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I’ve tagged TTS as “Realtime” (you start a game, you do nothing else while you play through till the end) and yucata as “Asynchronous” (you get an alert when it’s your turn). Could people who know the other platforms edit their descriptions accordingly? This is something that they don’t make obvious…

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There’s a digital board game bundle from Asmodee at Humble Bundle right now:

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A Paizo blog about two officially sanctioned ways to play Pathfinder Adventure Card Game online:
https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh7y?PACG-Online-Play-in-Real-Time&mc_cid=009ee58cbb&mc_eid=fdc90e6514
Including an officially sanctioned Tabletop Simulator mod (though it sounds like they’re perfectly aware of and okay with other existing mods which are potentially more complete and/or scripted and may be adding more to the official mod as well) and another digital implementation that apparently was designed for play by forum.

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Saw this in the BGG newsletter and thought it worth sharing. One BBG user has pulled together a pdf of online board gaming options. See the link below for more info.

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2425525/list-options-online-board-games

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I just wanted to add this incredible link for people using Tabletop Simulator.

It’s a curated list of mods of the top 500 BGG games… it’s a staggering amount of work, and despite already having a lot of mods in my collection, I now have a lot more :slight_smile:

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Thank you @yashima for starting this excellent wiki post!

Do you guys think there would be value in a separate topic focusing on connecting people that are interested in playing (online) games together? Of course we could also use this topic, but a new one dedicated topic might be more visible.

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I really cannot take credit. This was a collaborative work on the old forum which I simply copied over here.

A thread connecting players might be a good idea although there is already a separate section up in the top post.

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There’s a decent channel on the SUSD Discord server for this already, called ‘looking-to-boardgame’. I appreciate not everyone likes or wants to use Discord, but it’s really handy for this purpose because the people online and using it can reply.

That said, maybe a means for connecting people, as you’ve said, for people who want regular games of a particular game or style?

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Thank you! I included my information in the Find a Group section above and added 18xx.games to the section of platforms. I will also check out the discord!

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All of the Tiny Epic games from Gamelyn Games have a solo play mode. The solo mode for Tiny Epic Galaxies has 5 different levels of difficulty.

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That’s a great tip!

Welcome, @JessIAm!

Is there a favorite game in the series that stands out to you as a solo experience?

I enjoy Tiny Epic Galaxies in solo a bit. I tend to play it at a favorite hotel on the Oregon coast or at coffee shops (when I’m not forced to isolate)!

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Just wanted to add my agreement that the solo mode for Tiny Epic Galaxies is indeed very good.

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I feel like this BGG thread of official or creator-approved TTS mods is likely to be helpful for folks:
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2410414/official-or-aproved-tabletop-simulator-mods
A fair number of Kickstarter demos and such, but also e.g. several Awaken Realms titles (Nemesis, The Edge: Dawnfall, a working prototype of The Great Wall) with the full knowledge, approval and cooperation of Awaken Realms; most Level 99 titles. Etc.

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Thanks; I added mine. (It’s now become a geeklist.)

Probably not of interest to anyone except me: I’ve located the spot in the Tabletop Simulator “Downtown” background, in the Polish city of Sopot.

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On Switch they just released 51 Worldwide Classics /Clubhouse games. My partner and I are the playing connect 4 a lo.

There’s now an official version of Codenames available completely for free: https://codenames.game/

There’s also a very basic version of Azul someone’s created: https://azee.mattle.online

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For anyone interested, Tabletop simulator is available at 50% off for the next 5 days from Humble Bundle

(spotted on the BGG Hot deals - Europe forum)

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4 pack of TTS is 28€ in steam summer sale right now or 10€ for a single copy… so if any of your friends have been hesitant… now is a good time. Note: it will be the same next sale though.

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