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Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by zentiggr » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 6:59 PM UTC

If you're more into wargaming, VASSAL has been around forever, each game module gives you virtual versions of maps, counters, charts, dice, etc so you can play whatever games you own (or many have rules and everything you need to play anyway).

It acts like a virtual tabletop for hundreds of games.

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by jokit » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 7:07 PM UTC

Consider Jitsi

https://jitsi.org/

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by exhilaration » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 7:12 PM UTC

rblatz wrote: post #28

exhilaration wrote: post #19

Just to add another suggestion, Tabletop Simulator on Steam is pretty great and on sale now [1]. My friends and I used it to play our first online game of Catan on Saturday night, we used Discord for voice chat. We all have the boxed version but obviously we can't get together... [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator...

How does that compare to playing Catan via Catan Universe? I enjoy the multi-platform (Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Browser, Steam) aspect of it, but it does have some rough edges.

One of my friends tried Catan Universe yesterday and says he prefers Tabletop Simulator. He also said that Catan Universe limits the number of players in the game; we had 5 players over the weekend and may have another friend join soon.

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by valuearb » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 7:12 PM UTC

zentiggr wrote: post #30

Or avoid using Zoom until they've fixed their issues, and have at least some semblance of acting responsibly?

Oh god, what if Chinese agents see my games? The horror!

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by zuhayeer » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 7:13 PM UTC

zestyping wrote: post #23

There's a slash missing from the end of the URL, so the links to games aren't working (for me anyway). If you start here, they will work: https://netgames.io/games/

Ah yeah just noticed, thanks! Unfortunately, can’t update link on post

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by zuhayeer » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 7:30 PM UTC

jonfw wrote: post #3

You have werewolf! That's a really fun game. Unfortunately- if I click on any of these links, I get the following message- Cannot GET /onu-werewolf/

Apologies, posted a bad link. Try https://netgames.io/games/

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by jabroni_salad » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 7:38 PM UTC

So I gotta ask, is this legal? I recognize a few of these are paid boardgames.

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by taborj » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 7:45 PM UTC

My wife & daughter have been playing various board games via Duo with my in-laws. They went with this approach to add a level of "hands-on" to the gameplay. They have to limit their options to games both parties have, but that leaves literally dozens of options.

The nice thing is that any video-enabled platform will work for this.

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by jvm_ » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 7:47 PM UTC

toncontact wrote: post #24

We played racing karts on https://www.airconsole.com/ the other day with friends. We used WhatsApp for voice.

Would this be easy enough to setup for a class of 11-year-olds who'd all be in their own homes?

Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom

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Post by zengineer » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 7:54 PM UTC

AirConsole has this feature now too https://www.airconsole.com/join