VASSAL Engine

VASSAL Engine

The VASSAL Engine is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games tabletop and card games. It allows users to play in real time over a live internet connection (in addition to playing by email). It runs on all platforms, and is free for personal use. For example, there is a Star Wars Miniatures module, where players can play with up to three others in a digital replica of the table-top game.

It is written in Java and is available from Sourceforge under the LGPL open source license.

Available Modules

A list of games for which modules have been created.More, but not all module can be found on the Vassal Module Site: [http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?option=com_vassal_modules&task=displayAll&Itemid=30 Vassal module list]

Tabletops

* V40k a Warhammer 40k Module "Perhaps the most played module" now. [ [http://www.vassal40k.com/ Vassal 40k Website] ]
* Battlefleet Gothic [ [http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=45e70f8805b982808c9e7c56ba37815fe8c93d33a60c787b Download Scourec for Battlefleet Gothic Module] ]
* Mordheim [ [http://www.mediafire.com/?tdiwxj9czzn Mordheim Module Download] ]

Boardgames

* Diplomacy (game)
* HeroQuest
* Space Hulk
* Shadows over Camelot [ [http://www.mediafire.com/?ek4mfbltomg Module Shadows over Camelot Download] ]
* Illuminati (boardgame) [ [http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?option=com_vassal_modules&task=display&module_id=210 lluminati Site] ]

Card Games

* Playing Cards [ [http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?option=com_vassal_modules&task=display&module_id=218Playing Cards] ]
* Bridge/Hearts [ [http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?option=com_vassal_modules&task=display&module_id=221 Module Site] ]

Sources

External links

* [http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php Official VASSAL website]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/vassalengine Sourceforge page for the engine]
* [http://www.heresy-online.net Heresy-Online Vassal Gaming Club]


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