
Players can lounge around in the Hangout, chat with each other, and start up game sessions all within this virtual lobby. There's even a fully functional arcade machine, called "The Hauntlet," which is a simplified spin on the retro arcade classic, Gauntlet. In this virtual basement game room, players can customize their avatars, read up on the latest Discord discussions on the game, and compete with one another in a simple archery game. To that end, the developers added a "Heroes Hangout" social area to the Demeo experience. While the game's Skirmish mode gives players a chance to take on the forces of evil solo, this is definitely a game designed to play with others. The game, which originally launched with a single adventure campaign and four character classes (Guardian, Sorcerer, Assassin, and Hunter), has since added two more campaigns and a an additional Bard class. The developers have made sure to give adventurers more incentive to keep coming back to Demeo. It takes a lot of coordination and strategy between players to succeed in recovering the magic key and ultimately defeating the dungeon's guardian. Watching characters fling magic spells around the board like a destructive fireworks display or falling victim to a well-played enemy ambush from the shadows brings the party into the adventure like nothing else. It's when the action unfolds that the magic really happens and the board game literally becomes alive. In both versions, it feels less like a video game and more like a causal game night gathering. While the desktop version of the game loses a lot of the immersion that the VR platforms allow, it still gives players plenty of control and keeps that "living board game with friends" feeling alive and well. All the while, banter among players comes through as clear as if everyone was standing next to one another. And rolling a die or moving a piece is as simple as just picking it up. Flipping over a wrist shows available action cards right in the palm of their hands.

Players can move, spin, tilt, and zoom on the table to their hearts' content, constantly giving the best view of the action, though it can be a little disorienting at first. First, players join together in a game, their floating masks and gloves representing their position around the table. The game goes beyond the limitations of the real world, immersing players in a unique experience that comes alive right before their eyes, especially when playing the VR version. That's all changed with Demeo, a fantasy adventure that seamlessly combines all the best of old school RPG (role-playing game) board games with the flash and flair that video games can (literally) bring to the table. No matter how fun an online game might be, nothing replaces the feeling of getting together with a group of friends around a table, rolling for crits with a good old-fashioned role-playing adventure. Choose your path, trust your party, play your cards right, and leave your fate to a roll of the die. You'll have to seek out the key required to descend deeper into the depths, collecting treasure and arms your party before taking on the tomb's guardian and rescuing the kingdom. Players will fight against undead warriors, giant spiders, poisonous slime creatures, and other denizens of the dark. You'll explore the twisted catacombs of an ancient dungeon, a place where danger potentially lurks in every shadow and through every door. You can play solo skirmishes or form a party of up to four players from anywhere in the world as you step up to the board with your cards in one hand, your die in the other, and enter a realm of magic and fantasy.

Demeo offers cross-play functionality, so friends that have VR devices can play with friends that only have the computer version and vice versa, ensuring that everyone can adventure together. Welcome, Adventurers, to a game night like no other in DEMEO, a virtual experience that takes tabletop role-playing games to a whole new level of socialization and interactivity.
