Vassal (game engine)

Vassal Engine
Developer(s)The Vassal Team.
Initial release2002 (2002)
Stable release
3.7.12 / May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemAny
PlatformCross-platform
Available inMultilingual (English and 6 other languages)
TypeGame engine
LicenseGNU LGPLv2+
Websitevassalengine.org

The Vassal Engine is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games, tabletop games and card games. It allows users to play in real time over a live Internet connection, and also by email (PbeM). It runs on all platforms, and is free, open-source software.[1][2] 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 the source code is available from GitHub under the LGPL open source license.[3]

  1. ^ Geryk, Bruce (August 2007). Green, Jeff (ed.). "Line of Attack: Your monthly guide to hard-core wargaming" (Print Magazine). Games for Windows (9). Ziff Davis Media: 92. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ Ardwulf's Lair (7 October 2015). Exploring the Vassal Engine for Online Boardgaming and Wargaming. Retrieved 22 Jul 2021.
  3. ^ "Official Vassal Website". Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2006-08-18.