Let’s Talk Early Access!

That’s right, it’s coming! We’ve been hard at work preparing the very first Early Access build of Role for our Kickstarter and Creator community. You’ve been patient, you’ve been excited, and you’ve been extremely encouraging along the way (seriously, we appreciate it). Now the time is almost here..

This is only the beginning, and we still have a lot of work to do. Besides hosting adventures with your best friends, you’ll also be helping us test for bugs, refine our features, and build the future of online role play.

To ensure the smoothest release, Early Access invites will be sent out in waves. Starting on September 30th, we’ll be sending out small batches of invite emails. When you receive yours, be sure to sign up so you can get playing right away! 

Our Kickstarter backers will be the very first people to try playing on Role. Didn’t get a chance to back our Kickstarter? Don’t worry, any friends who did can invite you to join them as “guests”. We’ll also be opening up more invite slots to non-backers later this year. Make sure you’re signed up for our Mailing List so that we can send you an invite when that time comes!

If you’re a backer and don’t receive an invite email right away, don’t worry – you’ll get one within a few days as we bring more and more Kickstarter backers online.

What Will You Get?

You’re seeing Role at its earliest stages. That means a lot of our platform features won’t be live yet. Over the coming months, we’ll be pushing new features live as we build them. Things will change, evolve, and grow as you play. 

To start, we focused on the most important part: having the tools needed to play a game. 

Early Access will open with a full suite of video chat, character sheet, dice, card, and asset management tools for you to run your role playing sessions! All of this is built to run smoothly from any modern web browser, so you can play on your desktop, laptop, or favorite tablet. 

These features are just the foundation, but we hope you’ll be as excited for them as we are. 

What Can We Play?

Our game template creator tools aren’t quite ready for you yet (they’re very close though!). For now, we’ve built in support for some of our favorite games from both our Kickstarter partners and the RPG community at large. This list will continue expanding in the coming weeks. For now, here’s what Role will natively support when Early Access opens:

  •  Lancer by Massif Press 
  •  Masks by Magpie Games 
  •  Bluebeard’s Bride by Magpie Games 
  •  Summit of Kings by Swordsfall 
  •  Balikbayan by Sword Queen Games 
  •  Apocalypse Keys by Sword Queen Games 
  •  Once More Into the Void by Sword Queen Games 
  •  Oathbreakers by Sword Queen Games 
  •  Mutants of Ixx by Skullfungus 
  •  Down and Out in Dredgeburg by Skullfungus 
  •  Mothership by Tuesday Knight Games 
  • D&D 5e

We know you’re itching to see your favorite games added to this list, and we promise more support is coming quickly! We’ll also soon be unveiling our custom template creator tools – which will allow you to build in support for any game you want to play. Stay tuned!

What’s Next?

Expect another update next week with a full video breakdown of our Early Access features, as well as explanations on how to set up a game session and start playing (hint: it’s super easy). We’ll also detail what we’re working on next, and how you can be part of helping shape that process!

There’s a lot of work left to do, and we’re so grateful to have you along for the ride. From all of us at Role: Thank You.

You can play with us…

– The Role Team <3