From zero to your first playtest

Go to Start for free, enter your email and a password, and confirm your address with the link sent to your inbox.

The first time you sign in, a short assistant asks for your nickname, your profile and a few preferences. The free plan already includes the editor, decks and 3D playtest.

A project is your whole game. On the “Meus Projetos” (My Projects) screen, click Criar (Create), give it a name and, if you like, a description with the theme or rules.

Once it is created, click the project card to open the editor.

The screen has three areas. On the left are the project tools (Versões for versions, Importar for import, Setup da mesa for table setup and Testar na mesa for playtest) and the Designs tree. The card sits in the middle. On the right are the Carta (Card), Elementos (Elements), Dados (Data) and Projeto (Project) panels.

The hierarchy is simple: a project has folders, and each folder has designs. A design is the visual template for one type of card, and every row of its table becomes a card.

Click Nova pasta (New folder) and name it, for example “Heróis” (Heroes), then click Novo Design (New Design). The assistant has three steps, and you can go back at any time.

1. Size and name. Pick the real dimensions of the printed card, such as Standard (Magic, Pokémon) at 63.5 × 88.9 mm, and name the design.

2. Layout. With Bento grid the card is split into automatic panels. Templates are ready-made layouts by game type. Do zero (From scratch) starts blank.

3. Card data. Choose the card type (TCG, action, character, item and more). This creates the columns of the design's table, with titles ready, and links the card elements to them.

After you create it, the design opens in the middle. Each piece of the card is an element: art, title, stats, text. Click an element to edit it; the right panel has background, text, icon and image.

Texts like “Nome” (Name), “Vida” (Health) and “Habilidade” (Ability) are placeholders. They are replaced by each card's data as soon as the table is filled in.

Open the Dados (Data) tab and click Abrir tabela (Open table). Each row becomes a card of this design, and each column is a field, such as name, class or attack.

You can type straight into the table with Linha (Row) and + COL, or import a .csv or .xlsx file with the import icon next to “Tabelas” (Tables). The preview shows the first rows and lets you check the name and type of every column before confirming.

Choose Acrescentar à tabela deste design (Add to this design's table) to use the existing columns, or Criar um design novo (Create a new design) to build another design from the file's table.

With the table filled in, the editor card already shows the data from the first row. On each element, the Vínculo com a tabela (Table link) field sets which column it reads from. That is how “Habilidade” shows the right text on every card.

For art, the image element has two options in the IMG tab: Todas as cartas (All cards), with one shared image, or Só esta carta (Only this card). You can also pick the image straight from the table's image column, one per row.

Switch between Frente (Front) and Verso (Back) above the card. With no setup, the folder uses the Dice on Top default back, which is not editable.

To have your own, click Criar verso personalizado (Create custom back). You can also import an image or pick one from the gallery in the “Carta” panel.

A version is a snapshot of the game at a moment, like “Jogo base 1.0.0” (Base game). Open Versões, click Criar primeira versão (Create first version) and enter a name, a number and a short description.

Dice on Top generates the images for all cards and shows the result. Tick or untick the ones to include and click Exportar (Export).

There are three ways to export. Spritesheet puts everything on a digital grid, for Tabletop Simulator and engines. Impressão (Print) makes A4 or A3 sheets with cut marks, as PNG, JPG or PDF. Individual gives one file per card, in a ZIP.

Open Setup da mesa (Table setup) to define how the game starts: table shape, number of seats, mat color and pieces. Click Colocar todos os baralhos (Place all decks) to put the deck in the center, or drag cards from the tray at the bottom.

Then click Testar na mesa (Test on the table). The 3D table loads your cards and the “Como jogar” (How to play) tip explains the controls: drag the deck to pull the top card, press D over it to draw one and H to take them all, and right-click to open the action menu.

The cards you draw go to your hand at the bottom of the screen, and only you can see them. To play with other people, use the invite option in the room panel.