EVERY SERVER IS PRIVATE GG

[Chaython]

EVERY SERVER IS PRIVATE GG

[Marquise*]

Ask to be part of a group in global or here. It is an anti-troll thingie.

That or host!

[Blaine]

Given the nature of TTS, it's more of a tool than a game in its own right and requires some measure of organization and communication beforehand, rather than being a standard online game where you just instantly boot it up and jump into a server or queue.

Open games would allow anyone to join at any time and start chucking pieces and dice everywhere, which is of course annoying and disruptive.

[Trixi]

Originally posted by Blaine:

Given the nature of TTS, it's more of a tool than a game in its own right and requires some measure of organization and communication beforehand, rather than being a standard online game where you just instantly boot it up and jump into a server or queue.

Open games would allow anyone to join at any time and start chucking pieces and dice everywhere, which is of course annoying and disruptive.

your plain wrong. you can set permissions so that nobodycan join a color.

[SaltyO]

Blame it on the general etiquette of the gaming community, which is more dire the easier the game is to play.

The best way to find players is to reach out, post in forums and Discord, and to ask in Global if anyone is willing to teach games. Barring that, host and learn a game yourself, or even host a game and ask someone to teach it at your table. It's really annoying to teach games to people or host games when they just leave after 10 minuntes. You have to build up a friendlist of good gamers especially for hobby games.

[Playerslayer21]

I'd suggest hosting teaching lobbies yourself. Just make sure you are really clear on the rules and explain clearly what the game is and how long it is to avoid people leaving half way through you explaining the rules

[Blaine]

Originally posted by Trixi:

your plain wrong. you can set permissions so that nobodycan join a color.

Yeah, I've seen the permissions pane, but so far I've only been playing with friends, so I didn't realize that spectators couldn't touch anything. You're right.

My main point is just that people need to have a little patience with TTS. I've been playing TTS actively for two weeks (someone gifted me a copy two years ago, but it went onto my backburner) and I've found a private group that plays 2-4 games per week, plus some of my Steam friends also enjoy board games, and I've played a few with them.

There ARE open lobbies available most of the time anyway, even if they're in the minority.

I've been playing "advanced" board games IRL since the early 2000s, and I'm used to people being reluctant to learn new rules or play anything complicated, so I've learned to be patient. Generally, if I plan to play any game, I read the rules in their entirety and learn to play myself first because I know I'm going to have to be the one teaching people.