Tabletopia

I don't know if these other reviews are trolling, don't understand the platform, or what, but this delivers. This is just like sitting around with your friends. Use discord to talk to each other and you are golden. Some people saying 'you have to get used to it', but other then the basic stuff (adjusting the camera mainly), everything is drag and drop. Maybe since I am a computer guys this was pretty intuitive, but I dont understand the other reviews complaints. This is even faster than most games as shuffling/drawing/dealing is instant, there is no setup or put away, among a lot of other benefits. I have NEVER experienced a game lasting longer on this platform than real life, its usually much shorter. You can try so many board games for FREE and with friends from all over the country. Also instead of using steam, you can use most browers directly from their website.

I am now paying a subscription fee and cannot find a way to get rid of it / I Had to pay $11.46 to play a game I bought on the 27th of December and just got charged another $14.36 on the 28th of December. Do not "Buy" this "Free to Play" Game. This is the worst experience I have ever had on Steam. I wanted to play a single Board game that I could not play without a subscription. I did not know that it was a subscription- I have never had nor would I knowingly get one., So I was foolish enough to think that I wasn't being tricked into getting a subscription. I had the game 1 day and payed 2 months subscription. So if you like subscriptions - buy it on the 1st or you'll get dinged again on the 29th. What a horrible way to treat a customer. I am really pissed off at steam for allowing this kind of extortion on their platform. BOOOO!

I just had to try it. In short: doesn't do anything that Tabletop Simulator doesn't aready do and anything it does and anything it does it does worse. It also feels more sluggish, the control scheme isn't good and it feels awkward to do basic things like grabbing multiple tokens from a single bag. Steam integration, an online profile and playing on browser just pasting a link to your friends is indeed a nice feature. I'd play both TTS and this if this was free2play and had to pay for DLC to play forever. But has SUBSCRIPTION! The devs are clearly out of their mind if they plan to charge monthly for something that another software already does better charging only once. Not to mention that if you want to create anything you have a very limited storage, a limited number of saved setups, a limited number of creations and if you want to have more space you have to pay more. Just stay away from this, TTS is just better in every single way. Just hoping things don't go as planned and the Tabletopia devs change their minds about their business model, only then this might be a viable choice. For now this is just unthinkable.

Get Tabletop Simulator instead. Tabletopia has dozens of pages of forgettable junk to scroll through, but not a single decent game that doesn't require a premium account, and of those, not a single game I'd be willing to pay for a premium account in order to access. Yes, Tabletop Simulator costs money up front, but the available games are in the much more navigable DLC and Workshop sections of Steam instead of an in-app store. The DLC is also pay-to-own instead of a limited duration 'premium subscription' model, which makes more sense given the way people play digital board games.

So, here's the thing about Tabletopia: for a while their Steam client ran like garbage and the best way to use it was to actually use Firefox with the Unity plugin. I think the majority of bad reviews came from this fact.The latest update seems to fix this, so hopefully more of the reviews will focus on the actual content of the platform, rather than the technical challenges. For me, it's an excellent platform and the subscription model is only required if you want to host games and a good chunk of the money you pay each month goes to the publishers of the games you play. I think that's a great way to get good games that are well put together onto the platform instead of the janky, pirated messes that you often find on TTS. That's not to say TTS is bad, but I do feel guilty firing up games that are breaking all kinds of copyrights. Pros: -Good UI, better than TTS in a lot of ways, not as good in others -Good model, you can play for free, host some games for free and only pay for premium features. -Almost all the games are tightly and professionally made. Middling: -Selection is not as good as TTS, but the quality is so much better and games like Terra Mystica and Scythe are amazing. Cons: -Bad Lobby System. It's not super hard to get connected to a game but sometimes people can't join after a game is started, you have to load in and out of the game and they made some UI "improvements" to it that were just as confusing as before. Overall, I have no reservations about recommending it. It still needs a little maturing but the rough edges are not deal breakers at all. For the record, most of my play time has been in Firefox, so my play time on Steam clocks in at about 10% of what it should be.

The game doesn't even start. (It's just stuck on the "connecting" screen - I've tried it at least two times (after the game updated) and for quite a while. Nothing happens except for my laptop heating up.) I'll accept a lot of shortcomings when I get a game for free, but, you know, it should at least [i]start[/i]...

Great Idea but subscription? Come on... that breaks it for me, I'd be willing to pay a decent one time fee to buy the game but not this subscription crap, it offers no good games really unless you pay but I'm not even willing to give the smallest amount to see what it unlocks when I have Tabled Top Simulator for a one time cost and all the popular games like power grid and stuff like that and when you can create your own and view the workshop for so much more extended content without the extra charge... on top of that Table Top simulator is VR enabled so, that makes the grade up another step even, and get this, it's only a one time charge of like 20? I think? Better to go with Table Top Simulator if I'm going to spend money on a table top thing...

As of right now I can't recommend this. However, if you want to fund something with potential I would recommend that. This is the hardest choice I've come across in my video game lifetime. The ONLY 2 reasons this game can compete against Tabletop simulator is to A) fund the developers and B) have a easier time finding games with strangers. through a system of oranized games. However, this will burn a hole in your wallet, and it might burn a hole in it faster than you play board games and thats not cool. Board games take time and not being able to know how many board games I can play in a month really makes me feel sick buying a monthly purchase. Not only that, the speed of this game may not live up to it too. Regardless if the developers get 70% of the revenue (So I've heard). How do we know (OUR) favorite developers will tag along too? Some developers may still be completely against the digitilization of their products which makes me believe that this game will have severe limitation to games. I have made mods for games in Tabletop simulator and have even gotten permission to put the game on the workshop by lead designers of the game. Game designers love to at least get their game out there because they know that when people will like it a lot they will buy it. I own all the games I play on TTS and I use it as a tool to test, play around, modify, or rebalance games before and after I buy them with the click of a button. If someone doesn't buy a board game but plays it on TTS. Chance are they weren't ever going to buy it anyways. And if they did then the developers win. If they don't then its not a loss cause. This is always a problem in the digital age especially with things like Intellectual property. I believe this game will only be playable for people with Too much disposable income or people that just got really lucky were all their favorite developers have latched on to this.

I like virtual tabletops because I need to travel often and they are keeping me in touch with board game world and my friends. Tabletopia have a pretty big library of games and looking very nice. They have ambitious plans for workshop and I will be looking forward to it development because I just publish board game and would like to move it into online version on Tabletopia. So pros are: +Big library of games +Nice and simple workshop +Smooth, fast and comfortable interface Cons: -Big part of games are worker placement games and a lot of big titles that will be nice to have is unavailable -Connection problems, sometimes you just cannot start the game and need to restart all application over and over Most of this problems are because Tabletopia is in early access and they will fix them over time and we will have nice and enjoyable product :)

It has an impressive interface, portability, game content and fancy web browsing but the thing that matters the most still lacks a lot, playability inside games like maneuver the objects, controls, simple automated options, etc.

Over the past few days, I have tried to either set up (i.e. host a game) or join an already existing game, but in every case I have been unable to play a single board game through this software. The hosts for games already set up seem to be perpetually afk, and the games that I set up don't get anyone to join regardless of the title. Further, the price tag listed for this software is, I suppose, money to pay for the opportunity to create your own game through their board game software and then, through the software, to sell it to people who'd be interested in playing the game online with others. That part seems well done, but I'm not sure real life board game makers will ever make any real money through this portal or that real life board game fans will accpet paying $10 for an online version of a board game when they could buy the real one for $30 from Amazon and be able to enjoy it with friends/family for the rest of their lives.

"Purchase Tabletopia on Steam to gain full access to the service right now via your Steam client. " "Tabletopia will be free-to-play after release." I install and boot it up for the first time. I connect my steam account to their website, but it says I need an invite code. I click on workshop and it says I need to purchase premium. I finally get it and try to play a game - any game. It keeps on saying I need to pay more. After some more log in issues I finally switch from Chrome to Firefox, and download the latest Java and Unity Web Player. I start loading a game, "Unexpected error". I try another one "The content was stopped because a fatal content error". I try a few more games, as well as relogging in, and reloading my internet browser. Same errors and crashes. Fuck this piece of shit.

Having an experience with TTS, I needed to try Tabletopia as well when it appeared on Steam. What I liked best is that while it is essentially a sandbox like TTS, the TT devs really use a lot of digital features to make the process easier and more smooth. For example, the hand with your cards is glued to the bottom of the screen and is super convenient, no need to keep the cards on the table. The other people can see the number of objects in your hand on your avatar and what you are doing at the moment. And the table itself is unlimited, so nothing falls off. The tables in TTS really annoy me every time anyone knocks or drops anything off them causing chaos or when you simply don’t have enough room for the components, especially when there’s several players. In general TT looks and feels very nice and pro, I just really hope it did not involve subscriptions but rather sold games as DLCs... But since it will be f2p soon, I am okay with that.

Want to pay for Early Access, then get stung by subscription based model to play the decent games post-launch? Go right ahead. Otherwise. Avoid. I'm returning mine for a refund.

"Ability to create your own games with no programming knowledge required." No. This program doesn't have that at all, instead it has a link to their website, where you get to use a clunky and unintuitive browser-based interface (hope you like big disclaimer boxes popping up in the way every time you try to do anything!) that doesn't even work correctly with Chrome.

As far as digital board games go, Tabletopia has all I’m looking for: 1) A couple hundreds of games already available (and it’s still Early Access) and adding more steadily. 2) Browser version and Steam client. Tablets coming soon, which I’m really excited for. 3) Great looks. Just look at the pictures, I haven’t seen anything like this before. 4) Useful features: ready setups, shuffling, turn-based modes, etc. It feels like a game not like messing around with a pile of components. 5) Can be shared with other people for free. They don’t need to buy anything! 6) You can make your own games there. Lots of objects, cards, etc. in the catalog to choose from. I know that many people can find this interesting. I’ve recommended Tabletopia to several of my friends already. Early Access really looks like a smart deal right now. And it will be free-to-play soon, so if you don’t want too pay, just wait to see for yourselves.

I now have to pay for the games that were included with Tabletopia? per month? I already own scythe and loads of these... Why should I pay an upkeep cost for it... There are so rarely people here or in the discord channel to make 10 bucks a month even worth it... Weak. Very weak guys...

A really impressively put together system that looks good, plays smoothly and gives you access to some triple A board games for a modest inital fee. I know the model is slated to be subscription based but not sure exactly how that will work yet and in the interim, I will surely get my moneys worth on what it has to offer already. I am a solo player mainly and this system lets you play everyones "turn" if you wish and it saves where you left off in the gaming room for when you come back (needed for some of the bigger games). I could set up a private game room so I wasn't disturbed and whilst I guess this is maybe not the primary selling point here, something that appeals to me. I bought and am using this on my laptop whilst away from my home base using a "dongle". I only dropped connection once and it went back in quikcly where I left off. Since then, it has worked seamlessly. So, overall, I fully endorse this game based on my very early impressions and as a Boardgamegeek, I can only hope the number of games available will continue to grow.

I prefer the controls of TTS and inviting friends can be clumsy in tabletopia but its still a nice clean interface with a good selection of games. It's thanks to Tabletopia that I ended up buying On Mars and backing Vampire - Vandetta!

Some early thoughts... 1) "200+" games there may be, but most of them are quite obscure. The 'big hitters' that I saw are; Terra Mystica Scythe Steampunk Ralley Viticulture Vinos Lewis & Clark Hostage Negotiator Then from what I can recall, it gets a bit sketchy! They are really going to have to up this considerably if I'm going to consider subscribing at any level. 2) It runs ok on my fairly modest gaming rig. The start up is a bit slow, but actually in game is smooth 3) Wasnt that many people around, but thats not really a surprise right now. Its a fairly niche title plus early access definitely puts people off. 4) Besides Hostage Negotiator and a little play with Terra Mystica solo, I've not actually played anyone online yet. I dont even know if the turns are async or has to be live. No information easily shows this. 5) The games look ok. Terra Mystica in particular looked very impressive all laid out. 6) The UI will take some getting used to, but has useful functions (like hover over a stack of tokens, roll your mouse wheel to tick up a counter, then click button to take that many of the stack), can also shuffle a deck easily, flip cards etc. So overall... hmmm... not convinced right now. Lack of killer titles in the library will make or break it IMHO as the rest of it is kinda there. If they want this to be the "spotify of boardgaming" then they just have to get the top games from BGG signed up.

If you can’t get friends together for a game night this one is for you. With about three hundred games (around two and a half if you don’t count strange indie projects, but still) I have enough variety for months of game nights! Can’t wait! 10/10

I don't get why this getsd so much hate. Yes it is web browser, but you can only notice when in menu, but the games look nice and it runs quite nicely. Of course the physics are'nt as good as tabletop simulator. But for free i can definitely recommend this game. Lot of games, lot of fun for lot of people.

Tabletopia looks and feels like the closest thing to a real tabletop game I could get on any device. While TTS feels like a simulation of a “tabletop”, TT feels like a simulation of a “tabletop game”, if you know what I mean. What I like: all games feature multiple setups and are immediately ready to play the catalog of games is large (not so large as on TTS, of course, but all games here are licensed) including top hits and games from Kickstarter counters, turn modes, timers during the game help make the process easy the hand and various actions with cards, tokens, dice, etc, are pretty intuitive and work smooth camera controls with various settings are amazing cross-platform play, especially as you can share games for free with people who don’t have accounts. You can play in Steam and they will join in a browser What I don’t like: no dlcs, premium games will be only for those who buy subscription no support of steam workshop All in all, good experience now with promise of yet better things to come. I’m really excited to be a part of it.

[h1] The Good [/h1] I've had a bit of experience mucking about in Tabletop Simulator and I was initially enthralled with the aspect of Tabletopia hitting the ground running with gorgeous graphics and industry-wide support. Tabletopia does indeed look cleaner and prettier with detailed in-game models and a minimalist interface as compared to TTS' rough and chunky user experience. Another plus is the massive collection of games ready-to-play from the get go and an easy way of inviting your friends to a game. With more games heading our way through Tabletopia, anybody who can't be bothered organizing game nights with lazy friends can potentially prune out their many excuses for NOT coming over for cards and dice. Chat is minimised at the corner so it doesn't distract from the actual focus of the game. [h1] The Bad [/h1] [b][EDIT: Interface plays smoothly now. Only the scrolling up and down pages is jarring][/b] The game runs pretty smoothly now. One downside is there only the scrolling up and down pages is jarring. Would be nice for the scrolling to be fixed! At the point of typing out this review, when playing in the room there are only 3 options to choose from in the graphics settings menu: High, Medium and Low. Would be glad to have more options available, including key bindings in the future. [h1] Conclusion [/h1] [b][EDIT: Interface plays smoothly now. I now do recommend trying a hand at Tabletopia!][/b] As it is currently, the pros of the game outweighs its cons. The game is beautiful to look at and the models featured in the bigger games are exquisite (Do check out Scythe's miniatures!). Early Access will receive a month of Gold subscription once the game launches, so it might be worth opening pursestrings for a month of premium games access. I will update my review of the game as it approaches its actual release date. This game looks swell, has a lot of potential and so much backing from the industry, so I am quite optimistic about the actual release of the game.

What a difference since I last visited this simulator, some great improvements in the ease of manipulations, getting to the rules and video's needed to play a game. Support from publishers for Kick started Games. For a solo gamer this is a good platform and vastly improved since the last time I looked at it. In some respects the quality of the games are much better than its competitor. While there is not the variety of workshop items available in a lot of ways this is better because the Quality of what you do see is better. There are a couple of weak spots, but no show stoppers. I have changed from a no to a yes. Keep up the fantastic work. Original Post Spent a few minutes with this one, it lasted about 10 minutes. personally if you like board games go buy them. Better yet, support Board Game Arena, while it does not have the selection of Tabletopia each game has a how to play area, with the rules, videos and summary instructions. The community is transparent and you can see the games as tables are made. you can also play in Real time or Play by Main where you are told it is your turn. Skip this one.

I learned about Tabletopia when backing a game on Kickstarter. It seemed a cool concept to try a game months before it gets to me by mail. And it helped me decide that I really wanted the physical copy as well. Since then I’ve tried several other games and it’s been a very pleasant experience overall. The devs keep adding new games and features. It would be great if some part of the gameplay was AI-controlled, such as victory points scoring. But on the whole, great platform.

The games on Tabletopia are very different: from 15-minute short duels to 2-3 hour heavy strategies. Anyone can find a game to their taste. And they’re all licensed which somehow makes me feel good when I’m playing, cause I know that I’m not pirating. But I need more games, I want LCGs, I want deckbuilders, DnD and so on... And maybe more publishers like FFG, Days of Wonder. So far I’ve been playing with my friends mostly, trying new games as often as we could and in several cases later buying games which we first tried on TT, another awesome use for it. I’m willing to play with other players, too, and wish that more people joined TT. I guess that after release when it’s free there will be much more people and games played that I can join.

Super awesome idea Pros: Lots of Board Games (for free) Allows you to make your own board games and upload!!! SUPER SICK. Cons: Next to no players online (you can fix this by buying and playing the game!) Plan to move to a monthly sub fee for premium access to all board games (I'll not be part of that!)

This is a great simulator, but I'm really annoyed that I paid for a game that became free to play less than a month later! :( It definitely has it's ups and downs, quirks getting used to how to build/play games...but GREAT for playing long distance. It's nice to try out games before you buy them, too. I wish there were more 'chat rooms' where you could find people to play with and that they were busier.

Let me begin by saying this is not a board game hub. It has many board games but, they do not play like apps. basically every piece is grabable by the app. Which makes it extremely frustrating because you have to use your mouse for everything and you can do anything. Even illegal moves, if no one is watching and correcting what you do. Basically it is not a good place to learn board games. You have to know how to play them. They do include instructions in PDF but no way of reading them while waiting in the lobby. and most board games take a good while maybe even hours for some of the rules of these board games. It is in the advertisement so you can't say they didn't warn you. But being early access the cards and pieces are very beautiful, hopefully some games become more streamlined and have AI to enforce the rules. The most frustrating thing is getting new people to learn. Most expect a ios/android type game. So, I tried learning Champions of Midgaard and Go, but the players quickly left the game. As mentioned before I wasn't sure how Tabletopia worked. Finally picked a game I knew how to play and found someone to play with. I taught him the game and we both figured out the mechanics of this new sandbox. I lost, lol. But this game would normally take 20 min, I think all in all it was like 1.5 hours. The first ten minutes he accidently took the entire deck and put it in his hand. so we had to start again. Anyway.. PROS: Free Board games. (Board games are expensive and take a lot of room in a home) Online: finding board gaming communities is hard in a lot of areas. Variety (has some popular board games) CONS: -HUGGEEEEE LEARNING CURVE --Learning how to use Tabletopia (I recommend starting with a game you know how to play) ---Things such as moderating a game, and some people couldn't even figure in-game chat (lower right hand side) -Bugs (I played Fluxx and one card would highlight the discard pile but would not become part of the discard pile it would just lay on top. So we just put it aside. -Clunky controls. Even after knowing how to work everything because the controls are not streamlined more drag and drop for everything it leads to mishaps that are annoying. Say you have a bag with tokens inside. You try to move the bag and it grabs a token instead.

Tabletopia is so cool and free that i couldn't resist to give it a recommendation. If you like boardgames you should at least try this simulator it won't disappoint you, certified. Thumbs Up!

Tabletopia is my favorite substitute for physical (Real Life) board games, it's not always you can get together with friends at the same physical space, and here where Tabletopia comes in, also it's a good opportunity to meet with oversees friends and get to know new people... I sometimes use Tabletopia to play solo games in order to learn a game, and it worked with me, example, Alien Frontiers and Scythe, it helps that the platform can do the setup and card shuffling, makes it faster learning session.. totally recommend the app

Hello! TLDR: In my opinion the best sandbox virtual boardgame experience. Unfortunately low playerbase at dead times. You have to know to know the rules for the games you want to play or read the instructions. Intuitive interface. Boots and runs nicely for me. I recommend this platform for virtual boardgames primarily to boardgamers, because you have to know the games you want to play and the rules. The game has plenty of the most popular boardgames, except monopoly, so its safe to say that the developers know what real modern boardgames are. Also has a lots of recent bg that are not available in my country or are too expensive for me and you can try it out for free, and maybe later that can lead you to buy the game if you like. Don't get me wrong, this can not substitute irl boardgaming in any way, because the principle of boardgames is to get people together and have a good time, but is good that exists for the reasons mentioned above. Contrary of what has been said, the platform runs nicely on my PC atleast, and i believe i should work for most cases as well. Tabletopia is a spectacular platform for sandbox boardgaming, that you can play trough Steam or trough their site. At people complaining at the game being a broser, that makes no sense whatsoever because every client your use for a game is Literally a browser for that game. Don't let the ignorance flow trough you and give it a try if you like to play boardgames. One thing not favorable is that is very hard to play games with strangers because the playerbase is low. I guess it needs more people start playing the more popular would get. But is still good if you bring your own friends. If you want to play a game you don't know or don't know what modern boardgames are you have rules available that you have to read, so people should not blame the game as it was made to be universal sandbox and nto specific games so you have to do almost all the actions that are specific to a game. The premium version gives quality of life upgrades and acess to premium games and acess expansions and has the possibility to invite more people to your games.

It's great and a very current selection of some of the best board games available. Worth the subscription, or at least checking it out in one of the many great games available in free mode.

Tabletopia is great. Alien Frontiers is a pain to deal with because the solar and lunar chits are so small, and look exactly like their images on the board, so it can be hard to tell a playing piece from a board image.

LOVELY to look at. Just needs a few htings besides MORE palyers. A must - (1) Too better know when it's you turn (a) in the Steam interface (b) in the game interface and (c) in the game itself. Nice to have - would also be nice to have a (2) player turn move log.

What the fuck? I Paid 210 bath for this game, and now it free!? and come with sub premium My money had gone with nothing and i have same content with the free version so stupid

Very easy to use digital tabletop of board games & card games with the help of many game designers & publishers getting the quality to well over 100%. Highly recommended.

A cleaner, more streamlined version of Tabletop Simulator. Sure, it might not have the games TTS has right now, but over time I think the user experience in Tabletopia will trump TTS.

150MB download.. Did i seriously just pay $11 for a redirecting program that takes me to a website :(

Well, most of the negative reviewers do not get the idea behind this product. Its a sandbox envirnoment with pre-set virtual game board, but there are no programmed-in rulesets for board games. Players have to still study the rules and play according to them. Its F2P so I can recomend.

I cannot get this to work all it does is bring up the loading screen and it just keeps loading and loading and loading.

8/10 Pros: +Eye candy +Free-to-share +Easy-to-learn and use Cons: -Bugs, not full functionality yet -Subscription???

i can play hundreds of games and share them with friends for free. i’m the only one with the account in my group, but other people can still play when i send them the link. awesome idea and no need for everyone to buy the app to enjoy the games also it looks awesome, amazing 3D. the controls are getting better, i really enjoy how some components magnetically place themselves on the board. the game does slow down my computer, the start up is sometimes slow. hope that this gets fixed. waitnig for the tablet version! 8/10

Had fun playing some Village and Nations dice game. Controls are good. Wish some rules or game phases where automated. Keep the games coming!

This great game has been butchered for online play. There's no AI, and no intuitive play design. You have to do every move you want to make and might as well just play with the real thing. It's faster than playing this online game. Horrible design for on online game.

You can be the only subscriber and get your friends to play with you just by sending them a link to your table, instead of begging them to buy a copy of tts. You actually support game developers and you get to finally try some really cool games , without having to buy them first. I went from having to wait for holidays to be able to play with my board gaming enthusiast friends, to be able to organize virtual game nights whenever i want. A dream come true.

A well built board game implementation! The graphics are very beautiful, the controls are very easy to use and to customize. The available games are all very recent and very popular. Totally recommended!

I’ve read several reviews here and decided to add mine since many reviews here seem to be too unfair. The only serious complaint seems to be about the subscription model and how it’s so awful. Well, the platform clearly states that it will be free to play after its released (this Fall AFAIK?). Nobody forces you to subscribe if you don’t want to. As I understand it, many games will be free and you will be able to play them without paying. If you want more, you can pay. I personally much prefer this to having to pay just to see what’s in the box. Or paying and downloading games I won’t like in the end. Some people wrote about being unable to download the client or start the games. Well, in my recent experience this never happened. The devs really have improved many things over the time since the first reviews. No crashes recently and everything is much more stable and smooth. I must admit, not too many people are online at the moment. But I regularly see games played plus there’s a Discord channel where you can meet other players and arrange games. Also, they’ve started a series of live demos where you can learn games and meet other players. I’m sure many will enjoy just as much as I do. Thumb up from me!

At first I was put off by the controls, but I came around, learned them, and now I just think this thing is awesome.