RPG Accessories: Add Some Magic To Your Tablet
Bring a magic tablet of unknown power on your next campaign. And if all you have is a regular electronic ones, make it magic with these accessories.
Half of my primary D&D group have their tablets out during sessions. They’re a one-stop tool for everything from storing and quickly updating your character sheet, to taking notes, to copying over maps, to referencing books or PDFs, to drawing your character. Practical and convenient, tablets are a great tool for the RPG table, and these accessories will make you them more on-theme at the table and helpful in your game.
SuperBook’s Dungeon Master’s Guide Tablet Case
If you’re carrying your tablet to and from D&D sessions every week you’ll need a way to get it around safely. Sure, you could get a simple tablet case or book to store it in. Or, you could put store it in one of these covers that makes it look like the Dungeon Master’s Guide! Padded, with a zipper to secure your electronics and offer a variety of lining colors and sizes, SuperBook has options for every tablet and every tablet user. Plus, if the DM’s Guide isn’t quite your cup of tea, the shop has twelve pages of options spanning the gamut of styles and fandoms.
DungeonCo’s Dive Vault and Tablet Stand
This piece is a multi-tasker, giving you a place to store your dice and mini, a rolling tray, and a handy stand to keep your tablet always comfortably angled toward you. Whether you want to keep any information on your screen secret from the people across from you, or you simply don’t like holding it up when you need it, this vault-slash-stand has you covered. And when you’re done for the evening the tablet holder is a perfect place to store your pencil so it doesn’t get lost in the recesses of your gaming bag between sessions…. like all of mine.
CAdesign100’s Tablet Stand
This solid wood stand featuring a D20 design is pretty and simple enough to fit in at any table, sturdy enough to hold up he D&D Player’s Handbook, and uses a hinged system that allows it to fold up for easy storage and transportation. The perfect addition for anyone who prefers an understated set up but appreciates the convenience of technology, CAdesign100’s tablet holder will keep all of your notes up at a comfortable referencing angle and look sharp while it’s at it.
5E Companion App
This is the app I use when I want to make a new character quick. Convenient, fast, and offering a free version, this is a great game organization tool. Character creation and leveling up are made easy as all of the numbers are placed automatically for you, a giant library of monsters and sample encounters makes unplanned fights or off-the-rails sessions stress free, and for players keeping track of your HP, MP, and referencing your spell list is easy as two screen taps. The only reason I switched over to a pen and paper character sheet was that this app didn’t update the Artificer class quite quickly enough for me, but I’ll be checking to see if it’s updated and switching back. The link I provided above was for the Google store, but it is also available for Apple products as well.
Do you use a tablet at your table or are you a pen and paper sort of player? Which apps or accessories are necessary at the table? Have you found technology to be helpful or a hindrance in tabletop RPGs? Let us know in the comments!
Happy Adventuring!
