Getting started with Roliando

Create your account, choose your path (play, run or create) and know what is in each destination.

Roliando is a virtual tabletop for playing RPGs online: tactical map, dice, sheets and chat on one screen, free to use. This page takes you from nothing to your first table; the longer steps are in the first-game guides.

Before anything else

You need an account and a browser (there is a mobile version too: see Mobile, tablet and installed app). Nothing to install. If you only want to look around, the public demo shows a real table with sample data.

Go to Home. Without a session, the sign-in screen lets you choose how to come in: Sign in, Create account, With a link or Continue with Discord.
With Create account type your Email and a Password, and confirm the email you get. With With a link you receive a link and need no password.
The first time, the welcome screen (Welcome) asks for How others will see you and How we greet you. Both can be changed later in Name and portrait and How we address you.

Note. If your account is suspended, the sign-in screen says so. If the email does not arrive, check your spam folder before asking for another link.

Where to start

Home asks what you want to do. There are three paths (Where to start):

Path	What it is	Next step
Play	Find a table with open seats	Your first game as a player
Run a game	Set up your first table as game master	Your first game as a GM
Create	Your own characters, systems and maps	System Builder: first steps

If someone gave you a table code you do not need to choose a path: press Join with a code on Home and type it (see Your first game as a player).

The guided tour

Open your account menu (the circle at the right of the header) and choose Take the tour: a few short screens showing the header, the table and the shortcuts. You can repeat it whenever you like.

What is where

Home: your tables, your upcoming sessions and quick access.
Games: find and post groups.
Workshop: your creations (systems, maps, adventures, tokens, dice) and your library.
Table: the table you are playing at right now.

All of it is explained in Getting around Tinta.

Common problems

“The confirmation email never arrives.” Look in spam; if it is not there, use With a link to get another one.

“It says the name is already taken.” On the welcome screen every name is unique: try another (the field tells you the allowed length).

“I come in and see no tables.” That is normal on a new account: «There are no tables here yet.» Create one with Your first game as a GM or join with a code.