Top 10 Board Games to Play Online on Tabletop Simulator

I recommend the best board games to play online using Tabletop Simulator
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10. Quacks of Quedlinburg - steamcommunity...
9. Pandemic: The Cure - THIS MOD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM TABLETOP SIMULATOR.
8. Azul - steamcommunity...
7. Quadropolis - steamcommunity...
6. Lords of Vegas - steamcommunity...
5. Watergate - steamcommunity...
4. Dead of Winter - steamcommunity...
3. Clank - steamcommunity...
2. Isle of Skye - steamcommunity...
1. Burgle Bros - steamcommunity...
Bonus recommendation to replace Pandemic: The Cure:
Libertalia - steamcommunity...
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[@actualol]

My No.9 pick "Pandemic: The Cure" has been removed from Tabletop Simulator since I uploaded this video. This is the nature of using unofficial mods, the publishers can ask for them to be removed. To make up for it, I have included a link in to a great scripted mod for Libertalia, another game I would recommend, and will talk about in a future video.

[@mattkutrik]

Luckily if you buy the physical version during this time, Pandemic: The Cure makes a fun solo game as well! Pick two role cards and manage them both yourself.

[@xshadowscreamx]

Matt Kutrik I do have it, the game is okay. Atleast easy to to set up, eldrich horror is more fun but hell of a set up.

[@larrye]

I was actually going to try Pandemic with On the Brink expansion on TTS. Then, buy it as soon as my FLGS opened back up. Guess I'll just skip it now.

[@SyncopaticSimon]

Actually every mods that had any ties to pandemic have been removed. Sadly there was a very good pandemic mod that had a covid19 twist with story driven events. I was thoroughly enjoying it.

[@cronosh2o]

This is nice! I still prefer real life board games, although I could not play for some days because I lost my dice somewhere. Furtonately I found this nice app: Alt Dice play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yaquiero.altdice

[@phillipmillman3290]

The Watergate rules have a full synopsis of the scandal (which I wrote). Very fascinating time in American history.

[@MarlonDait]

A nice keyboard shortcut is if you hold Alt+Shift over a card (or object) you "peek" behind that card (or object). This does let people know that you just peeked by having a pulsing Eye icon over the card/object for about 5 seconds.

[@blueshadesable]

love these recommendations! I wish this were a monthly or quarterly series to go through all the games that are worth playing online - with scripts! Great job!

[@t34house]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!! just bought tabletop simulator a week ago!! this is perfect timing!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MatSmithLondon]

Thanks for the explanation of Watergate Scandal with ref to flooding towpaths etc. Clears it up for me.

[@marcelocoronado7805]

I recommend: Red Dragon Inn. Honestly TTS might just be the best way to play that game.

[@KindredBrujah]

"Another month" Ah, the sweet innocence of youth.

[@AeCouperin]

I just started the video but I already want to say thank you because It's exactly what I'm looking for, just like your video on Tabletopia. Great job for sorting these games among thousands of them (not that you've played them all but still). The quantity of games is what puts me off...

[@actualol]

I'm glad I can help 🙂

[@el_jhona8945]

"You won't have to see your friends for another month, anyway" Yeah... Just another month

[@actualol]

😬

[@joaopedrorosa9690]

I'm playing with my friends The Kings Dilemma, I recomend to anyone that want to play! It works very well! And for more traditional gamers, the Catan mod is also very good!

[@GnarledCypress]

Could you link me to Kings Dilemma? I can't find it.

[@joaopedrorosa9690]

@@GnarledCypress steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2016229325&searchtext= I'm using this version of the mod :) Any question you can ask me on steam, my username is "jpeterbcr"

[@scotti1660]

Started a campaign of KD with random people from a discord channel. 1 of them flakes after 2 sessions. Then we replaced that person and started over. Then the coordinator of the group rage quit because he was wrong about a rule and didn’t want to just admit it and move on. I’ve given up on campaign games with random people from the internet :(

[@ChunVuong]

Awesomeeeeee! I've been looking for TTS games that fit my group for ages and this list sparks quite a few. Outstanding clips, please make more content bout this espcecially 5 - 8 players bg. And also another tip for the Watergate game that if you're Nixon you can press Alt+Shift to see the content underneath instead of the Journalist has to go blindfold.

[@alastairbishop2450]

Excellent writing and delivery on this one. I really enjoyed it.

[@actualol]

Thanks Alastair, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@OldUKAds]

It's nice to see a video that's informative. It's not 80 scene cuts in three sentences that make the presenter look like Max Headroom. No excessive waffle. Clear videos. I like. He's also quite cute.

[@SnoopyThe4th]

John these videos really are getting better and better. Very funny! Good on you. Excited for you and this channel

[@sebastianurciuolo6249]

I think gloomhaven is the winner of this list. They did a superb work with the scripts

[@MystiaBird]

My personal recommendations would go to the Arkham Horror LCG Super Complete mod, as well as the Carcassonne scripted mod. Both are amazingly well made and supported by the creators.

[@ES-yc1tp]

Arkham's mod is incredible. I second your opinion!

[@scotti1660]

Carcassonne on Board Game Arena is nice. I haven’t tried it in TTS yet, will check it out.

[@pjarnfelt]

The super complete mod is now removed

[@MystiaBird]

@@pjarnfelt Can still be found if you know where to look

[@ryankelly369]

You don't have to press F to flip a card. You can look under it by pressing alt-shift as you mouse over it, but your opponents will know you're looking.

[@floobchoob8400]

2:33 As an Australian who doesn’t sleep, I feel doubly offended

[@Braiba]

In Quacks of Quedlingburg, you can't actually use the flask if you go bust, only before. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if this is a common house rule - the flask always seemed really rubbish to me.

[@BasementDweller_]

The Binding Of Isaac 4 Souls is also a great game for TTS.

[@kayanono]

The name sounds good

[@NostraDunwhich]

If you press alt plus shift on a face down object, you peek at the other side. But he warned, TTS will show a peek eyecon, so don't cheat

[@Scoparker]

NostraDunwhich came here to post this! No need to use blindfold while the other players flip!

[@craigpaske4333]

Great list. Quixx is another great mod that can be played in under 20mins. The fields will highlight so you know where you can play instantly.

[@zmollon]

Thanks for the recommendations. Have never played Quacks and want to try before buying!

[@HubbiNashrullahM]

Great video Jon! Going to play my first game of Burgle Bros on TTS because of your recommendation.

[@MrThanMan18]

Lords of Vegas (TTS or not) is so underrated! More people need to try this game, it's fantastic.

[@nufsioohay]

Ohh you're very cheeky with "but there's a surprising level of intelligence beneath the surface. Like Kim Kardashian". You never said there was a high level of intelligence. ;) Great selection to try! Always wanted to find and try more games in TTS I am on the fence on

[@colinsayles2621]

Great Kim Kardasian gag.

[@keenanseable5736]

I'm about to get TTS and I cannot wait to try these games!

[@FatherTime89]

In tabletop simulator you can look at a facedown card/tile without moving it by pressing alt + shift. It’s a better system than blindfolding people

[@dr3putt62]

Azul, Lords of Vegas, and Watergate are great choices. I also enjoy twilight struggle, Great Western Trail, and Lisboa

[@paperrancher2412]

This was exactly what I was looking for! What an amazing vid!:)

[@deepakkamlesh5912]

Will we get a top 10 list for Board Game Arena as well? Since you have already done Tabletopia and Tabletop simulator! :)

[@actualol]

Maybe one day but it's not on my current todo list, sorry!

[@larrye]

I love playing Marvel Legendary on TTS but it is a bit more fiddly. Also got to play Glory to Rome this week which I've been wanting to play for a while but couldn't get a group together.

[@Logan912]

I was curious about Legendary James Bond after Legendary Encounters Matrix was announced (which I’m hyped for), so I tried it out with TTS. After a couple of games, I fell in love with it. That’s the beauty of TTS. You can actually demo something before dropping money on the real thing.

[@PeteZahjutt]

I've been playing Clank non stop with my friends. now i need the physical version!

[@davypi2]

When you mention scripting, you really ought to specify who the author of the module you are using is. I don't know if its true for your ten games, but I've found some games that have more than one "scripted" module and some scripts work better than others. My play group has had to meddle with all the options to figure out which scripting we like better.

[@ptellier]

That's great. I'm always looking for games to try on TTS.

[@johnnylin3084]

The TTS mod for Exceed is great too, and unlikely to ever be removed (L99 games runs tournaments using it every once in a while, and I believe provides the files needed to create the mod, I just don't see them asking to have it taken down any time soon)

[@williamgarcia-medina9989]

Liking your videos. The dry humor is hilarious.

[@actualol]

Thank you 😀

[@rosu3870]

British humour is the best. Being German, I can judge this appropriately because we know everything about humour. ^^

[@greginfla7211]

But with TTS…. Is for a group of known friends that start the game together. It’s hard to pick up a game, correct?

[@TomekSw]

Really enjoyed this one. Thanks!

[@republikadugave420]

Brass Birmingham by far the best game ive played on TTS

[@wbeytel]

May I ask you to please link the specific mod?

[@republikadugave420]

@@wbeytel scripted version..

[@wbeytel]

@@republikadugave420 Thanks, I will see if I can find it.

[@Kahedro]

Railroad Ink has a great scripted version as well

[@ashleepradella4912]

Definitely going to try Clank! Thanks for the list 😀

[@Yesnog05]

Rival Restaurants is such a fun game with my playgroup

[@michelledelaharpe8187]

Thanks for the suggestions! Will definitely try this out.

[@liampeterson8299]

One game i'd reccomend is bargain quest, it's an amazing mod and very fun game.

[@quesoblanco444]

Those were some awesome reccomendations. As somone who has been playing on TTS for a bit I have been wondering why many of the KZbin board game folks, who have been covering TTS during this quarantine, feel that TTS is fiddly? I mean, board games are fiddly as all get out, and it's a board game sim. Even with no scripting there is no set up or take down , only between turn re-setting, which in real life you do by hand, and in TTS you do with a few mouse clicks. Is it just because it's digital, so folks expect more of the usuall board game fiddlyness to be done by the PC for them?

[@jonathanpickles2946]

For me part of it is manipulating objects can be much harder in TTS than in real life. Then there are the crassly stupid elements like letting things fall off the virtual table. TTS is a physics sim rather than a things you really need in boardgames sim. In a game you might need to generate a random number between 1 and 6. So in real life you roll a die. In a boardgame simulator toolbox you would have random number generator tools. In TTS you have virtual dice that are a pain to roll & can fall of the virtual tabletop for god knows what reason. It is the dial up modem of VTTs. That said it is great for some things like card games and games with lots of set up if they are well scripted.

[@quesoblanco444]

@@jonathanpickles2946 Dice only fall off the table if you are chucking them, you can select or mouse over and hit R (Or get a mod dice tray or tower, like in real life). Also, just set up the game how you like it and make a save, no scripting needed. The physics sim element is one thing that appealed to me about it right off the bat, I like a sim that sims well. but I supposed that's different expectations. I do have friends who can't stand the virtual aspect, and want a more push-button approach. For me the ability to customize everything to your liking is also very appealing, That said, I do totally get how some find the fiddlyness just to much.

[@sockmonkey1994]

I would also recommend the dominion definitive script, the one downside of it is you have to consult the wiki for a lot of rules if you don't know them

[@markharker1003]

Great list....thanks for putting it together.....keep 'em comin'

[@Akapulko]

i just now noticed how sad it is to not have any friends that play this game, whenever i play with randoms, im scared because they might just destroy the game and its really tough to find trustworthy people online

[@Akapulko]

(i like the zombie game but i dont have anyone to play it with)

[@FaisalBasonbul]

Thanks for a great list. Isle of skye does have a really neat app that's well produced

[@olabystrom5265]

Thanks for the tips! I just recently discovered TTS and it’s amazing! One question I’ve been thinking about, how legal is it with free mods recreating the actual boardgames with all the content? Boardgame creators gets no cut by the looks of it right? How does that work?

[@IvanSensei88]

Well, yeah they don't get anything, but they do reserve the rights to pull it down. Keyforge is one of the mods where the guy who made it pulled it out of the workshop. Some other companies even made a mod for their own boardgame themselves - and that's pretty cool of them if you ask me. What's kinda interesting are these.... call it Nonexistent Board games. Board games that don't exist in real life. Some people have made conversions of online games into a playable board game, or even made up their own. Some have even taken existing games, and created alternative versions with fan-made content in it, or rule overhauls etc. That workshop right there is quite a treasure trove.

[@terryoneill377]

Great video, useful and entertaining

[@KillerKilometers]

Binding of isaac four souls is SO MUCH FUN, but barely anyone plays it, its a shame

[@ab17364]

Funny and informative as always :)

[@kalleboll7410]

Hi i kickstarted Tts. thx for doing this!

[@roqueadeleon]

Thank you for this! Are all mods free or do some game makers/publishers sell official mods within Tabletop Sim?

[@SirW0mbat]

A fine video indeed, but in Quacks you can't use your flask when your pot already exploded ;)

[@cifcortana649]

can I make a game and make it a cash source, like a DLC?

[@ManInAHat]

Hi! Just wondering, but what is the difference between the 2 purchases of the game on Steam?

[@wayneyeager16]

Thanks for this info

[@ilirtanku9722]

the best game to play with your phone is lords of waterdeep

[@motherlove9249]

I haven’t understood almost rules coz it's difficult for me to listen to English but, I’ve felt almost games seems like amusing!

[@davidha2208]

Why didn't I watch this video months ago?? Kicking myself now...

[@Joecuts]

El Dorado works great aswell

[@jose...]

There is a great scripted version of point salad on the workshop rules are easy, it is a qick and fun game.

[@samuelw3]

I made one of the scripted versions. :-D

[@mayconalves4862]

Someone pls, i want a game to play in 3, because always the fourth cant play, and the rest of us cant play anything because everything is for pairs (2 or 4 players)

[@ishoottheyscore8970]

I wish more mods used the scripting - it's such a faff on some games trying to do things like discard cards which should be a trivial thing

[@quesoblanco444]

Why would you need a script to discard cards? All it involves, like most stuff in TTS, is moving your mouse and clicking.

[@ishoottheyscore8970]

@@quesoblanco444 - becuase it involves more precision than it really should do. The interface is far too finicky for things like that where if you don't hold the card in exactly the right place, it doesn't properly join the discard pile. It can also be a faff trying to manoeuvre to the right discard pile, but compare that to having a zone on the screen that if you move a card to there it automatically gets added to whatever discard pile is correct. The latter is much, much more user friendly. Most creative industries use a stylus, not a mouse, because a mouse is not good at accurate placement in comparison, and a good amount of the TTS interface doesn't take that in to consideration. The goal of any interface should always be to not require people to think about how to use it, and scripting to remove the fiddliness of TTS would be a big part of that. Not to mention the absurdity that SU&SD highlighted where draw bags don't 'shuffle' so elements dropped in to them will be drawn out again in order

[@quesoblanco444]

@@ishoottheyscore8970 But you only need to drop the card roughly over the discard, and it will snap to the pile automatically. Are you playing a game with many discard stacks? Maybe really close together? (I have not used a stylus myself, so can't speak to that) There is a mod for an auto-shuffle bag as well, so that's no prob, though it would be a good thing for them to make that official. Thank you for the response.

[@ishoottheyscore8970]

@@quesoblanco444 It depends on the mod - the Falling Sky mod for example it needs the card to be held over the discard stack in the right place, it doesn't have that snap to function (partly because it hasn't defined a discard stack when the game sets up). It's probably even more egregious in that game because there should be one operation on the event deck. Some mods do a better job than others, my issue is that a few too many simply contain the art assets from the published game, but do nothing to help it flow

[@heatherdechant7996]

Loved your silly description of Watergate.

[@RyanOSullivan]

The water gate explanation picture wins.

[@Stormageddon565]

Another good one is settlers of catan.

[@eas7192]

question: do you need to play with friends or can you do a quickplay match with random people

[@actualol]

There's no quickplay function but there's a chatroom for finding other people to play with.

[@jeffer746]

7:06 how naive we were

[@cannockkk]

which Azul Mod is that? Can't find it.

[@milanorescarmew1959]

danmaku ! is a good game to play if you have group of 8 and love touhou

[@ManuYoCom]

Isle of Skye looks like Carcassone but with extra steps

[@gerardsarmenta9562]

All 10 games are free on TS correct?

[@sjgames5468]

Amazing

[@AUTvillacherboyAUT]

you completly forgott terraforming mars. not only a good game irl, but also on tts :)

[@adriang6259]

We can hear just fine... 😉

[@phasingout]

hmm i cant see any of these games on dlc list.

[@ForgeofAule]

No Gloomhaven? No Gwent?

[@McSchwiftys_Vlog]

alt+shift to view bottom of tiles

[@xshadowscreamx]

Now for a top paid games table top simulator list.

[@DJMidsouth]

The game group I play with have a rule of owning the actual game

[@sakhos6]

Why can't i understand these board games?

[@ChristianEmilsson]

Just remember to shuffle your bags!

[@JavierMorejon1]

#HumbleBrag 13:48

[@kristiankuzica1614]

Red dragon inn

[@NextFarley]

I'd love to play Burgle Bros. with you some time on TTS. Or any game. Username: NextFarley.

[@LauramineOxide]

brb googling big oof in french

[@kenusaga]

Check out Nemesis - Officially supported by Awaken Realms and wont get taken down. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1265009992 Find people to play here: discord.gg/Ncu7ny3 See my other mods here: steamcommunity.com/id/kensuaga/myworkshopfiles

[@ThunkBoardGames]

You should checkout Don't Let It Die on Tabletop Sim for a great 1-4 player, prehistoric, coop survival game! steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1221873341

[@MatSmithLondon]

I very much enjoyed the phrase "and rightly so, these tiles are Portuguese, not French". I mean, almost racist but not... more a case of respectfully taking the piss out of the French. I think.

[@actualol]

Absolutely. Love the French, but their tiling is substandard.

[@romanphoenix999]

You don't need to buy the DLC?

[@scandalousdeity]

@romanphoenix999 There are official versions of some games, which are paid DLC. The other games are free, community built versions of board games. That's why the suggestion of, if you really like one of the games you get via The Workshop, consider buying the real life version to support the creators that way. I am playing Gloomhaven on TTS with friends who I had played the board game with, as I already own the physical game.

[@milanorescarmew1959]

oh yeah about dlc only the host need to have the dlc. so you can split with your friend to get dlc you want and everybody can play. my group do that a lot

[@zrinkomaloseja2615]

@@milanorescarmew1959 From what I've gathered that is not true. Doen't everybody need to have a DLC? Maybe it's different for each one. Which one you are talking about?

[@milanorescarmew1959]

@@zrinkomaloseja2615 no everyone dont need the dlc. even the dlc store page said so only the host need to own the DLC, you can check it on steam here store.steampowered.com/app/468726/Tabletop_Simulator__Zombicide/

[@marbman1313]

@@zrinkomaloseja2615 I have most of them and I am the only one who needs them to play with anyone.

[@jamesgraham5717]

It depends on your taste.

[@BrandonDangerfield]

no gloomhaven :|

[@wbeytel]

I love Gloomhaven but it is definitely not for everyone.

[@Schneu369]

@@wbeytel I've played Gloomhaven 3 times with my regular weekly group, and it has several benefits over the live experience once you get used to it. Setup/takedown time is DEFINITELY one bonus, since you can save the game state at any time and just come back to it. Try leaving the physical game out on your dining-room table for a week... Great implementation!

[@wbeytel]

@@Schneu369 I fully agree. We are currently continuing with our Gloomhaven campaign on Tabletop Simulator while all of us are stuck in a lockdown. The TTS Gloomhaven scripted mod is phenomenal! Probably the best mod in the workshop. My initial comment just pointed out that the game itself is definitely not for everyone. For example: my brother, a Euro board game fanatic, doesn't like it at all.

[@gyrozepelix]

40€ per person is too much

[@masiczobe6074]

Noice