Tabletopia News

Mantic Games is pleased to be working with Dark Horse Comics once again. After publishing the critically acclaimed Hellboy: The Board Game, this time they're bringing the world-famous Umbrella Academy series to the tabletop!

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Umbrella Academy: The Board Game is an easy-to-learn, fast-paced board game that sees you becoming a member of The Umbrella Academy. Save the world from devastating hazards and thwart the plots of villains, like Hazel and Cha Cha, The White Violin and more.



Loads of replay value, easy setup, solo rules, cooperative gameplay, and amazing miniatures mean this is the definitive Umbrella Academy tabletop experience.

We are happy to announce that this year Tabletopia engine will get the most fundamental update in its history that will radically improve its performance, graphics, and usability for both players and game designers. There's so much new stuff that we call this update Tabletopia 2.0.

Since its creation in 2015, Tabletopia has been a unique innovative tool that lets you play and experience virtual 3D board games from your web browser. However, technology progresses and now in 2022, we are able to make things even more beautiful and convenient for our users.

Kickstarter felt like a lifetime ago!

Here are some of the changes to come:

[h2]GRAPHICS AND PERFORMANCE[/h2]

First, graphic performance will be much better without increasing loading time and required memory space. At the moment, even though playing in a web browser gives you 100% of the Tabletopia experience, we recommend playing in the Steam app because graphics quality, resolution, and overall performance are clearly better. In Tabletopia 2.0 you will not see this difference anymore because the browser experience will be the same as in the application.

[h2]GAMEPLAY ENHANCEMENTS[/h2]

Second, many new features will be added to make gameplay smoother. We regularly receive requests from you for features like an “undo” button (letting you cancel the previous action), the ability to search through decks and bags, the ability to type and draw on the game components, tools to measure distances, customizable hotkeys etc. All this and much more will be implemented in the new engine - watch this space to keep informed about new features!

[h2]FLESHED OUT CREATION TOOLS[/h2]

Last but not least, the game creation process will go through the most drastic changes. It will take place completely in the game client, i.e. on the table. You will be able to upload any objects directly to your table, customize it, multiply, scale, or group. This will make game design and prototyping much easier and open new possibilities for your creativity. But what is most important, this new feature set will help not only game designers but also the players - you will be able to customize your game in action by changing or uploading any objects. Don’t want to play with standard meeples again? Upload your models or make simple standees from photos of yourself and your friends!

We plan to launch the new functionality for game design this fall and will keep you updated about new features and other improvements!

Here at Tabletopia we are so excited about new ways of playing board games. While there is nothing better then to spend time with your friends or family playing Wingspan or Cartographers, sometimes your are looking for something new, for a new experience with your loved hobby. The folks at Tilt Five have just released their AR glasses and wand with Tabletopia compatibility!



Using Tilt Five you can play in one room gathered around the table or play with your friends online. Right now we already have more than 100 games from the Tabletopia catalogue available on Tilt Five. Check out the full list here or right in your Steam Tabletoipia app.

To learn more about how the whole system works, check out this video!

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Evil: 101 is a card game for 2-6 people between the ages 13-Infinity. It is a fast-paced warm-up game for those game nights when one or two players are running a bit late.

The theme is a parody of the old spy thriller genre with a sprinkle of our own brand of humour. The players are villains, contending for the Throne of Evil Overlord.



Victory is determined by how much Evil you can spread throughout the world, with points being given based on how well the plan fits with the target for your evil deeds.

But each round, one player is an Agent of the D.I.C. (Department of Inscrutable Character) and sends their subordinates to thwart the Evil players' plans...

Life is full of emotion, and the region of the brain primarily associated with processing these emotions is the amygdala.

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In the abstract strategy game Amygdala, players vie for control of different regions, each associated with an emotion. They must collect and store emotional resources in their memory bank which they will use to unlock emotions from their mind, then place these emotion tiles on the main game board.



Emotion tiles can be connected in networks of like emotions to score points. The player with the most emotions in each region can score big points at the end of the game, but only if they manage to unlock and place a claim tile belonging to the region they wish to score.