<s>
A	O
digital	B-Application
tabletop	I-Application
game	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
genre	O
that	O
includes	O
video	O
games	O
that	O
have	O
gameplay	O
similar	O
to	O
physical	O
tabletop	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
board	O
games	O
,	O
card	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
role-playing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
digital	B-Application
tabletop	I-Application
games	I-Application
are	O
adaptions	O
of	O
existing	O
physical	O
games	O
into	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
are	O
wholly	O
digital	O
games	O
that	O
use	O
tabletop	O
game	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
digital	B-Application
tabletop	I-Application
games	I-Application
are	O
simply	O
virtual	O
recreations	O
of	O
physical	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
range	O
from	O
simple	O
card	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Solitaire	I-Application
to	O
complex	O
tabletop	O
ones	O
such	O
as	O
Gloomhaven	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
notable	O
titles	O
of	O
this	O
sort	O
is	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
move	O
around	O
a	O
game	O
board	O
based	O
on	O
roll	O
of	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
die	O
,	O
gaining	O
or	O
losing	O
coins	O
depending	O
where	O
they	O
land	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DCCGs	O
followed	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
collectible	O
card	O
games	O
like	O
Magic	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Gathering	I-Application
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
play	O
these	O
games	O
online	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
early	O
DCCGs	O
were	O
simply	O
reproductions	O
of	O
the	O
physical	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
Hearthstone	B-Application
in	O
2014	O
created	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
examples	O
of	O
a	O
wholly	O
digital	O
CCG	O
that	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
replicated	O
in	O
a	O
physical	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
rules	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
draw	O
cards	O
from	O
nearly	O
all	O
those	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hearthstone	B-Application
led	O
to	O
a	O
surge	O
of	O
new	O
DCCG	O
,	O
both	O
those	O
recreating	O
existing	O
CCGs	O
and	O
novel	O
digital-only	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	O
tabletops	O
(	O
VTT	O
)	O
or	O
tabletop	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
are	O
video	O
game	O
programs	O
that	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
recreate	O
existing	O
games	O
or	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
games	O
to	O
play	O
with	O
others	O
online	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Tabletop	B-Application
Simulator	I-Application
and	O
Tabletopia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
tabletop	O
game	O
developers	O
have	O
embraced	O
these	O
programs	O
by	O
offering	O
their	O
games	O
as	O
official	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
for	O
the	O
simulator	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
Astral	O
,	O
Fantasy	B-Application
Grounds	I-Application
and	O
Roll20	O
.	O
</s>
