Last reviewed March 2026
Competitor features were verified against official vendor documentation on March 5, 2026. Offerings can change.
Best TTRPG Campaign Managers Compared
An honest look at the tools DMs use to organize their campaigns. We built Multiloop, so we are biased, but we have done our best to give every tool a fair shake.
| Feature | Multiloop | World Anvil | Kanka | LegendKeeper | Obsidian | D&D Beyond | Notion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign Management | |||||||
| Session Notes | Full workflow | Basic | Yes | Yes | Manual | Limited | Manual |
| Story Structure | Yes | No | Limited | No | Manual | No | Manual |
| Timeline | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Manual | No | Manual |
| Quest Tracking | Full system | No | Limited | No | Manual | No | Manual |
| Encounter Builder | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Session Scheduling | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Characters | |||||||
| Character Depth | 130+ fields | Templates | Custom entities | Wiki pages | Markdown pages | Official sheets | Manual |
| Character Vault | Cross-campaign | Per-world | Per-campaign | Wiki-based | Local vault | Account library | Manual |
| Campaign Canvas | Yes | No | No | No | Graph | No | No |
| Player Perspectives | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| World Building | |||||||
| Interactive Maps | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Plugins | Maps | No |
| Factions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Manual | No | Manual |
| World System | Yes | Deep | Yes | Yes | Manual | No | Manual |
| Random Tables | 36,500 entries | Community | No | No | Plugins | No | No |
| Collaboration | |||||||
| Live Session Editing | Supported fields | No | No | Yes | Limited | Limited | Yes |
| Role Permissions | 5 roles | Paid tiers | Yes | Yes | No | Campaign sharing | Limited |
| Public Sharing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Publish | Limited | Yes |
| Platform | |||||||
| Access | Early access | Limited | Limited | Limited | Free app | Free account | Limited |
| Mobile Support | Full | Partial | Responsive | Partial | Full | Full | Full |
Campaign Management
Session Notes
Story Structure
Timeline
Quest Tracking
Encounter Builder
Session Scheduling
Characters
Character Depth
Character Vault
Campaign Canvas
Player Perspectives
World Building
Interactive Maps
Factions
World System
Random Tables
Collaboration
Live Session Editing
Role Permissions
Public Sharing
Platform
Access
Mobile Support
What only Multiloop does
Features we currently have not seen bundled together in other tools on this list.
Campaign Canvas
A visual relationship board that maps every NPC, faction, and location, and how they connect. Other tools list entities. Multiloop shows how they relate.
Player Perspectives
Every player adds their own session recap after the game. DM notes stay private. One session, multiple voices.
Live Session Collaboration
Invite co-DMs and players into live session notes and supported campaign fields. Owner, co-DM, Campaign Editor, player, and guest roles all plug into the same modular permission system.
36,500 Random Table Entries
51 tables across 12 categories: names, encounters, treasure, magic items, traps, wild magic, tavern life, and more. Built in, no plugins.
Cross-Campaign Character Vault
Characters live in your personal vault and travel across campaigns. A retired paladin from one campaign can return as an NPC in the next.
Campaign Analysis
After each session, get suggestions for updating NPCs, locations, and quests based on what happened in play. You review and approve each one.
A Closer Look at Each Tool
World Anvil
The world-building encyclopedia
World Anvil is one of the largest platforms in this space. It offers deep world-building tools including timelines, maps, and a wiki-like article system.
The feature set is enormous, which is both its greatest strength and biggest hurdle. New users often feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of options, and many core features are locked behind paid tiers.
Best for: GMs who want to build massive, interconnected wikis for entire homebrew settings
Strengths
- Massive community and content sharing
- Deep world-building article system
- Timeline and map integrations
Limitations
- Steep learning curve for new users
- Many features locked behind paid tiers
- Session tracking is secondary to world-building
When to choose World Anvil
- →Your primary goal is a massive public encyclopedia with community features and a content marketplace
- →Your primary output is long-form worldbuilding documentation, not session-to-session play
- →You want a large community and a public content marketplace
Kanka
Flexible campaign management
Kanka takes a modular wiki approach where everything is an "entity" you can link, tag, and permission. It balances power with usability well.
The interface is functional rather than flashy. GMs who think in wiki pages and nested categories tend to love it.
Best for: GMs who want a structured, wiki-style tool with good permissions and sharing
Strengths
- Clean entity-based organization
- Good permission and sharing controls
- Active development and responsive team
Limitations
- Limited session workflow tools
- No relationship visualization
- Visual design is utilitarian
When to choose Kanka
- →You think in wiki pages, entity categories, and hierarchical tagging as your primary mental model
- →Your campaign is primarily a reference database rather than a live-workflow tool
- →You want a self-hostable option and care about data sovereignty
LegendKeeper
Map-first world building
LegendKeeper combines a markdown wiki with interactive maps. You pin articles to locations and build your world spatially.
It is elegant and focused, but the scope is narrower than some competitors. It excels at what it does: maps and linked notes.
Best for: GMs who design worlds visually and want their notes pinned to locations on a map
Strengths
- Beautiful interactive maps
- Smooth markdown wiki with backlinks
- Intuitive spatial organization
Limitations
- Free plan is limited for project creation and advanced use
- Limited session management
- No native mobile app
When to choose LegendKeeper
- →You build worlds visually and want notes pinned to map locations as your primary interface
- →Your prep style is spatial. You think in regions, cities, and geography first
- →You want a focused, elegant tool with a narrow scope rather than a full campaign system
Obsidian
Local-first markdown notes
Obsidian is a powerful local-first note app built around markdown files, links, backlinks, and a graph view. Many DMs use it because it is flexible and works well for personal campaign notes.
The trade-off is that Obsidian is a notebook, not a campaign manager. Session workflows, player roles, quest states, campaign-specific character structures, and table-facing collaboration need to be designed manually or added through plugins.
Best for: DMs who want a private markdown notebook with links, plugins, and full control over their files
Strengths
- Local markdown files you control
- Fast note linking and backlinks
- Large plugin ecosystem
Limitations
- No built-in DM/player campaign role model
- No native TTRPG session workflow
- Requires manual setup for campaign structure
When to choose Obsidian
- →You prefer local markdown files over a hosted campaign workspace
- →You enjoy building your own campaign system with folders, tags, links, and plugins
- →Your notes are mostly private DM reference material rather than a shared table workflow
D&D Beyond
The official digital D&D companion
D&D Beyond is the official digital companion for Dungeons & Dragons. It is the right place for official D&D character sheets, purchased sourcebooks, rules lookup, encounters, and D&D-specific digital play support.
It is intentionally not the same kind of product as Multiloop. D&D Beyond is strongest as an official rules and character-sheet layer. Multiloop is focused on campaign memory: session notes, NPCs, quests, timelines, relationships, maps, player perspectives, and system-agnostic campaign organization.
Best for: D&D groups who want official books, rules references, character sheets, encounter tools, and Maps support
Strengths
- Official D&D digital toolset
- Strong character builder and character sheets
- Rules, encounters, and Maps support for D&D groups
Limitations
- Focused on D&D rather than system-agnostic campaign organization
- Not built as a deep campaign-notes and relationship-memory workspace
- Official content access depends on the D&D Beyond ecosystem
When to choose D&D Beyond
- →You need official D&D books, rules references, and character sheets
- →Your main workflow is building characters and running D&D encounters
- →You want an official D&D companion rather than a broader campaign memory tool
Notion
The flexible general workspace
Notion is a powerful general-purpose workspace. Many DMs try it for campaigns because they already use it for work or school. It is flexible. You can build almost any structure you want.
The trade-off is "can build" versus "already built." Running a campaign in Notion means recreating from scratch what dedicated tools give you out of the box: session workflows, character depth, relationship visualization, quest tracking, faction systems, and player-specific views. Every hour spent building your Notion setup is an hour not spent on your story.
Best for: DMs who are already heavy Notion users and prefer to build their own structure from scratch
Strengths
- Extremely flexible. Build any structure you want
- Familiar interface for existing Notion users
- Good general database and document features
- Strong collaboration for text documents
Limitations
- No TTRPG-specific structure. You build everything from scratch
- No relationship canvas or visual entity linking
- No session workflow, player perspectives, or DM vs player views
- No random tables, encounter builder, or structured character vault
- Community template quality varies widely
When to choose Notion
- →You want maximum structural flexibility and are willing to invest time building your own system
- →You only need a simple note repository with no session workflow or player collaboration
- →You already live in Notion and want zero tool-switching for light campaign notes
Switching tools? Bring your party.
Bring your party with you. Character import reads PDF, Word, or pasted text — backstory, relationships, and image come too.
PDF & Word import
Drop in a player's sheet or a roster of NPCs. Character import reads it and prepares a draft of the characters — stats, backstory, image. You review each one in the real editor before they join your campaign.
Paste & Go
Paste a character sheet or backstory. Multiloop reads it and prepares a draft of the character. You review and approve what saves.
Why we built Multiloop
We built Multiloop because every tool we tried was either too much or too little. World Anvil is a world-building encyclopedia that takes weeks to configure. Kanka is well-built but treats campaigns as static wikis. LegendKeeper is elegant but ends at the map. Obsidian and Notion make you build your own campaign manager from scratch. D&D Beyond is excellent for official D&D rules and sheets, but it is not trying to be a system-agnostic campaign memory workspace.
Multiloop is the story layer for your campaign. Session notes, character arcs, relationship webs, quest threads, faction politics, timeline events. The things that make a campaign memorable. All connected, all searchable, all in one place.
Every feature is designed to be fast. Open it at the table, write a session note, tag an NPC, roll on a random table, check who is secretly an enemy. Then close it and play. You should spend your prep time on the story, not on the tool.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I get during early access?
During early access, the core campaign and character workflows are available. Feature details will be shared as the product evolves.
Which TTRPG campaign manager has the best beta access?
For invited groups, Multiloop exposes the core active-play workflow: campaigns, characters, session notes, canvas, and random tables. World Anvil, Kanka, LegendKeeper, Obsidian, D&D Beyond, and Notion each offer different feature sets, so compare what each provides before choosing.
How does Multiloop compare to using Notion for campaigns?
Notion is a great general workspace, but running a campaign in it means building everything from scratch. Multiloop ships with session workflows, a 130-field character system, campaign canvas, player perspectives, quest tracking, encounter builder, and 36,500 entries across 51 tables out of the box. You bring the story. The structure is already there.
What character import formats are supported?
Character import reads PDF, Word, or pasted text. Drop in a sheet, a backstory document, or a roster of NPCs and Multiloop prepares a draft of the characters — stats, backstory, image. You review each one in the real editor before it joins your campaign.
What is the Campaign Canvas?
The Campaign Canvas is a visual relationship board that shows how NPCs, factions, locations, and players connect to each other. Think of it as a detective's evidence board for your campaign. See who knows who, who is allied, and who is secretly working against each other.
What are Player Perspectives?
After each session, every player can write their own recap from their character's point of view. The DM's notes stay separate and private. This builds a richer session history and keeps players engaged between games.
Does Multiloop work for Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, or other systems?
Yes. All tools on this list are system-agnostic. Multiloop works with D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, Call of Cthulhu, Blades in the Dark, Dungeon World, Fate, and any other tabletop RPG. There are no system-locked mechanics.
Can I bring my characters from another tool?
Bring your characters with you. Character import reads PDF, Word, or pasted text — backstory, relationships, and image come too. You'll see the imported draft in the real editor and approve what saves.
Which tool works best on mobile?
Multiloop, Obsidian, D&D Beyond, and Notion all have strong mobile access. Kanka is responsive. World Anvil and LegendKeeper offer partial mobile support depending on the workflow.
Can multiple DMs collaborate on the same campaign?
Yes. Multiloop supports co-DM roles with modular permissions, plus a Campaign Editor role for trusted content work without live-session control. Permissions are set per-section, not just per-campaign.
Which tool is the easiest to learn?
For many groups, Multiloop and D&D Beyond have gentler starts because the workflows are already defined. Obsidian and Notion are easy to open, but campaign structure takes setup. Kanka and LegendKeeper often require some setup time. World Anvil tends to have a steeper curve due to its massive feature set.
How many random table entries does Multiloop have?
36,500 entries across 51 tables in 12 categories: names, locations, encounters, NPCs, plots, treasure, magic items, trinkets, traps, wild magic, dungeons, and tavern life. All built in. No extensions or community plugins needed.
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