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Online table: overview

The online table is how you bring your map to remote players. On one side there is your staging desk, inside the Bench (/strumenti, Table block): it's the control panel from which you move tokens, paint fog, draw and decide what the players see. On the other side there is the player view: your players join via an invite link and play on /gioca, each from their own browser. Everything runs in the browser and costs no credits.

What it's for

It's a full VTT (virtual tabletop): you project a map with its grid, place the tokens, keep unexplored areas hidden and reveal them as you go. Players see only what you choose to show, move their own token by proposing a path to you, roll dice, and can talk to each other with the built-in voice. Unlike many VTTs, you don't need an external program for voice chat: it's inside the Table.

The two sides: staging and players

  • The staging desk (yours) lives in the Table block of the Bench. Here you have the toolbar, the token tray, the rooms dropdown and the Online and LIVE switches. It's your control panel: no player ever sees this screen.
  • The player view is the /gioca page, which players reach via the invite link. It shows the map with tokens and fog, and lets each player move their own pawn, measure, chat and talk.
  • There's also a second-screen view (/stage), meant for a monitor or TV at the physical table: it shows only what you project, with no controls.

How to start

  1. Open the Bench (/strumenti) and add the Table block.
  2. Pick or load a map (from the Cartographer) and, if needed, prepare it with fog and pawns while still NO LIVE (staging in peace).
  3. Turn on the Online switch and use Copy invite to send the link to your players.
  4. When you're ready, turn on LIVE: the players receive the map, tokens and fog exactly as you prepared them.

What the other pages cover

Every Table feature has its own dedicated guide: rooms (create, resume, delete sessions), LIVE and NO LIVE (staging), the toolbar, tokens, assigning sheets, fog and Vision, the GM layer, movement, the ruler, the pencil, chat with voice and dice, the player view, and a guide written for players.