16 Upcoming Games Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator

Jun 1

Written By Cristo

Games Playtesting on Tabletop Simulator

Game Name	Game Theme & Type
1. Battle Peak	Fantasy. Strategic party brawler.
2. HexSwarm: Hostile Worlds	Sci-fi. Tile laying, resource management, Co-op.
3. Legacy of Atmos	Steampunk, fantasy. Tabletop skirmish card game with a fate and alignment system.
4. I C E	Ice planet. Euroworker placement game, with tactical elements.
5. Escape Mystic Mountain	Survival against nature. Team based strategy.
6. Sodalis	Space, fantasy. Strategy game.
7. Vermin Vendetta	Bugs in the backyard. Deckbuilding, tactical strategy game.
8. Beast	Fantasy. One-vs-many.
9. Distilled	Cocktail strategy game. Card game- crafting spirits in a distillery, resource management, push-your-luck.
10. Delver: Heroes of Farenwald	Fantasy. Competitive RPG card game.
11. Yeti Trek	Yetis racing across a vast mountain range. 2-player racing board game.
12. Feud: The Seer's Prophecy	Viking. Strategy game.
13. Fight Sequence	Fantasy, fighting. Card game.
14. Kingdoms	Fantasy, medieval. Trading card game.
15. 5 Paths	Cyberpunk. Strategy.
16. Starframe	Space. Strategy, card, resource management.

1. Battle Peak

Battle Peak Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator Strategic Party Brawler Tabletop Game — **About:** In the game each player is one of these wizards, combining the 4 elements to throw each other off the mountain peak. If you combine Air + Earth, for example, you can summon a sandstorm. The peak gets busier as the game goes on. The last player standing wins!
The cards in the game are used as elements to fuel the spells written on them. You can combine lots of spells this way. Summon an Ice Field to make the peak more slippery, summon whirlwinds to push your opponents off the peak, summon lava for that direct damage, and much more! Battle Peak also has a unique system where your discarded cards are used to fuel new spells!
**Game Info:**
**Playtesting Times:** We play regularly on our discord channel
**Type:** Strategic Party Brawler
**Theme:** Fantasy
**Number of Players:** 2-4 players
**Time To Play:** A game lasts about 20-40 minutes

Tabletop Simulator Mod: Playtest Battle Peak Now On TTS!

Kickstarter: Kickstarter- Live June 29th

2. HexSwarm: Hostile Worlds

HexSwarm: Hostile Worlds Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator Tile laying, resource management, Co-op Game — **About:** HexSwarm is a game in which you and up to three (or five with a special rules mode) of your friends can pilot one of seven unique and badass mechas to build a colony on a hostile alien planet. Build your base, expand, research technology, and fight the alien horde as you work to complete objectives to prove the success of your colony.
**Game Info:**
**Playtesting Times:** Any Friday or weekend, between Noon and 10pm EST
**Type:** Tile laying, resource management, Co-op
**Theme:** Sci-fi, mecha, alien hordes
**Number of Players:** 1-4 players
**Time To Play:** 3 hours runtime

Where To Sign Up: Interested playtesters can join the public discord

Tabletop Simulator Mod: Playtest HexSwarm: Hostile Worlds Now On TTS!

3. Legacy of Atmos

Legacy of Atmos Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator Play The Epic Tactical Skirmish-Based Warfare Game — **About:** A game of epic tactical skirmish-based warfare. You will command a small force of legendary Characters and units that are fighting a battle that forms part of a larger ongoing conflict.
Within the game, your army is directly affected by the characters you choose to lead it through a character-based Fate and Alignment system. Characters are aligned between Preservation, Corruption, and Unbound and get access to different cards, effects, and abilities depending on that alignment and the actions they take throughout the battle. You will have to balance your army, characters, and a tug-of-war styled mechanic where both players fight over a variety of Fate Spell cards.
**Game Info:**
**Playtesting Times:** 05/18 - 8/01
**Type:** A Tabletop skirmish card game with a fate and alignment system
**Theme:** Steampunk, Fantasy, Cosmos
**Number of Players:** 2-4 players
**Time To Play:** 3 hours runtime
**Contest:** Legacy of Atmos will have a competitive 1v1 mode that will be used in our quarterly cash prize tournaments! We will also feature a PVE style of play that will focus on the Tellus Crusade, the war brought on by Highlord Godrey Ronin against the Tellus Commune!

Where To Sign Up: Interested playtesters can signup on our Discord

Tabletop Simulator Mod: Playtest Legacy of Atmos Now On TTS!

Official Website: legacyofatmos.com

4. I C E

ICE Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator Euroworker Placement Game, With Tactical Elements Game — **About:** Theme: ice as far as the eye can see: in this post-apocalyptic universe swept by powerful winds, a city resists. Each year the city's guilds send archaeological expeditions to scour the ice of the inlandsis. Their destination: the valley of the ancients where the remains of an ancient civilization would be buried.
Game mechanics: I C E is a tile exploration game combining tactics and strategy. Evolving on 5 superimposed levels, the players embody a guild by moving an expedition leader. Thanks to a clever archaeologist movement system, players discover and take tiles containing artefacts and other vestiges of the past. By displaying these different types of artifacts and returning them to the city, Expedition Leaders validate valuable objectives that allow them to increase their Prestige Points.
Originality: The gameplay of I C E integrates the notion of burial specific to archaeological sites. The different layers of tiles act as a game board and allow you to perform effects or obtain artefacts. The game ends when a tile from the last layer is fully uncovered, this will indicate a game variant for the next game.
**Game Info:**
**Playtesting Times:** Any day from 9am and 10 pm (CEST)
**Type:** Euroworker placement game, with tactical elements
**Theme:** Ice planet, exploration, archeology
**Number of Players:** 1-5 players
**Time To Play:** 60- 90 minutes

Where To Sign Up: Playtesting Sign Up

Tabletop Simulator Mod: Playtest ICE Now On TTS!

Kickstarter: Successful May 2021 Kickstarter

Official Website: thiswayeditions.com

5. Escape Mystic Mountain

Escape Mystic Mountain Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator Team-Based Strategy Game — **About:** You and your team of fellow Explorers wake up to find yourselves trapped on a foreign mountain in the midst of a winter storm. Off in the distance near the base of the mountain, you spot an abandoned chalet where you may be able to find shelter and a radio. You must work together as a team to restore power to the chalet and communications array to radio for rescue off of the mountain.
Escape Mystic Mountain is a team-based survival game where the players acting as different characters must collaborate to survive the onslaught of the winter storm raging outside. Battle the elements as you traverse the mountain hoping to get communications restored before the next avalanche.
**Game Info:**
**Playtesting Times:** June-August
**Type:** Team-Based Strategy game
**Theme:** Survival against nature
**Number of Players:** 1-6 players
**Time To Play:** 90 minutes

Tabletop Simulator Mod: Playtest Escape Mystic Mountain Now On TTS!

Official Website: Escape Mystic Mountain Itch.io

6. Sodalis

Sodalis Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator Space/Fantasy Board Game — **About:** Players become Champions of planets and compete in teams to earn the favor of their star, Sodalis. Players move on a board and cast effects with Arcana to defeat opponents and gain control of neutral objectives. Victorious champions will have their homeworlds moved into ideal orbits, while the losing champions will be moved into less favorable orbits.
Like Tarot, Arcana have reversals. Each card has an alternate mode that players can choose from to "build" their character before the game starts. Cards are publicly displayed, so there's no surprises! Arcana are continuously cycled and refreshed, reducing table space and eliminating discard piles.
**Game Info**
**Type:** Strategy Game
**Theme:** Space/Fantasy
**Number of Players:** 2-6 players
**Time To Play:** 10 minutes per player, and about 15 minutes to learn the game

Tabletop Simulator Mod: Playtest Sodalis Now On TTS!

Kickstarter: Successful May 2021 Kickstarter

Official Website: sodalisgame.com

7. Vermin Vendetta

Vermin Vendetta Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator Deckbuilding, Tactical Strategy Board Game — **About:** You take control of a unique faction of bugs trying to complete your missions before the opponents complete theirs. You accomplish this by modifying and tweaking your deck to best accomplish these missions all the while thwarting your opponents along the way.
**Game Info**
**Type:** Deckbuilding, tactical strategy game
**Theme:** Bugs in the backyard
**Number of Players:** 2-4 players
**Time To Play:** 40- 180 min

Tabletop Simulator Mod: Playtest Vermin Vendetta Now On TTS!

Kickstarter: May 2021 Kickstarter

Official Website: nbgames.org

8. Beast

Beast Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator One-VS-Many Board Game — **About:** Welcome to the Northern Expanse, a place where nature is still unexplored, mystical, and dangerous. When the humans first arrived, they thought they found an unspoiled paradise, filled with bountiful forests, lakes swimming with fish, and cold freshwater flowing from the mountains. But as their settlements expanded and the surrounding forests grew thinner, nature itself pushed back. Great creatures known as Beasts emerged, and with their fangs, claws, and mystical powers, they proved an incredible threat to the humans. In order to protect the settlements, humans enlisted specialized hunters, tasked with tracking and killing the Beasts before too many of their kin perish.
Hidden movement: The Beast uses a deck of direction cards to move over forests, swamps, and caverns, using guile and deceit to hide its track from the hunters. However, whenever a hunter moves over a location where the Beast has previously been, a trail appears. Only when a hunter searches a location or the Beast itself attacks an unsuspecting target is the Beast's actual position revealed. More so, each hunter has but one chance of searching each round, making it a tense and difficult decision. Hunters seldom have full information whether the trail they’re pursuing contains the Beast’s actual location, or if the trail has already gone cold.
Asymmetrical Drafting: Each action you perform in this game is done by playing a card from your hand (up to a maximum of two cards per turn). This means that if a player wants to search, attack or move, they need to have a card in their hand that lets them do that. Before each round, both hunters and Beast participate in a draft for the most important cards. All action cards can be used by both Beast and hunters alike.
Teamwork above all: In order to win this game, you either need to cooperate every step of the way if you play as a hunter, or skillfully outmaneuver your opponents if you play as Beast. On their own, hunters are never stronger than the Beast. Only when hunters communicate, strategize and combine their actions can they bring down the Beast before it’s too late.
**Game Info**
**Type:** One-vs-many
**Theme:** Fantasy
**Number of Players:** 2-4 players
**Time To Play:** 30 min per player

Tabletop Simulator Mod: Playtest Beast Now On TTS!

Official Website: studiomidhall.com

9. Distilled

Distilled Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator Cocktail Strategy Game — **About:** Distilled is a highly thematic strategy card game about crafting spirits in a distillery, with resource management, push-your-luck, and tableau building elements. In the game, you have inherited an abandoned distillery from a distant relative, and are now tasked with bringing your family’s business back to its former glory! Create the world’s most renowned spirits by acquiring ingredients, recipes, and upgrades. Choose whether to age your spirits to enhance their flavor, or immediately bottle them to sell it for a quick profit. Whoever has the most spirit points at the end of the game earns the title of Master Distiller.

Purchase new ingredients and invest in upgrades to your distillery, all while distilling a new spirit and sending it to the warehouse. Once in the warehouse, age your spirit to enhance its flavor and bottle it to sell it for major profits! Achieve the title of Master Distiller by having the most spirit points at the end of the game. Points are obtained by distilling and selling spirits, which results in the creation of Unique Spirits, such as aged whisky, gin, or even moonshine!
Distilled will be launching (as a physical board game) on Kickstarter on July 6th, 2021. Note: While this is a game about making alcohol, it focuses more on the true science and business behind it, not the consumption! Of course, for fans of games about beer, wine, and other alcohol - such as Viticulture, Vinhos, Brewcrafters, or Homebrewers - you might find this game interesting. Or if you've ever wondered how people distill liquor or brew beer, you might find this intriguing as well!
**Game Info**
**Type:** Distilled is a highly thematic strategy card game about crafting spirits in a distillery, with resource management, push-your-luck, and tableau building elements
**Theme:** Cocktail Strategy Game
**Number of Players:** 1-4 players
**Time To Play:** ~30 min per player

Tabletop Simulator Mod: Playtest Distilled Now On TTS!

Kickstarter: Successful July 2021 Campaign

Official Website: distilledgame.com

10. Delver: Heroes of Farenwald

Delver: Heroes of Farenwald Playtesting On Tabletop Simulator Competitive RPG Card Game

About: Players select a class at random when the game begins. Each class has specific stats that correspond with how well they can do certain tasks (Strength, Dexterity, Etc.). Tactic Cards are drawn by all players except the Game Master. The Game Master will then choose a Battlefield Card at random to set a random effect for this round that affects all players. (These effects can be good or bad for the players and change every round).

The turn order begins with the player who has the highest dexterity and moves clockwise from there. The player will then choose to explore the Town or the Dungeon and handle a condensed scenario read aloud by the Game Master. Then they will choose an attribute they have (Strength, Dexterity, Etc.) to solve the scenario in some way. Other players can interject by playing Tactic Cards to make it harder on the player and the player can play Tactic Cards in response. These cards are tools at the players’ disposal to help themselves or thwart other players’ attempts at exploration. Tactic Cards are limited, however, so these decisions won't be made lightly.

If a player is successful in their exploration they receive a Reputation Point or a Glory Point for the Town and Dungeon respectively. They will also receive a Treasure Card that they may keep on their character. Treasure can be equipment or powerful one-use items. The first player to collect 4 total Reputation or Glory Points in the winner. However, you must have at least one of each type.

Game Info