Leveling Up the Tales of Xadia Digital Tools

December 19, 2023

Today, we’re happy to announce that we’re rolling out the biggest expansion of digital tools for Tales of Xadia to date, headlined by our Chronicles and Narrator Journal features.

Play With Your Friends

Got a group of friends you want to play with? Now you can create a Chronicle to help you bring them together, organize sessions, and play the game online.

Creating a Chronicle takes less than a minute – just choose “My Chronicles” from the “Play” menu on TalesOfXadia.com. From there, you’ll be able to send out a link to invite your friends to join, and attach characters. Don’t already have a character? No problem – you can create one right from the Chronicles page using the Guided Character Builder.

Once you’ve assembled your party, you’ll be able to chat with them, either from the Chronicle page, or from any Character Journal you’ve attached. You can choose to chat with the whole party, or whisper to another player directly, and you can choose to speak as yourself, or as any of your characters. You’ll also be able to see one another’s dice rolls, so you can share in the drama of the moment.

You’ll also have easy access to one another’s character sheets, a handy “Next Session” feature to make scheduling a breeze, and Safety Tools to help players communicate about their needs and boundaries.

There’s also a “Narrator Notes” tab that allows narrators to jot things down during the session. And that tab links directly to the new Narrator Journal!

Weave Your Tale

Narrator Journals offer a powerful and flexible tool for preparing to run a Tales of Xadia game. Like Character Journals, they’re designed to be your dashboard during the game – a place to keep track of the action and click the dice you want to roll.

You’ll do that by creating Game Piece cards that can represent anything you can imagine. We’ve created templates to make whipping up things like Narrator Characters, Locations, and Challenges easy. But because we know every game and narrator is different, you’ll also have the option to modify those templates, or create custom game pieces from scratch.

You can also organize your game pieces into Scenes, so that when the players visit the Duke’s Grand Ball, you’ll have all the guests, rooms of the palace, and notable perils one click away.

You can create a Journal from your Chronicle page, or by choosing “Narrator Tools” from the “Play” menu.

Improved Accounts

With the launch of Chronicles, it’s important to give you more control over how you look on the site, so we’ve added a new Account Settings feature that will allow you to set your username, profile image, preferred pronouns, and date and time format.

You’ll also now have the option of logging in with a Dire Wolf account rather than a Facebook or Google account, or connecting your existing Tales of Xadia account with a Dire Wolf account.

All That and a New Look

You’ll also notice that the Tales of Xadia site has gotten a makeover, with a new design intended to make it easier to find the information and tools you’re looking for. (It’s a lot prettier too, if we do say so ourselves.)

For the Low, Low Price of Nothing at All

Chronicles and Narrator Journals are absolutely free. Just make an account, and you’ll have everything you need to play online. So if you’ve been thinking about giving Tales of Xadia a try, there’s no reason not to dive in and see what the site has to offer.