TaleSpire on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
TaleSpire is a beautiful way to play pen and paper RPGs online. Bring your stories to life and embark upon campaigns together with your friends, regardless of where you are in the world.
TaleSpire is a tabletop, level editor and dungeons & dragons game
developed and published by Bouncyrock Entertainment.
Released on April 14th 2021 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.
It has received 4,586 reviews of which 4,189 were positive and 397 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 20.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified TaleSpire into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 64bit
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX11.1 (feature level 11_1, shader model 5.0) capabilities.
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: macOS 13 (Ventura)
- Processor: M1
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
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After having 3 sessions and still working on boards that my players have yet to witness I feel like it is time to leave a feedback. I only have it for about a year so I can not compare to how it was when it just released but what I can say is what I witnessed trough the year. I might sound mean to people who think differently so take no offence. We all are different and my eyes aren't just black and white. So I bought as it looked ideal for what I want. As a gamer and inviting other gamer players to try out DnD I felt like this is the most immersive way to bring in a long distance player to join. Having time to work on the boards is nothing but time consuming bliss haha. I am so passionate about it, that I forget to take a break. New assets are being added every now and then which come perfectly. Slabs are my life saviours especially on some npc buildings or background buildings/ structure/ forest. During Christmas talespire added these little Christmas decorations which I found adorable. Was a surprise. If your run has celebrations of that kind, it's perfect little detail you can add. (Figures) Another main complain for most which I also don't see why is it such a big deal. I started my run with people created and shared figures. There is so much that you will find almost ANYTHING you want. My players didn't find exact detail ones they wished etc (green haired rogue or handsome silver hair warlock.) so they just picked characters wearing a hood to hide the hair haha. One player did get so into it that he checked HeroForge. Now HeroForge is great and works with talespire it does cost money, but it isn't the only option. There are tutorials for free how to make your figure trough blender step by step which isn't easy but if the player or DM are passionate enough to create that specific character they want who knows after few sittings and few failed tries with help of kind people on internet sharing tips and trick maybe they can figure out. So you end up paying with your time instead of money. Pick your poison. (Price feedback that majority here complains) As far as I know a small group is working on this so I take no problem to invest into the game. After building few boards and watching tutorials I decided it is perfect platform. I let my players know and gave them time to let's say put the money aside bit by bit and purchase it if they can't afford it instantly. If your player just puts aside 5 euros per month in four months you can easily start a party and not only they get this cool game with great experience that is by the way being improved and patched up EVERY month. But they also support the team working on it and encourage them to keep their active work. So I genuinely do not understand the price complains. 20 euros for campaign? Let's be honest it will probably go about a year more or less. It is no subscription but one time purchase. People need to chill. (Mods) Symbiotes. Well I honestly haven't stepped inside that realm yet. In all the games I tend to not use any mods so I didn't get too into it, but a lot of people like to use them and find them helpful for specific things they need. (who knows maybe I didn't find the need for anything yet. But I recently started checking trough them.) Some extra comments: My players love the changing background settings. You can not only pick nature sounds but music too or even both at the same time. Which is crazy. The visual setting is power is crazy. You can really feel like a little god in there. My personal favourite thing as a beginner DM and having beginner players: You can use plugin with dndbeyond character sheet. It does have some restrictions of subclasses etc. if you don't own any books but for first beginner run there is no problem. (other people connect sheets to talespire from different platforms or add sheet there itself. I honestly found it more complicated.) Why I chose this because on that site there is ANY explanation on each spell, condition or anything else. Help with levelling up and so on and so far. SUPER beginner friendly. We do take more time on combat as we all stop by and read on what each can do and start discussing to make sure it's correct but that is the process of learning. There are sooo many tutorials on building and characters and so on and so far so whenever you get lost just pull up yt and search it up, even talespire discussions are always there to help (their dc is also very active.).
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Pros === Fun to build with, if you like legos or 3d modeling. Visuals and atmosphere keeps players engaged. Talespire makes it possible to build maps a DM could only dream of. Massive, moody sets with way more options for vertical environments and all the possibilities of tactics in 3D space! Changing the "weather", because ramping up the tension with a shift in the atmosphere creates more impactful moments.. Volumetric fog is cool. Cons === Getting all your players to make the purchase is rough. Personally, I think they should have a free "spectator" version, to get people intrigued.
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I love this editor. You can make amazing scenes or even import some via the Tallspire Bazaar website, and the community is amazing. The free content with updates is also awesome, and I like that there isn't a subscription. That being said, the downside is the $15 per player seat system. I think with the purchase of the game, you should be given at least 1 seat. That way, you can use a TV or something as a second monitor and have the player view it for small groups. I'm not mad about buying seats for players, especially since we get free content every update. I view this as the same price I would have paid for an expansion pack. But I do think that having bought the full game, I should be entitled to at least one seat. That way, the players can't see what I'm doing behind the scenes, and I can properly DM. Bouncy Rock, if I were you, I would Gift anyone who bought your game a free seat. Then, start just including it in the full version of the game. Other companies are already ahead of the curve on this. I came from using DND beyond, where only 1 person needs a subscription to share all content with players. The fact that they now have a dedicated maps system should have you trying to compete. Great potential for small groups. Or online play.
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My D&D group uses Talespire every week for our sessions (we meet online). It allows us to have really detailed settings, a good visual of the horrid situations we are in, and prompts much more improvisation for combat and roleplay. It makes dice rolling, keeping track of health, and statuses of characters easier. It's a great tool and we love it.
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I'm not one to commonly write a review, but being a consistent DM and with over 1000 hours now i feel that i have to speak up - especially with all of the controversy regarding the "seats" update. I've been running MANY games in this VTT client and played in some as well. When it comes to immersion, suspension of disbelief, and that classic tabletop feel we all love Talespire hits it out of the park. One of the beautiful things about this client is the fact it does not attempt to mediate your games, and you have full control over everything. Some users have stated this as an issue, the fact Talespire doesnt make it easier to DM or play. As an RPG veteran, THIS is the juice. If you are unable to reference handbooks, character sheets, and rulesets outside of the client then perhaps you arent ready for play. In the past when my players and i sat around a table there was no system to double-check us, mediate our games, or ensure we used the correct modifiers/dice. Now, the client is gorgeous when it comes to representing nearly any setting or ambience. I have hosted sci-fi, fantasy, and modern games - All of which were very engaging and had satisfying set pieces. Now, I will say, along with other DMs, I do wish we had some more tile sets and minis that came with the base product. This in the end is a very minor complaint, though. Some of the fondest memories of TTRPGs I have is my pals and I having the enemy goblins being little pieces of candy, and when you kill them you get that sweet treat - Realistically you will either give into suspension of disbelief or you wont, if this gorgeous client cant get you there i doubt some of the less flashy and visually appealing will be any better for you than Talespire. Finally, I have to talk about the seats update. In my personal opinion I feel like it was a mistake, only in the fact that it opened this new avenue of criticism that prior was a non-starter. In the past at an actual table, to play with a devoted group you had to have: A mini(s), a PHB, dice, pencil/paper, snacks, and a way to get there. Now, all of us at a computer, have open access to all of these tools simply through the internet/wikis so spending thirty dollars on this client to play instead of roughly 70-100 dollars to get a start in the pen and paper environment is a steal. I think criticizing the client for pricing is childish, as someone who has been devoted to the hobby for years the purchase of talespire is but a grain of sand on my lovely tabletop beach side. I really do wish seats were never teased/added as i think it has created a foul atmosphere and a disconnect between the buyer/developer, anyone who loves TTRPG's shouldnt bat an eye at a thirty dollar buy in. All of this being said, I dont want to suck off Talespire too hard. There are certainly bugs, needed quality of life updates, and desire amongst DM's for more tiles. Still, even with these drawbacks, I personally wouldve easily payed more than the base 25 for the client. I hope my review reaches some of you, and i hope it puts some of these recent controversies and issues into perspective. Thank you for the read, and next time show some mercy to those cute goblin fella's!
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626
Developer
Bouncyrock Entertainment
Publisher
Bouncyrock Entertainment
Release
14 Apr 2021
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