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The RPtools family, located at [http://www.rptools.net/ rptools.net], are some of the best available. They all require Java to run, and are optimized for Java 8.

[[Maptool]] is arguably the best stand-alone virtual tabletop available. It is, for one thing, free and open source. For another, it's incredibly script-able if you know how to write java functions. There is a fork of the project called [http://idle-ideas.weebly.com/ Mote] that has been largely disappointing, but is promoted for having a lot of awesome upcoming features. <i>Upcoming</i> being the operative word. The result is currently a more processor / memory expensive version of Maptool with a few added convenience features, and it is not currently recommended.

[http://www.rptools.net/toolbox/maptool/ Maptool] is arguably the best stand-alone virtual tabletop available. It is, for one thing, free and open source. For another, it's incredibly script-able if you know how to write java functions. There is a fork of the project called [http://idle-ideas.weebly.com/ Mote] that has been largely disappointing, but is promoted for having a lot of awesome upcoming features. <i>Upcoming</i> being the operative word. The result is currently a more processor / memory expensive version of Maptool with a few added convenience features, and it is not currently recommended. The github for maptool can be found [https://github.com/RPTools/maptool here].

[http://download.rptools.net/zip/tokentool-1.0.b28.zip Tokentool] is useful for making tokens, as the name would imply. It comes with a great many useful shapes, but possibly the most useful aren't provided with it. The pog below, for example, is great for creating circular tokens.

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 The RPtools family, located at [http://www.rptools.net/ rptools.net], are some of the best available. They all require Java to run, and are optimized for Java 8.
-[[Maptool]] is arguably the best stand-alone virtual tabletop available. It is, for one thing, free and open source. For another, it's incredibly script-able if you know how to write java functions. There is a fork of the project called [http://idle-ideas.weebly.com/ Mote] that has been largely disappointing, but is promoted for having a lot of awesome upcoming features. <i>Upcoming</i> being the operative word. The result is currently a more processor / memory expensive version of Maptool with a few added convenience features, and it is not currently recommended.
+[http://www.rptools.net/toolbox/maptool/ Maptool] is arguably the best stand-alone virtual tabletop available. It is, for one thing, free and open source. For another, it's incredibly script-able if you know how to write java functions. There is a fork of the project called [http://idle-ideas.weebly.com/ Mote] that has been largely disappointing, but is promoted for having a lot of awesome upcoming features. <i>Upcoming</i> being the operative word. The result is currently a more processor / memory expensive version of Maptool with a few added convenience features, and it is not currently recommended. The github for maptool can be found [https://github.com/RPTools/maptool here].
 [http://download.rptools.net/zip/tokentool-1.0.b28.zip Tokentool] is useful for making tokens, as the name would imply. It comes with a great many useful shapes, but possibly the most useful aren't provided with it. The pog below, for example, is great for creating circular tokens.