TableTop Teachers is the definitive Classcraft alternative for gamification and classroom management. Built by a 17-year veteran teacher, it turns any lesson into an epic quest with live Boss Raids, XP, and 3D dice across 5 dynamic themes. Seven AI teacher tools instantly convert PDFs into campaigns and provide Socratic tutoring. 100% safe: students join via class codes, no personal emails ever. Start your 14-day free trial today!
Hey Product Hunt š I'm Scott ā and for 17 years, I've been a real classroom teacher. Grade 8 Social Studies and Science, in Alberta, Canada.
The problem I couldn't unsee:
Students ARE engaged ā just not by worksheets. 63% of students say they're engaged at school. Their teachers? 45% agree. That 18-point gap isn't a motivation problem. It's a translation problem.
Games solved engagement decades ago. So for 10+ years, I ran my classroom like a living campaign: XP for visible effort, Perk Cards students earned and traded, and the unit test reimagined as a Boss Raid the whole class fought together ā on the projector.
It worked. It won awards (Global Teacher Prize Top 50, Best Gamification Program at the World Gamification Congress). I gave two TEDx talks about it and wrote the two books I wish I'd had on day one.
š ļø But the bookkeeping nearly killed it
Every sticker chart, every XP tally, every boss HP bar was manual. Teachers told me: "I'd quit gamification if I could" ā because the admin ate the magic.
When Classcraft shut down, my inbox filled up with teachers asking what now? I realized the thing I'd been building for my own classroom was the thing a lot of classrooms were suddenly missing.
So I built it. Properly. š²
āļø What TableTop Teachers does
⢠Boss Raids & Duels ā curriculum review as live, cinematic battles on your projector
⢠Perk Card Studio ā students design, earn and trade collectible cards (with holographic sheens, because obviously)
⢠3D physics dice tray ā D4 to D100, real tumbling, real clatter, Nat-20 flares
⢠7 built-in AI engines ā turn your existing worksheets/PDFs into questlines, run daily formative checks, and a Socratic tutor NPC that guides without spoiling
⢠Hero Sheets, guilds, quiet meters, seating plans ā 25+ tools total
⢠Personal lockers and notebooks where students keep materials in one safe and consistent spot
⢠5 switchable themes ā High Fantasy to Cyberpunk. Let the class vote; ownership skyrockets
š Two things I refused to compromise on
1. Students never need a personal email. Class codes only.
2. FERPA/COPPA-first. No student PII in AI prompts, no training on your data.
I didn't set out to build a startup ā I set out to fix my own classroom, with my own students as the design team. 1,000+ of them have shaped these mechanics. Every tool has survived a real Tuesday.
š Today: every new account gets a 14-day free trial of the FULL toolkit. Every tool unlocked. I never want a teacher paying for something they won't use.
I'm here all day ā AMA about gamification, classroom psychology, why your math class needs a dice tray, or what it's like shipping software while teaching full-time. And if you know a teacher who's fighting the boredom battle right now, send this their way. š
What would YOU have wanted your classroom to feel like?