Guide

Getting a table game onto a table

How to stock, place and keep the tabletop games in TCG Card Shop Simulator: what a game set is made of, how it restocks, and what the shop's own list decides about what is on show.

Applies to

no version stated by this build (see the sources page)

Before you start

• A table or game area that customers can reach
• A licence or space for tabletop goods
• Shelf or table space for what arrives

Steps

1. Order tabletop games through their own screen rather than the item screen, because they restock apart from items and cards.
   tabletop games restock through a screen of their own
2. Treat a game as a set rather than a single product, because the game keeps a tabletop game as a set with a record of its own.
   a tabletop game is kept as a set with its own record
3. Check that every part of a set arrived, because the game names them: a play mat, a deck box and a comic book.
   a set has named parts
4. Expect the parts to be visible in the world, because each of them has a mesh of its own.
   each part has its own mesh
5. Put the table where a customer can reach it, because customers have states for wanting to play and for walking to a table.
   customers have states for wanting to play, walking to the play table and playing there
6. Let the shop's own list decide what is on show rather than putting everything out, because the shop data holds which board game kinds are shown.
   the shop data holds which board game item kinds are shown
7. Use the shipped icons when telling one game from another, because the game has icons for particular tabletop games.
   the game ships icons for particular tabletop games
8. Do not confuse a tabletop game with the playable card game, because playable card sets are defined separately.
   playable card sets are defined by the game of their own
9. Reorder before the shelf is empty, because the same board game screen is the one that brings them back.
   the board game restock screen is the one these goods use

Common mistakes

• Trying to restock a tabletop game from the item screen and finding nothing there.
• Treating a game set as one product and being surprised by the play mat, deck box and comic book.
• Putting a table out of reach and expecting customers to use it.
• Mixing up the tabletop games you sell with the card game customers play.

Related entries

Cards and rarityBoard games and their accessoriesA tabletop game is kept as a set with its own record.Cards and rarityThe card game you can playPlayable card sets are defined by the game.Storage and stockRestocking from a cartRestocking runs through a manager with data of its own.

Sources

A local copy of the game, read only. The grounding for each step is listed on the technical reference pages; nothing here is estimated.