Putting Early Access behind it at the start of the month, Tabletopia has already released a brand new game to the tabletop experience simulator - Near and Far.
Designed by Ryan Luakat, Near and Far is the sequel to his other appropriately named story-based boardgame 'Above and Below'. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Near and Far has debuted on the 'free to start' Tabletopia platform before making its physical debut later next year.
Featuring the 'arcade' version of the game alongside two different playable maps, Near and Far is a tabletop game made for 2-4 players. With each playthrough lasting around 1-2 hours, it isn't going to be like a game of Monopoly where you eventually start to struggle with player commitment over time. Searching for the 'Last Ruin', you travel out with your player companions looking for folks to recruit, treasure to unearth and attempt to make a name for yourself it the game's colourful world.
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While the Steam reviews don't paint a particularly pretty picture for Tabletopia as a whole, the inclusion of a technically unreleased game should entice the 7k+ audience who backed the physical release. Able to get a feel for the game months before getting their hands on it, it might just cause the influx in players needed to convince Tabletopia Inc. to work a little harder on fixing the core of the simulator.
Those interested can download Tabletopia through Steam for free and run the Near and Far simulation from within. Its creator will also be doing a live playthrough on the Tabletopia website come December 10 at 2PM EST.
