Only one player needs a premium account to host a game, so organising one with friends and family isn’t expensive. Premium costs £3.50 per month and gives you access to the premium only (and generally the most popular) games and other convenient benefits free users don’t enjoy.
There are free and premium tiers and no one-off costs to buy games. It’s browser-based and the presentation is a basic, 2D affair that won’t tax even the most feeble laptop – you can play via an app, too. What to try: Cosmic Encounter, Wingspan Boardgame Arenaīoardgame Arena is the polar opposite of Tabletop Simulator. Pros: Immersive graphics, huge range of contentĬons: Intimidating for beginners, old laptops may struggle If you have the patience to grapple with the interface and a decent enough computer, it’s the place to go for serious online tabletop gaming. It’s also home to a thriving community of Dungeons & Dragons-style RPG mods. There are tens of thousands of high-quality and free homemade mods, many of which include scripting to enforce some rules and game progress. Many of our favourite board games are available, including Wingspan and Cosmic Encounter, but it’s the community created workshop content that really sells Tabletop Simulator.
