Tabletop Simulator Newsletter - January 2016

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What a great start to 2016! We've already got three updates out with some awesome new features and there is still so much more to come! Read on for more.

Be sure to check out our Knowledge Base, as it has all kinds of information. There's stuff for new players, the host and much more. It's still a work in progress, so keep checking back because new things will be added daily.

Tabletop Simulator is currently 50% off on both The Humble Store and Indie Gala through this weekend.

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OFFICIAL DLC:

We're happy to be working with Stonemaier Games again to be bringing Scythe and Viticulture to Tabletop Simulator. Euphoria is already out and can be found on our Steam Store page.

Scythe was successfully funded on Kickstarter with over 17,000 backers and will be officially released in its physical form in September of this year.

Scythe is a board game set in an alternate-history 1920s period. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor.

It is a time of unrest in 1920s Europa. The ashes from the first great war still darken the snow. The capitalistic city-state known simply as "The Factory," which fueled the war with heavily armored mechs, has closed its doors, drawing the attention of several nearby countries.

1-5 players

~115 minutes

Viticulture

Old-world Tuscany awaits your winemaking skill and strategic cunning. You'll plant vines, harvest grapes, age wines, and fill merchant orders to create the greatest winery in Italy!

1-6 Players | Ages 13 & Up

~45-90 minutes

We recently released some great new DLC's like Darkest Night and the 1st expansion With An Inner Light by Victory Point Games and our latest is Tiny Epic Galaxies by Gamelyn Games.

Tiny Epic Galaxies is driven by an exciting dice-rolling mechanic that rewards thoughtful programming of the results. Players control a home planet and a series of space ships within their own personal galaxy. As players upgrade their galaxies they gain access to more ships and more dice.

MONTH IN REVIEW:

Update v6.3 brought in Blindfolds, which enables you to play all kinds of different games. Blindfolds prevents a player from viewing the table and a message is shown in chat to all non-blindfolded players each time the blindfold is activated to prevent abuse.

The Blindfold is a good way to have everyone "close their eyes" while the host chooses a game or brings out something as a surprise.

We also added a new tab in the Configuration menu so you can customize which UI elements you want to show or not.

Other cool things we added: Being able to add up the build in poker chips so you don't have to figure it out yourself, stacked object cutting just like you do for a deck of cards, chat improvements like changing the font size, opacity of the window and keeping your chat window on at all times. And finally we added some improvements to the server browser, and have really improved threading/mod loading.

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In Update v6.4, we added a new feature States, which allows you to create multiple states for a single object. You can use this for anything from creating books, changing how a piece should be positioned, RPG's where you need to change a person's mood or if they get a spell cast on them and much much more!

We also have improved on card naming, so that when you stack cards that are named, they will no longer disappear. Additionally, cards in hand and cards that are flipped over will not show their names.

And finally, we got the Tablet working for our Linux users! Thanks so much for your patience. This is still in an experimental stage, so if you are experiencing any issues, please let us know.

Our latest Update v6.5 just came out and this one included our next DLC, Battle For Souls by Robert Burke Games. This beautiful rendition makes use of our new States feature for the rule books and also includes some nifty dials to keep score. Battle For Souls is $4.99 with a 10% discount for the next week.

We also revamped Deck Searching!

You can still search the old way with the wheel - this is now called Public Searching as everyone can see you search through it and manipulate it. The new deck searching is called Private Searching and it shows up in a grid window and only you can see it. Play with it, try different things and let us know on our forums if you encounter any bugs.

This patch also included a lot of general improvements and bug fixes.

COMMUNITY:

ORIGINAL GAME: Check out the original game Dragon Tamers created by Community member The Cable Guy, in our Steam Workshop. You may have seen The Cable Guy promoting this game in global chat. Well, Mr. Cable Guy, here is your moment of glory! :D
A great example of taking some of the assets already included in Tabletop Simulator and making them your own by creating a unique and fun game.

Tame The Dragon together with your friends so that he does not bring havoc to your lands. Plus who would not want a Dragon as a pet?

We must Tame the Dragon together or it will bring death and an overall perish of our citizens!

Find treasures, slay Monsters, get pooped on by the Dragon, or listen to your favorite music while playing an Epic 6 player coop Adventure Game.

DRAGON TAMERS. Available now on the Steam Workshop.

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Do you have an original project you're working on? Or have you seen someone else who has? Tell us all about it! Post all your findings on our dedicated forum post here: http://www.berserk-games.com/forums/showthread.php?1532-Community-Creations

You can even post it on our Sub-Reddit, Twitter and Facebook. While we can't respond to everything, we do read everything, so get posting!