How to use Confluence Whiteboards to play Dungeons & Dragons
What if I told you the battle map for tomorrow's live Dungeons & Dragons session is built in Confluence Whiteboards?
On Monday, May 25 at 4:00 PM CEST / 10:00 AM New York / 7:00 AM Los Angeles / 7:30 PM India, the Atlassian Community is playing a live, interactive D&D session where the whole community shapes the story through live polls.
This is the first edition, and if it goes as well as we hope, it won't be the last (more on that below). (If you missed the first announcement, here's the original post)
Behind the scenes, we leaned into a tool some of you already use every day, and it turns out Confluence Whiteboards is a surprisingly great way to run a tabletop game. Here's how it works.
The board is the table
A D&D session needs a shared visual space: somewhere to sketch the dungeon, drop the monsters, track who's standing where, and show the party what they're walking into. That's exactly what a whiteboard is for. We use a Confluence Whiteboard as the live battle map. The same infinite canvas you'd use for a retro or a roadmap, repurposed into a tavern, a forest path, or a dragon's lair.
Sticky notes become characters and monsters
Each hero and creature is a sticky note or shape on the board. Moving a token across the grid is as simple as dragging a card on a Kanban board. When initiative is rolled, the turn order lives right there on the canvas where everyone can see it.
Stamps, connectors and sections do the heavy lifting
Connectors trace line of sight and movement. Sections carve the canvas into rooms and zones. Stamps and emojis mark traps, treasure, and status effects. None of this requires a single plugin. It's all native Whiteboards, which means anyone watching can immediately picture how to recreate it for their own table (or their next sprint planning session).
It's collaborative by design
The reason Whiteboards works so well for this is the same reason it works for your team: everyone sees the same thing in real time, and the canvas updates as the story moves. That's the magic we're putting on display tomorrow.
Meet the party
Seven players from the Atlassian Community, most Atlassian Champions, are taking their seats at the table for this first edition:
๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ the Bard โ @Patricia Modispacher
๐น ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต the Ranger & her loyal companion Nyth โ @Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_
๐ฟ ๐ค๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ the Druid โ @Whitni Smith
โ๏ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ผ the Fighter โ @Fabio Genovese _ArtigianoDelSoftware_
โจ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ the Cleric โ @Matt Doar
๐ ๏ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ the Artificer โ @Rodney Nissen _Work Wranglers_ _TJL_
๐ช ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ค๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ the Barbarian โ @Sajit Nair
The crew behind the screen
Every great campaign needs a Game Master, and ours is @Chris Cooke, guiding the party through the adventure and reacting to every choice the community throws his way. The amazing visuals you'll see throughout the session were created by @Suzany Newbartth Silva de Araรบjo
Working behind the scenes to keep the magic running smoothly are @Gabriel Wielkopolski -Apwide-, @Joshua Selesnick, and @Robert Hean, handling the live polls, the Whiteboard, and everything that makes a live interactive session actually work.
This is just the first campaign
We're calling it the first edition for a reason. We already have more players from the community lined up and eager to take their seats for future sessions. So if tomorrow lands well, this becomes a series. The best way to make that happen? Show up, vote, and bring a friend. The bigger the crowd tomorrow, the sooner the next adventure begins.
Save your spot
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Date: Monday, May 25, 2026
๐ Time: 4:00 PM CEST / 10:00 AM New York / 7:00 AM Los Angeles / 7:30 PM India
๐ Where: Live on LinkedIn โ register here
You won't just be watching. You'll follow the story live, see how each decision changes the outcome, and influence the game through interactive polls. Every twist, shaped by the crowd.
If you want to see it live, join us tomorrow, or regret it while watching the aftermovie we'll post here in a few days. ๐
๐ฒ This event is proudly sponsored and organized by Apwide โ makers of Golive and Booking. Thank you for making this first edition possible, and hopefully many more to come!
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