The best virtual tabletop for Savage Worlds
Savage Worlds is fast and tactical: card-based initiative, exploding dice, Bennies, wounds and Shaken, and a tabletop grid in inches where a square is two yards. A good VTT keeps that pace.
What Savage Worlds needs from a table
An action deck dealt each round, exploding trait and Wild dice, Bennies, and wound and fatigue tracking. Fights use a grid or tabletop inches, and templates for blasts matter.
Foundry and Fantasy Grounds: the automation picks
Foundry's SWADE system is developed with Pinnacle Entertainment and supports official setting modules, with action cards and exploding dice. Fantasy Grounds also carries a Savage Worlds ruleset and setting content. Either is the automation-heavy choice.
Roll20: in the browser
Roll20 has Savage Worlds sheets and runs in the browser, with a card deck feature usable for initiative. A sensible choice for groups that will not install or host anything.
Where TerrainTale fits
TerrainTale gives a Savage Worlds fight a 3D battlefield with real cover and elevation, a ruler that counts squares, and minis with HP and conditions such as Shaken noted on them. It does not deal action cards: its initiative tracker uses numbers, so you deal from a real deck and enter the order, or rank by card. Exploding dice are rolled and re-rolled by hand.
- No action deck or Bennies
- Conditions noted per token
- Shared rooms for remote play
Choosing for a Savage campaign
Want the system run for you: Foundry or Fantasy Grounds. Want a browser and sheets: Roll20. Want a striking battlefield with rules at the table: TerrainTale.
Questions
What is the best VTT for Savage Worlds?
Foundry with the official SWADE system, or Fantasy Grounds with its Savage Worlds ruleset, for automation. Roll20 for a browser option.
Does TerrainTale support the action deck?
No. Its initiative tracker is numeric. Deal cards at the table or in another tool and set the order.
Can TerrainTale track Shaken and wounds?
You can add conditions and HP to each token. It does not apply the effects for you.
Does it roll exploding dice?
The dice roller rolls any die; re-roll aces yourself.
Is there a free plan?
Yes, one saved scene with the full table. Premium keeps 200 and imports models for $6 a month.
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