Thursday, May 07, 2020

Vassal - A Distant Plain more family fun

Another Vassal session of A Distant Plain with Dad, Brother and Son tonight (after waiting a week for Virgin to come back on line for son).
Played through two more Propaganda cards with only 1 more to appear.
None of us really doing that well but Coalition (brother) sitting at -4 and with Surge ability has good chance of winning unless we can thwart him.
Great to get some 'live' wargaming.









Also set up Storm Over Normandy for some quick playing solo fun for VE Day





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  1. parttimegamer5:06 pm

    I'm really interested to hear how you play live online using Vassal. Does it work for tabletop gaming? It looks like it only works for board games that have been "loaded" into the system.

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    1. Sgt Steiner9:52 pm

      Hi Vassal essentially a board game conversion program (some modules have limited automation) via downloadable modules of games. Can play live on line via its Servers or via PBEM. Think there a couple of miniatures conversion (to board game style format) but never tried these.
      There is a system on Steam called 'Tabletop Simulator' that seems to support miniatures style games (and boardgames) such as Chain of Command, Bolt Action, Black Powder but beyond my skills to navigate :-)

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