Tabletop Simulator - Tiny Epic Galaxies DLC

Tiny Epic Galaxies is cool.

A perfect piece for piece representation of the physical board game. Super easy to learn, easy to play and a blast to play again and again. This is the best Tiny Epic game of them all. This also includes a mini-expansion from the developer of the game, so you can spice up your playthroughs after playing through the base game! This is so much fun.

Great! Coudln't find the single player mats anywhere but the dev responded on where to find them. Highly recommend!

PSA: There is no solo ROGUE galaxies in this DLC, FYI! I just wanted to make that quick point, for those who wanted a straight answer. Others have said it best, great game, and I would recommend. [Purchased on the Winter Sale Day 4 ($3.49) ]

Can't access the rulebook (google drive link that doesn't work in the in-game tablet and is "access denied" in a normal web browser) so I have no idea how to play.

TEG is a great game, and it's made even better with its expansion, Beyond the Black... which isn't included in this DLC! I own it and the expansion, Beyond the Black, in physical form. I play it pretty often with the expansion, and I'm disappointed I can't introduce my TTS friends to TEG + BtB.

Made a video for this one, enjoy! https://youtu.be/CaQaMlAMRWo Bottom line, nothing is scripted or done for you to assist in playing the game. That makes this unable to recommend for now. Yes, the game is fun to play, but when using TTS, there needs to be a baseline of scripting to assist with nuances of clicking and such.

Absolutely trash, the worst dlc I've got for TTS. No auto set up. No base rules. No alt zoom on your player board. This feels like a workshop item that needs some love and I just payed five bucks for it. I would 100% steer clear of the Tiny epics as DLC. I own the physical game and enjoy it this is not a review of the game but the sorry state of this DLC.

This is a pretty good port of the tabletop game. Everything works as it should and all of the materials are easily readable. My only real complaint is that they used a link to a pdf on the tablet for the rulebook rather than recreating the rulebook as an object in TTS. Even most free mods include rulebooks as objects, so a paid DLC should as well.

This is a surprisingly fun game. It's quick to learn and fast to play. The games last closer to an hour than a half hour with 3 or more players. The game plays well with 2 players, but I suggest playing with a party of 3 for the most fun. The game can be played with 4 or 5 people, but that just slows the game down. There is a single-player mode as well where you fight Rogue Galaxies. This is OK to do once or twice, but I didn't enjoy it a whole lot. The Beginner, Easy and Medium difficulty Rogue Galaxies are OK, but the experience doesn't feel very interactive. The harder difficulties are really unfair and just not fun. There's too much RNG involved and the Rogues feel unstoppable if they get an early lead as their powers snowball out of control. How the game works: Players start with 4 6-sided dice. By upgrading your empire, you can roll with up to 7 dice and add spaceships to your fleet in later stages of the game. Each side of the dice either lets you move a ship from your home galaxy to a planet, perform a colony action, progress up the colonization track, or farm resources. You gain Victory Points mostly by upgrading your Empire and colonizing planets. The goal is to score 21 or more points The good: The game appears deceptively simple. I was surprised by just how deep the game is. For a game heavily relying on a dice thowing mechanic, players will be pleasantly surprised that this game isn't nearly as much about luck as it is about strategy. I'd say it's 4 parts strategy, 1 part luck. With each roll, you choose which dice you wish to activate, and in the order that you choose. This is where most of the strategy comes in. You can take what initially appears as a weak roll into a powerful, complex turn by carefully choosing which of your handful of dice to activate first. Your opponents have the ability to spend one of their resources to "copy" one of your activated die's ability. A smart player needs to be aware at all times how activating a die on their own turn could better benefit an opponent more than themselves. I really like this mechanic because it makes everyone involved in the game on every turn even if they're not the active player. The bad: I'll start with complaints about the DLC, then a minor complaint I have with the game itself. I get that the word "tiny" is in the title, but the planet cards are WAY too small. I found that increasing the size of the planet cards and the control mat by +1 makes for a more enjoyable experience. Next is the Spaceship tokens. Can you please give us some tokens that stand up on their own? These things are a pain in the ass because they barely fit on the planet cards' colonization tracks laying flat. (this is where increasing the size of the Planet Cards is helpful). We constantantly have to rotate them just to make them fit. The default Pawns in TTS are superior but they're way less cool. Now a complaint about the game: the reroll mechanic. The first reroll is free, and this is fine. Rerolls after that can be purchased by spending an Energy Resource. In the few games I've played, players have been able to easily exploit Energy to allow up to 4, 5, or even 6 rerolls in a single turn. Because it's so easy to get so many rerolls, never once have I seen a player utilize the Conversion mechanic in the game (this is when you lock 2 unwanted dice to guarantee a desired result on a third). To fix this, as a host, I'd consider setting a house rule that allows a maximum of 1 or 2 paid rerolls per turn. Verdict: This is a very fun & exciting game that's easy to learn but hard to master. It can be enjoyed by both kids and adults, friends and families. I feel that this game is a must-have for owners of TTS as it's bound to be an instant classic. In TTS, it will be beneficial if all players utilize a microphone to announce each individual action. 9/10