Submitted 11 months ago by Prathas@lemmy.zip to newcommunities@lemmy.world
https://lemmy.zip/c/BoardGameArena
It has classics from Backgammon to modern titles released this year. Many are totally free to play with an account. Some are paywalled behind premium access, but you only need one person at the table with a premium subscription to start the game, and then everyone else can participate for free.
Of note, it handholds you through legal moves, so you can use the platform to learn new games. Some of my in-person board game purchases came from games I learned here online!
Ooh, anyone know if it’s got some way to play BattleTech? I don’t see an official game for it, I wonder if there’s some legally distinct game I’m not finding in search.
Either way, I dig it. Tabletop Sim in my phone browser is dope
It’s not really a tabletop sim, it’s games turned into web apps. You’re looking for tabletop simulator on Steam.
Asmodee owns BGA, so they would need a copyright agreement with BT’s owner, and probably a lotta other stuff. It’s not freestyle like TTS; it’s mostly 2D (only Santorini AFAIK is 3D on BGA) and each game is specifically and meticulously replicated.
Given the small size of the communities, you might also consider using !boardgames@sopuli.xyz for your discussions instead of starting a new niche comm :)
Yes, I know about that as well! I guess I could mention it there, too, and double up any content.
and double up any content.
This tends to splinters discussions as comments from a post on one community don’t show up on the same post on the other community
!fedigrow@lemm.ee usually recommends to merge similar communities, you can have a look at a few recent posts
!BoardGameArena@lemmy.zip
Sorry, is it not linked? I’m new to this.
You linked to lemmy.zip/c/BoardGameArena, which is usually fine, but sometimes causes issues for users who are not on lemmy.zip.
it’s generally good practice to include the “instance agnostic” link too.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Didn’t lemmy.zip de-federate with .world? So you’re announcing to a community where most users can’t see the content in your community.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I have a lemmy.zip account, they still federate LW
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Wait, you’re on a .world account, in a .world comm. How are you replying to this post?
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I have a lemmy.zip account, they still federate LW
Prathas@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Shoot. Ironic! I didn’t know how to check… I wonder why they unlinked…
roofuskit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I believe .zip complained about the lack of moderation in .world. .world is quite large so the mods can’t wrangle everyone. It’s easy for a small instance to point to a big one and say they aren’t doing their jobs, in reality it’s a less work to police a fraction of the users.