The official Tabletopia server on Discord is used for in-game voice communication between player. About Discord Discord is a modern all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and mobile devices. Discord is ideal for in-game communication with people you don’t personally […]
Turn-Based Modes
About Turn-Based Modes As with analog board games, players take turns to play most games on Tabletopia. To manage this process, use the various featured turn-based modes. This will let you automatically pass the turn to the next player, calculate the turn time, etc. Enabling Turn-Based Modes To enable turn-based mode, […]
User Roles in a Game
During the game various participants have various roles, such as: host, player, spectator. Each role has a set of characteristics and permissions. Host Host is the player who creates the room and controls all the game and room settings. In the game, the host’s avatar is labeled with a crown […]
FAQ for Game Designers
Aslo see FAQ for Players. Account Questions What can I do as a game designer? You can create, test your games and publish them to be accessible to a wider audience, with the following limitations: On the Basic (free) Workshop plan, you can create 1 game with 2 setups each using […]
Interacting with Game Components
This article provides information on various in-game controls and actions with game objects, such as cards, tiles, etc. Also check out our Video tutorial. Most of the interaction with game objects can be done by left-clicking and dragging the objects. Right-click an object to open a radial menu with options which differ according to […]
Customizing Object Behaviors
About Object Behaviors One of the more powerful and flexible features of Tabletopia is the ability to customize object behaviors. Almost every object in Tabletopia can be customized to allow or forbid flipping, moving, rotating, and other interactions. Not all interactions are available for all objects. These are the options available […]
Game Designer Checklist
Find below the Game Designer Checklist, which we ourselves use when creating games on Tabletopia. Just cross-check your game against it to make sure you did not forget any important things while creating the game. Game Details Game details will be displayed on the game’s page in the catalog. They will serve as the […]
Improving Visual Design of Your Game
This guide will provide various tips and advice on making your games look beautiful on Tabletopia. Table, Skybox or Surface A custom surface is more complicated to implement, but in most cases it looks much better than a table. In theory you can make your surface very colorful, and full of […]
Picture Counter
About Picture Counters A picture counter is a bunch of picture slides (up to 24) that allows for keeping track of different parameters during the game. Instead of using numbers, this counter uses a series of images. Picture counters can be used to simulate dials and spinners as well as stickers […]
Workshop Video Tutorial
This video tutorial will teach you how to create a game on Tabletopia in 3 short parts. Part 1: The Game Page Part 2: The Objects Part 3: The Setup