Dang. That steam app heats up my macbook air something fierce.
That's what you get for using Steam-powered gaming platforms.
Sooo... how would this Tabletop Simulator thing work? What can you play on it?
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A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
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billytea - Jan 18, 2016 1:25:01 pm PST #24888 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
omnis_audis - Jan 18, 2016 6:52:34 pm PST #24889 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Looks like it comes with a handful of classic board games. Also, a model to build a RPG game. And I think you can purchase modules, or build your own.
billytea - Jan 18, 2016 7:09:06 pm PST #24890 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
So to take a purely hypothetical example, we couldn't play Race for the Galaxy thereon?
omnis_audis - Jan 18, 2016 7:43:33 pm PST #24891 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I believe so. You can set up cards, so that you can not see the other players hand. So the hard part (possible copyright infringement part) would be importing the card decks into the virtual table top program.
(theoretically. All I've done is download the program. #notanexpert)
Laga - Jan 19, 2016 7:56:57 am PST #24892 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
omnis I sent you a friend invite on Steam from Lagarat.
edit: actually I think you will see me as Webslinger. That's me and D's account. Could you guess?
omnis_audis - Jan 19, 2016 6:49:25 pm PST #24893 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Accepted! Sent you an invite to the buffista group in Steam.
omnis_audis - Jan 19, 2016 7:25:53 pm PST #24894 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
What can you play on it?
BT, back on the laptop, here are the games that you can play as a single person with base purchase of the Tabletop Simulator:
Jigsaw, backgammon, cards, cardbots, checkers, chess, chinese checkers, custom, dice, dominoes, go, mahjong, pachisi, piece pack, poker, reversi, RPG, sandbox, solitaire, tools.
I would guess, all of those you could play with someone else.
It looks like there are 3 down loadable content (DLC) to buy, currently available for Tabletop.
Cosmic Encounter Connector
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Superfight
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Darkest Knight
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Each are under $10 (US). If I understand the descriptions, only the host has to own the DLC.
ETA
Also Mistfall
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Laga - Jan 20, 2016 5:50:49 am PST #24895 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Someone has created a RFTG mod. Whoever decides to 'host' subscribes to the creator's RFTG to download the game (for free), and everyone else simply joins the hosts's room and starts playing. (full disclosure- the publishers of RFTG would receive no money from this)
chrismg - Jan 20, 2016 12:58:26 pm PST #24896 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Omnis, I sent you a Steam friend request.
omnis_audis - Jan 20, 2016 12:59:09 pm PST #24897 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
It looks like the single player games do not have a AI to play against. Kinda sad.
Laga, I'm itching to try this table top thingie out. Do you want to play something? What's your schedule like?