Dalang - Campaign Dashboard

Dalang - Campaign Dashboard, formerly just Campaign Dashboard, is a desktop app for prepping and running a D&D campaign: writing the world and house rules, prepping locations and NPCs and jobs, running the actual session with a live battle map, and keeping a permanent record of what happened afterward.

Everything is stored in a local file on your machine, not in the cloud, so your notes and any NPC secrets stay private. It works for async play / Play by Post just as well as sitting at a real table or on a call, the live-session tools like the battle map and the Player Window are built specifically for that in-person side.

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Screenshots throughout this guide are from a throwaway demo campaign (Guild Founding), not real campaign content.

My Campaigns screen with a couple of campaign cards
My Campaigns, the screen you land on every time you open the app.
Active Campaign hub with the Encounters card and Start button
The Active Campaign hub, ready to start a prepared encounter.

What's new

v1.0.0

  • Renamed to Dalang - Campaign Dashboard, formerly just Campaign Dashboard.
  • A turn order panel, showing whose turn it is, now appears on both Focus Mode and the Player Window.
  • NPCs can now be linked to a Compendium monster for real combat stats, see NPC.
  • Added a way to import a character straight from a D&D Beyond character URL, see Players.
  • A global dice roller, reachable from any tab, see the Dice Roller page.
  • DM Settings has a new Background Image field, shown behind My Campaigns and the Library, see Getting Started.
  • A built-in Legal & Sources page, reachable from the My Campaigns footer, see the Legal & Sources page.
  • The Active Campaign view and the Player Window's idle screen now fall back to the campaign's own background image instead of going blank.

See the full version history →

Guide

Pick a page below, or use the sidebar to jump straight to a specific feature.

Getting Started

Getting Started
First launch, the My Campaigns screen, and finding your way around the sidebar.

About

Philosophy
The meaning behind the name Dalang and the Antaboga mark.
Background
Why it's built this way: local-first, DM-owned, built for the table.
Legal & Sources
Ownership, licensing, SRD attribution, privacy, and no-warranty terms.

Preparation

Story
Campaign Pitch, World Lore, Factions/Villains, and your own custom sections.
Gameplay
Table logistics, character creation rules, and the Share Gameplay handout.
Campaign Prep
Locations, the backbone the rest of the app hangs off of.
Setting Up a Map
Grid calibration and Fog of War, before you're at the table.
NPC
The NPC roster, portraits, and linking a Compendium monster for combat stats.
Job Board / Quest
Quests as a card grid, tagged to locations and quest givers.
Players
The party roster, and importing a character from D&D Beyond.

Running a Session

Running a Live Session
Starting a run, combat, map tools, Focus Mode, and ending a run.
The Player Window
A second window for players, with a live turn order panel.
Event Log
The permanent record of what happened, filterable by location.

Reference

Compendium
The built-in SRD reference, plus your own homebrew content.
Dice Roller
A global dice tray: pool, formula, Advantage/Disadvantage, Player Window broadcast.

Settings

Campaign Settings
Rename, export, save to Library, and delete a campaign.
Library
Reusable adventures, your own or imported from another DM.

Get the App

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