encounter GeneratorA tabletop RPG encounter for the road between destinations.
- Dungeon Hazard GeneratorA non-trap environmental hazard for a dungeon room.
- Trap Concept GeneratorA deliberately-placed tabletop RPG trap idea.
- Blessing GeneratorA magical blessing concept, for tabletop RPG or fiction use.
- Quest Complication GeneratorA twist that complicates a straightforward tabletop RPG quest.
- Battlefield Feature GeneratorA terrain feature to make a tabletop combat encounter more tactical.
- Inn Feature GeneratorA distinctive detail for a tabletop RPG inn or tavern.
Logic puzzles
- Printable Puzzle Book GeneratorBuilds a printable book of up to 250 sudoku, mazes, word searches, nonograms, fill-in crosswords and codewords — sectioned, ramped from gentle to hard, numbered front to back, with an answer key that matches.
- Light Up Puzzle GeneratorAkari grids where every square must be lit, no bulb may light another, and only one arrangement works.
- Codeword Puzzle GeneratorEvery square holds a number, the same number always stands for the same letter, and a few letters are given away to start. No clues and no word list.
- Killer Sudoku GeneratorSudoku with no digits given: the grid is divided into cages with totals, and only one grid fits them.
- Nurikabe Puzzle GeneratorNurikabe grids where each number is an island of that size, the wall is one piece, and no two-by-two block is allowed.
- Fleet Deduction Puzzle GeneratorGrids where row and column counts, plus a square or two given away, pin down exactly one arrangement of ships.
- Tapa Puzzle GeneratorPrints a Tapa grid where each clue counts the runs of shaded squares around it, with exactly one wall that fits.
- Ripple Effect Puzzle GeneratorPrints a Ripple Effect grid where each room holds 1 up to its own size and equal numbers must keep their distance, with one answer.
- Langford Sequence GeneratorTwo of each number arranged so the two 3s have three things between them, and so on — which only works for some counts.
World-building & settlements
- Overland Map GeneratorA whole country — coast, forest, hills and snowline — with rivers that fall at every step and named regions you can walk between.
- Coat of Arms GeneratorInvented arms with a proper blazon, obeying the one rule heraldry genuinely has: never a colour on a colour, never a metal on a metal.
- Magic System GeneratorA whole magic system rather than a spell: what it does, what that costs, where the cost comes from, and the limits that stop it solving everything.
- Family Tree GeneratorAn invented family over several generations, with dates that hold up: no loops, every parent older than their children, nobody married to a relation.
- Star System GeneratorAn invented planetary system whose numbers agree with each other: every year follows from the planet’s distance and its star’s mass, and the habitable zone follows from the star’s brightness.
- Settlement Demographics GeneratorAn invented town broken down into trades, households and workers, with every figure worked out from the population and every inhabitant counted exactly once.
- Campaign Timeline GeneratorAn invented history in ages, where every event names what it followed from and nothing is ever dated before its own cause.
- Fantasy Calendar System GeneratorA whole invented calendar — months that add up to the year, a leap rule that holds it still for a thousand years, and moons that come back round.
- Tavern Menu GeneratorA tavern menu item with a price, for tabletop RPG worldbuilding.
- Floor Plan GeneratorA plan of a building in metres, where the rooms cover the whole footprint with no void and no overlap, nothing is a cupboard or a corridor, and every room can be reached from the front door.
- Pantheon GeneratorA whole pantheon rather than a list of gods: nobody shares a domain, nobody is their own ancestor, every rivalry says so under both names, and they are not all kind.
- Constellation Map GeneratorAn invented night sky whose constellations can actually be traced: no two stars close enough to read as one, every figure joined up with nothing stranded, and no figure crossing its own lines.
- Fantasy Faction GeneratorA name for a fantasy faction, guild or secret order.
- Fantasy Shop GeneratorA fantasy shop name and specialty, like 'Mirelle's Curiosities'.
- Fantasy Book GeneratorAn in-world fantasy book or tome title, like 'The Forgotten Codex of Tides'.
- Fantasy Festival GeneratorA fantasy festival or holiday idea for worldbuilding.
- Ancient Ruin GeneratorA striking ancient ruin to explore, distinct from a dungeon's individual room features.
- Faction Relationship GeneratorThe relationship between two factions, distinct from generating a single faction on its own.
- Kingdom Conflict GeneratorA political conflict at the level of a kingdom or realm, for fantasy worldbuilding.
- Rebellion GeneratorA rebellion or uprising with a genuine internal tension, for fantasy worldbuilding.
- Trade Route GeneratorA trade route with its own complication, distinct from naming a fictional currency.
- Fantasy Calendar Date GeneratorAn invented in-world date, complete with a fantasy month and era name.
- Religious Order GeneratorA fictional religious order or sect, with a defining trait.
Chess & strategy
- Knight's Tour GeneratorA knight's route visiting every square of the board exactly once, with every step re-checked as a legal knight move.
- N-Queens Puzzle GeneratorQueens placed so none attacks another, with the placement re-verified and the total number of solutions counted exactly.
- Random Chess Position GeneratorPositions played out from the opening by legal moves, given in FEN with the game that reaches them — so you can replay it and see for yourself.