Hey Fediverse, is anyone good at making mods for Tabletop Simulator? I have a fragile, poor-condition copy of an elderly, rare board game. It’s not a good game, but it’s historically interesting and I would like it archived for the good of the world. I have the rules, the parts, and a flatbed scanner; what I don’t have is TTS mod experience or knowledge of the right way to lay out a zillion tiny cards on my scanner and then do I flip them over in place or mirror the layout to get the obverse?
It’s “The Fellowship of the Ring”, which is essentially an LOTR wargame. It’s... not very playable unless you are used to wargames, and maybe not even then. I bought it for $5 at a flea market in Indiana when I was young; the list price was $8 but I talked the seller down because, well, my allowance was $5.
I knew I’d probably never play it, I just wanted to see what it was and how it worked, and wow did I get exactly what I wanted, it’s a complicated mess. :D
@kistaro Alright, so as a hobbit you have resistance to bad smells but you have very poor movement speed. You have high wisdom, but this basically only manifests as resistance to psionics. Your main attack is throwing a rock and yelling. Oh no, yelling doesn't actually hurt your enemy, but you have a chance to summon a wizard or other ally to your aid.
@kistaro So it's just playing out the LOTR book series by way of Warhammer.
@Anarkat This is not far off from the actual rules.
* a party containing only Hobbits can only Sneak and cannot use faster movement
* if you defeat a Ringwraith, it comes back stronger in a few turns; however, the Enemy Player can also have the Ringwraith make a pilgrimage to be upgraded to riding a Fell Beast without the waiting period in a few cells
* random events can indeed summon help
* if Gandalf the Grey dies, he comes back as Gandalf the White in a few turns
It goes on.