In my previous post, I introduced four object types that you will find in many games: standard objects, dice, cards, and card holders. Today, I want to tell you about the remaining object types that Tabletop Playground currently supports.

Containers

In some games, you need an infinite supply of certain objects (like go stones), or you want to grab a random piece out of a selection of objects (think of the letters in Scrabble). For these situations, the container object type is what you need! You insert items by simply dropping them onto the container. And you can drag them out either randomly or in a defined order, such as first in-first out.

Cardboard figures

Cardboard figures don’t have any special behavior: they are just a convenient way to get figures into the game, if you only have a 2D Image. You create the figures in the editor of Tabletop Playground. You can select a round or rectangular base, or use your own base model. Then, all you need is an image and you have a 3D game piece!

Tables

Surprise: the action in Tabletop Playground takes place on a table. The game comes with a selection of eight different tables, but you can also create your own tables for custom games. You can get creative with what a “table” can be: for example, you could create a miniature golf lane course! However, the main property of tables is that they are unmovable and serve as a surface for your game.

That’s it for the quick overview of all currently implemented object types. You can create your own versions of all of them using the editor, which I will talk about in one of the next posts. If you want more details, head over to the knowledge base that just went online with the first articles about object types.