7. Play
Now you have designed your game, you can play it by either:
- Printing it out (the ‘Output’ tab helps with this)
- Playing the game virtually, which is what this page is about
Tabletop Simulator (TTS)
TTS is a popular app for playing tabletop games.
Exporting from Card Game Builder
Go to the ‘Decks’ tab, and click the ‘Tabletop Simulator Export’ button in the top right.
Card Game Builder exports each deck as a TTS ‘Saved Object’ - a JSON file, plus images of the card fronts and backs. These can easily be imported into TTS.
We’ll try and save them in these locations:
- macOS:
~/Library/Tabletop Simulator/Saves/Saved Objects - Windows:
Documents\My Games\Tabletop Simulator\Saves\Saved Objects - Linux:
~/.local/share/Tabletop Simulator/Saves/Saved Objects
Loading into TTS
Click the Objects menu at the top of the screen. You’ll find your deck under Saved Objects.
Playing with other people
The JSON file refers to the images by their location on your computer.
To make it playable with other people, the images need to be hosted on a server.
You could upload the images to an image hosting service, or your own server, and then update the JSON file to point to the new location.
Alternatively, follow these steps in TTS to import the deck. Use the images that Card Game Builder exported - and use the option which uploads the images to Steam Cloud.