April 28, 2020: Play The Fantasy Trip Digitally!

During our FnordCon 2 virtual panels, fans of The Fantasy Trip were given a tutorial of a fan project, approved by Steve himself, that really blew us away. Jim Eisert has created a Melee mod for Tabletop Simulator on Steam that is functional and looks great. Not only that, he has made a full multi-part tutorial-video series explaining how to use the platform. This is not only a good demonstration of how to use his mod on Tabletop Simulator, it's also a detailed demo of how to play the game itself. He teaches everything – character creation, movement, hand-to-hand combat, shooting, magic – and provides full battle examples. You can find the entire playlist on Jim's YouTube channel, but he has individual videos for: 

• Tutorial 1: Characters
• Tutorial 2: Movement and Initiative
• Tutorial 3: Engagement
• Tutorial 4: Adjusted DX
• Tutorial 5: Close Combat
• Tutorial 6: Hand-to-Hand
• Tutorial 7: Ranged Combat
• Tutorial 8: Casting Spells
• Tutorial 9: Creation Spells
• Full Battle Part 1
• Full Battle Part 2
• All at Once Melee Demo

Jim is very active in the TFT community, so we expect support to be robust for this already excellent mod. Whether you're just starting out or a veteran TFT player looking to get a game going during the quarantine, check out Jim's videos and give this a shot! (And remember, Melee is now a FREE download on W23 and DTRPG.)

-- Hunter Shelburne