The Steam Digital Tabletop Fest will take place next week. The five-day event will "explore the convergence of physical and digital gaming" with interviews, panels, play sessions, and streaming activities.

Of course, the convergence of video games and tabletop games is nothing new. For example, early RPGs were often a direct translation of Dungeons & Dragons games, and a game literally called "Tabletop Simulator" has been available on Steam since 2015. (It's actually pretty good)

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However, Tabletop Fest has also included a live stream with Elizabeth Hargrave, designer of the physical version of Wingspan, Doom designer Sandy Petersen (who also designed many board games during his career) ), an Armello play session with developer League of Geeks, a Vermintide 2 session with members of Fatshark and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay designer Graeme Davis, and a live stream with Doom designer Sandy Petersen (who has also designed many board games over the course of his career). seem set to go deeper than the obvious examples that come to mind, with "main stage events" such as.

The full schedule of Digital Tabletop Fest events and the option to set numerous reminders are available on Steam, with deals and demos for "hundreds of titles related to Steam's card, board, and tabletop games. This sale has not yet taken place, but when it does, you can find it here.