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Old 03-22-2020, 03:39 PM   #1481
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Thanks for the ideas I will look through them.
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Old 03-23-2020, 12:34 PM   #1482
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‘Sagrada’ is Coming to iOS, Android, and Desktop on March 31st


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Old 03-23-2020, 12:35 PM   #1483
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https://tabletopia.com/?fbclid=IwAR3...kY9yo3lox_B3ZO


About Tabletopia

Imagine a multi-platform digital environment with instant access to hundreds of licensed board games… Welcome to Tabletopia!
  • Online arena for playing board games just like in real life. Play directly in modern desktop web browsers on Mac and Windows platforms, or download on Steam, App Store and Google Play.
  • Unique editor for building new board games from scratch and bringing paper games to the digital. No programming skills required!
  • Specialized tools for playtesting, demonstrating, promoting, and monetizing your games.
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Old 03-23-2020, 12:41 PM   #1484
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We've started a Dungeons And Dragons Starter Game with some friends over Google Hangouts.
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We played a lot of Scotland Yard this weekend with the kids. They keep asking to play it again.

Another game we've played quite a bit lately is Sticks. Anybody can make it themselves:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Sticks-Card-Game/
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Old 03-24-2020, 08:32 PM   #1486
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Fury of Dracula is the superior version of Scotland Yard. Give it a shot.
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https://tabletopia.com/?fbclid=IwAR3...kY9yo3lox_B3ZO


About Tabletopia

Imagine a multi-platform digital environment with instant access to hundreds of licensed board games… Welcome to Tabletopia!
  • Online arena for playing board games just like in real life. Play directly in modern desktop web browsers on Mac and Windows platforms, or download on Steam, App Store and Google Play.
  • Unique editor for building new board games from scratch and bringing paper games to the digital. No programming skills required!
  • Specialized tools for playtesting, demonstrating, promoting, and monetizing your games.
Thanks for this - tried out TableTopia and actually found the interface to be fairly slick. Not perfect, but I managed to play a board game with a friend out in Mississauga and between TableTopia and FaceTime it was pretty much like being in person. We played a game we've played together in person before, which helped - don't know how well it'll work with a game neither of us know, but we'll try it out. When I signed up they were giving a free month of their 'Gold' access, which gives access to all of their games.
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Hexagon Cafe - they are offering delivery of board games, drinks and snacks.

My friend just ordered 2 games, beer, cider, pretzels etc. "Date Night" package.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...RyHJg/viewform
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Old 03-30-2020, 08:09 AM   #1489
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Alright guys, real talk about Tabletopia, because if I'm going to sign up for this thing I'd like it to not be a big disappointment.

It says 800 games are available, which is... a lot! But then I'm looking through the games list and I see... okay, Scythe, good stuff, I like Scythe. I like Champions of Midgard too. Terra Mystica isn't usually a game I play, but I recognize its qualities, and the same is true for Brass. They have Everdell and Wingspan, which are popular, even though I thought Wingspan was a touch overrated. Vast isn't bad. I like Secret Hitler, but basically everything I like about it is eliminated by playing it online...

... And that's sort of it, really. I tried looking for any of the games I like, and pretty much nothing is on there. There's no Blood Rage, no TFM, no Fantasy Flight games of any description (perhaps not surprisingly), no Dead of Winter, basically nothing co-op that I want to play. Strikingly absent are euro classics like Puerto Rico and Power Grid. In fact, besides Scythe, I don't think there's a single game in my games cabinet (which is neither excessive nor modest) that appears in this library.

So I guess my question is, does "800 games" really mean 800 games, or does it mean maybe 20 games and then 780 crappy pieces of filler that no one would actually want to play? Because when the #4 and #6 recommended games are Chess and Texas Hold'em, I'm skeptical that this thing is actually as developed as it needs to be to truly call itself an online board gaming platform. I was sort of hoping for Board Games Steam, here...
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Old 03-30-2020, 08:22 AM   #1490
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Alright guys, real talk about Tabletopia, because if I'm going to sign up for this thing I'd like it to not be a big disappointment.

It says 800 games are available, which is... a lot! But then I'm looking through the games list and I see... okay, Scythe, good stuff, I like Scythe. I like Champions of Midgard too. Terra Mystica isn't usually a game I play, but I recognize its qualities, and the same is true for Brass. They have Everdell and Wingspan, which are popular, even though I thought Wingspan was a touch overrated. Vast isn't bad. I like Secret Hitler, but basically everything I like about it is eliminated by playing it online...

... And that's sort of it, really. I tried looking for any of the games I like, and pretty much nothing is on there. There's no Blood Rage, no TFM, no Fantasy Flight games of any description (perhaps not surprisingly), no Dead of Winter, basically nothing co-op that I want to play. Strikingly absent are euro classics like Puerto Rico and Power Grid. In fact, besides Scythe, I don't think there's a single game in my games cabinet (which is neither excessive nor modest) that appears in this library.

So I guess my question is, does "800 games" really mean 800 games, or does it mean maybe 20 games and then 780 crappy pieces of filler that no one would actually want to play? Because when the #4 and #6 recommended games are Chess and Texas Hold'em, I'm skeptical that this thing is actually as developed as it needs to be to truly call itself an online board gaming platform. I was sort of hoping for Board Games Steam, here...
I've never heard of this until now it sounds that a cool concept. I imagine this library would grow over time as designers build and implement their games. If they get proper shares of the money for their product and the service is good it could take off. I'm going to check it out/
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Old 03-30-2020, 09:35 AM   #1491
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I have not tried Tabletopia yet - looks like the best games are in the "Premium" Category.

Bronze level is free, Silver is $5 per month, Gold is $10 per month.

Games I know about in Premium:

Tuscany
Wingspan
Tichu
Orleans
Scythe
Raiders Of The North Sea
Dominant Species
Terra Mystica
Imperial Settlers
Alien Frontiers

Might be worth a try through the pandemic.

Other games I know:

Viticulture
Santorini
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Old 03-30-2020, 09:39 AM   #1492
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I haven't look at this site in a while, but we used to play some games through this German portal:


https://www.brettspielwelt.de/Spiele/


7 Wonders, Carcassonne, Caylus, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Catan, Saint Petersburg, Stone Age
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Old 03-30-2020, 10:15 AM   #1493
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Alright guys, real talk about Tabletopia, because if I'm going to sign up for this thing I'd like it to not be a big disappointment.

It says 800 games are available, which is... a lot! But then I'm looking through the games list and I see... okay, Scythe, good stuff, I like Scythe. I like Champions of Midgard too. Terra Mystica isn't usually a game I play, but I recognize its qualities, and the same is true for Brass. They have Everdell and Wingspan, which are popular, even though I thought Wingspan was a touch overrated. Vast isn't bad. I like Secret Hitler, but basically everything I like about it is eliminated by playing it online...

... And that's sort of it, really. I tried looking for any of the games I like, and pretty much nothing is on there. There's no Blood Rage, no TFM, no Fantasy Flight games of any description (perhaps not surprisingly), no Dead of Winter, basically nothing co-op that I want to play. Strikingly absent are euro classics like Puerto Rico and Power Grid. In fact, besides Scythe, I don't think there's a single game in my games cabinet (which is neither excessive nor modest) that appears in this library.

So I guess my question is, does "800 games" really mean 800 games, or does it mean maybe 20 games and then 780 crappy pieces of filler that no one would actually want to play? Because when the #4 and #6 recommended games are Chess and Texas Hold'em, I'm skeptical that this thing is actually as developed as it needs to be to truly call itself an online board gaming platform. I was sort of hoping for Board Games Steam, here...
Online platforms for boardgame have been around forever. I started playing on Yucata 15 years ago. Tabletopia is just the latest. But like digital streaming platforms, none of them have everything you want. For instance Puerto Rico is on Board Game Arena.

As for the Fantasy Flight Games you enjoy, they aren't available on any online platform. Part of that is licensing issues, but mainly it's because they're far, far more complex than euro games. You'd need a dedicated team of developers to port something like Bloodrage into a digital platform. And FFG/Asmodee have not shown the inclination to make that investment. GMT Games has ported a couple of their games, like Twilight Struggle and Dominant Species, into iOS. You can also find other top games like Le Havre and Through the Ages in the app store.

Lastly, there's VASSAL, an open-source tool for digitizing boardgames. It's not browser based, and the modules usually don't handle rules beyond the basics. Originally designed for wargames, it's a tool for sending move file back and forth. Fans have created VASSAL modules for a crap-tonne of games: http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Category:Modules

But no, there's no boardgame equivalent of Steam. And I wouldn't get your hopes up that there will be anytime soon.
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Except that Tabletop Simulator does have a bunch of those games through the workshop - Dead of Winter, Blood Rage, even some Fantasy Flight titles. So it's clearly not THAT hard to implement them. I'm guessing it's actually more the licensing than anything else.

EDIT: Incidentally, if anyone wants to set up a Calgarypuck game of something on TTS, let me know.
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Except that Tabletop Simulator does have a bunch of those games through the workshop - Dead of Winter, Blood Rage, even some Fantasy Flight titles. So it's clearly not THAT hard to implement them. I'm guessing it's actually more the licensing than anything else.

EDIT: Incidentally, if anyone wants to set up a Calgarypuck game of something on TTS, let me know.

Bought TTS a while back in hopes of playing online, haven’t really found the time or group to yet. I might be up for something like this in the near future. I haven’t played Dead of Winter for a while now, I did really enjoy it when we used to play it.
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That'd be an easy one to start with to get the hang of the online system for sure... probably don't want to jump STRAIGHT into TI IV. But the mod for it looks so good and I really want to play it...

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Here's a thread with links to solo rules for many board games:

https://videogamegeek.com/geeklist/2...y?titlesonly=1

Click on the number to the left of the game name for the link.

I just printed the solo variant for Photosynthesis and Roll For The Galaxy.
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I had these 3 games delivered to entertain us. Anyone have any experience playing these? Teo can be played solo, and I printed solo rules for Photo.
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Teo looks really cool, that's one I've been eyeing. Let me know how it plays solo; I've decided I need more soloable games in my collection.

I've played Tzolkin a bit, it's got some really clever worker mechanics in it.
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I had these 3 games delivered to entertain us. Anyone have any experience playing these? Teo can be played solo, and I printed solo rules for Photo.
Tzolk'in is a favourite amongst my board game playing group. It's complicated but very, very good.
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