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Boardssey vs Screentop.gg

Stop building your prototype one card at a time.

The short answer

Screentop.gg is a free, easy browser table with a public library of games, and plenty of designers playtest there. Where it gets slow is building: pieces are set up one at a time, with no data merge. Boardssey generates the whole deck from a spreadsheet, sends it to its own table, and logs the session on the game.

Side by side

Boardssey
Screentop.gg
Head to head
Browser table
Boardssey
Screentop.gg
Testers join without an account
BoardsseyWith a code
Screentop.ggWith a link
Decks built from a spreadsheet
Boardssey
Screentop.ggPieces added one by one
Print-and-play and Tabletop Simulator export
Boardssey
Screentop.gg
Playtest tracking
BoardsseyLogged on the game and version
Screentop.ggMinimal
Public library of games
Boardssey
Screentop.gg
Designing the components
Master pages that update every card
BoardsseyUnlink any element to edit it on one card. Pathfinder and up.
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Every kind of component
BoardsseyCards, tiles, tokens, boards, mats, rulebooks, boxes and sheets. Pathfinder and up.
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Import PDF, Illustrator and Photoshop files
BoardsseyPages become editable pages of the component. Pathfinder and up.
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Testing and iterating
Game versions and changelogs
Boardssey
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Rules and notes kept with the game
Boardssey
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Designer toolkit
3D mockups
BoardsseyFlat artwork to 3D box, card and component renders
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Dieline templates
BoardsseyBoxes, boards, punchboards and more
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Probability calculator
BoardsseyOdds for any dice expression
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Variables distribution
BoardsseySplit elements into balanced groups
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Color-blindness simulator
BoardsseyCheck your palette for every type of color blindness
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Size and scale reference
BoardsseyShow your game next to a person for scale
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Component spec sheets
BoardsseyFor wooden, plastic and other non-paper parts
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Carton marks
BoardsseyLabels for your manufacturing shipping cartons
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Invoices and purchase orders
BoardsseySaved and attached to your games
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Table helpers
BoardsseyCustom dice, score pad, timer, coin flip, starting player
Screentop.ggDice and counters on the table
MCP connector for AI assistants
BoardsseyConnect Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants to your games, playtests and components
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Pitching and running the project
Sell sheets from your game data
BoardsseyBuilt from the same game data, no copy drift
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Publisher pitches and contacts
BoardsseyTrack who you pitched, when, and what happened next
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Tasks and project boards
BoardsseyKanban, calendar and task tables across your games
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Team chat and whiteboard
BoardsseyChannels per game, plus a shared whiteboard
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Unlimited teammates
BoardsseyOn every plan
Screentop.ggNot listed on their site
Plans
Free plan
Boardssey14-day trial
Screentop.ggUp to 3 games
Price
Boardssey$15/month or $150/year (Pathfinder, where Prototypes starts)
Screentop.ggFree, Pro $10/month

Verified September 2026

Where Screentop.gg is the better pick

  • You want a free table and your game is small enough to build by hand.

  • You want your game listed in a public library for strangers to find and play.

Why designers pick Boardssey

  • Change the data, not the pieces. Edit a value in the table and regenerate the whole deck.

  • Design and table in one place. No export and re-upload between them.

  • Sessions become playtests. Each one is logged on the game, tied to the version.

  • Print from the same design. Print-and-play and Tabletop Simulator exports come from the same component.

Switching

  1. Put your card text and values in a spreadsheet.

  2. Import it into a Boardssey component and design the master page once.

  3. Export to the virtual table and share the join code.

Questions

Is Screentop.gg free?

Its Basic plan is free for up to 3 games. Pro is $10 a month.

Can I import my Screentop game?

Not directly. Rebuild the components from a spreadsheet once; after that, changes are a regenerate away.

Do testers need an account?

No. They join with a code.

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