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Boardssey compared

Most tools do one step of making a board game well. Some lay out cards, some put a prototype on a virtual table, some hold your notes. Boardssey keeps the whole game in one place: your card data, the prototype, the table you test it on, and the record of every session, version by version. Here is how it lines up against the tools designers use today, including where they are the better pick.

Notion, Canva and Google Sheets

Great general tools. Together they are seven tabs that never talk to each other.

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Component Studio

The Game Crafter's data-driven layout tool, running since 2017, against a workspace that also plays and tracks the game.

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Tabletop Simulator

The deepest 3D sandbox around, against a browser table your testers join with a code and no purchase.

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Dextrous

A friendly no-code card editor, against one that sends the deck straight to a table.

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Screentop.gg

A free browser table, against a table that builds its decks from a spreadsheet.

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nanDECK

The free Windows scripting classic, against a visual editor that runs on any computer.

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PlayingCards.io

A free, quick browser table for casual games, against one that also designs the deck and remembers every session.

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Tabletopia

A big online board game platform with a public catalog, against a workspace built for developing the game.

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ShuffleKit

An AI-assisted card game maker with a small built-in table, against a workspace that runs the whole game from design to pitch.

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Playtest Parlor

A dedicated playtesting table with surveys and replays, against a workspace where the whole game lives.

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