What is wrong with tabletop simulator?

Edge of Empire Table setup

Tokens, Cards, Tools

It's not free.

But if you've used it, can you tell me if only one player needs a copy or does everyone need to purchase it?

Every client needs his own copy of the app, though with thousands of free tabletops in the steam workshop library it is kind of a steal. And there is the 4-pack which comes with a decent discount. Besides TTS is a one-time payment, no subscriptions or other strings attached and X-Wing for TTS is awesome as well. And yes, you can combine both games on one table, virtual or otherwise.

What is wrong with tabletop simulator?

Edge of Empire Table setup

Tokens, Cards, Tools

It's not free.

But if you've used it, can you tell me if only one player needs a copy or does everyone need to purchase it?

Every client needs his own copy of the app, though with thousands of free tabletops in the steam workshop library it is kind of a steal. And there is the 4-pack which comes with a decent discount. Besides TTS is a one-time payment, no subscriptions or other strings attached and X-Wing for TTS is awesome as well. And yes, you can combine both games on one table, virtual or otherwise.

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately that kind of kills it for us. It looks cool but not so cool that I can get everyone in the group to buy in vs just using a completely free program.

I am a fan of Maptool from rptools.net. It's completely free, the basic functions are very easy to use, and it has a lot of advanced capability if you really want to get into it. There are also other free programs from the same site, like Tokentool, which makes tokens that you can use in Maptool. It also has chat capability but text only. Another nice benefit is that being a Java program, it can run on OS's other than just Windows.

I’ve tried maptool on OS X. I was never able to get it to work correctly.

But you are right that it is another alternative that should at least be considered.

Thanks!

Interesting. I thought it worked on OS X but I run Windows and Linux so that was based purely on second hand information.

What is wrong with tabletop simulator?

Edge of Empire Table setup

Tokens, Cards, Tools

It's not free.

But if you've used it, can you tell me if only one player needs a copy or does everyone need to purchase it?

Every client needs his own copy of the app, though with thousands of free tabletops in the steam workshop library it is kind of a steal. And there is the 4-pack which comes with a decent discount. Besides TTS is a one-time payment, no subscriptions or other strings attached and X-Wing for TTS is awesome as well. And yes, you can combine both games on one table, virtual or otherwise.

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately that kind of kills it for us. It looks cool but not so cool that I can get everyone in the group to buy in vs just using a completely free program.

No idea how big your group is, when in doubt, buy a ~$50 four-pack and gift it to 3 other players

But I totally admit, the charm of TTS lies in using it for not only one game, but for a broad arrangement of tabletop games, from catan over imperial assault and x-wing to RPGs.

And with broad I mean really, really bread collection of games:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/286160/workshop/

Thousands of Board Games, Card Games, Trading Cards, War Games, RPGs … it is quite extensive and has as well tons of original content as well. The only downside is that you will start to buy a lot more physical games to play all those cool games at home as well. ;-)

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Can't wait that they finish their VR version.