Miniature wargaming is an expensive, time- and space-consuming hobby that requires you to find a group of like-minded individuals in close proximity to fully appreciate it. With Longsword Tabletop Tactics, Zero Sum Games is working on a digital solution that does away with the tactile sensation of moving little plastic dudes over lovingly-crafted battlefields, but aims to keep most of tabletop gaming's other joys intact.

The game lets you collect and build an army comprised of miniature champions, spells, equipment, and structures. You can then customize the appearance of your army and enter it into battle on a hex-based tabletop battlefield against online opponents.

While the game's online component is going to be its meat and potatoes, there will also be story-driven solo and cooperative modules for you to enjoy and to try out new unit combinations and builds. What's more, Longsword aims to be a fully modular framework for tabletop games, allowing for different settings and scenarios down the road. As such, the current fantasy setting is just the first step for the game.
A tablemaker with integrated Steam Workshop support lets you create new battlefields and even whole scenarios and easily share them with other players. This editor looks like it has a wealth of options and could actually turn out to be one of the game's main, uh, selling points.

Longsword aims for a free-to-play business model, generating revenue through the sale of card packs, vanity ite...