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Vassal (game engine)

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issued a cease-and-desist order regarding V40k to Tim Davis, the V40k module maintainer at that time. The module is still played.
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module, where players can play with up to three others in a digital replica of the
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Vassal began as VASL (Virtual Advanced Squad Leader), an application for playing
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Similar engines for making board games include ZunTzu and Boardgame.io.
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Games Workshop has also issued a cease-and-desist order regarding
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Exploring the Vassal Engine for Online Boardgaming and Wargaming
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Free software programmed in Java (programming language)
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Vassal Engine
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github.com/vassalengine/vassal
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Game engine
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GNU LGPLv2
vassalengine.org
game engine
board games
tabletop games
card games
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free
open-source
Star Wars Miniatures
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