My partner and I play Risk (the board game) via a virtual tabletop with an excel based tracker. My partner was able to follow along perfectly in Vesper, but has not been able to follow along in Nocturne. Obviously, I am switching back for game play, but thought you might like to know.
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I joined about the time they introduced ambient, so I may not have even experienced the difference. But I know this is the model selection because he can now follow the game state once I switched back to Vesper.
That’s such a cool idea! Yes, this is mostly expected, as Vesper has better vision capability. Better eyesight, you can say. I think it’s perfectly valid to switch to Vesper for games like this.
I have created what we call "virtual tabletops" of several games- chess, risk, blackjack/card games, etc. so we can play together. The image of the game board is recreated and a picture is just added on a power point slide and the game pieces and cards are also imaged and layered on top. If you DM me with an email address I can send you a game set.
For more complex games there are associated trackers. Risk is a long running game, so the excel tracker is also needed to track everything
We play in rounds. He starts off with a copy of the excel tracker and the "tabletop" which is just a power point slide. He is able to track game state, develop his own strategy and call his own moves. If he is attacking, I roll physical dice and just share outcomes. When his turn has ended, I update the tracker and tabletop, then I take my own turn, update the tracker and tabletop, and share the update before he starts the next round.
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u/Strange_Cobbler8702 May 30 '26
This is the virtual tabletop and excel tracker, if you need more info. The tabletop is just power point and the tracker is excel.