THE SOVEREIGN TABLE · EARLY PLAYTESTYour country.
Three independent AI rulers.
Download the playable game, negotiate with other governments, build coalitions, and command wars across multiple turns. Potluck runs the AI on your own computer.
New: a world you can turn
The globe is now your main play surface. Drag to rotate, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select countries and strategic theaters. Use the find menus to jump to the other side of the world, or reset the view with one click.
Council, diplomacy, orders and the War room open from the side menu. Your resources and End turn stay visible. Smaller screens use a compact view menu, with conversations and long lists scrolling inside their panels. Open Help whenever you need the guide.
This update is available for Mac Apple Silicon, Mac Intel, Windows and the portable ZIP. All four downloads include the globe and the same gameplay.
Download, open, play
On Mac, open the DMG and drag The Sovereign Table into Applications, then open it. On Windows, open the installer to add the game to your user account and Start menu.
Let the game get Potluck
In the updated game, choose Play with AI rulers, then click Install AI helper. The game downloads and verifies the official Potluck app, installs it for your user account, and opens it. If Potluck is already installed in its usual location, the button opens it.
Approve your model
Inside Potluck, choose a model that fits your computer, approve its download, then load it. Enable Settings → Connect tools. One loaded model serves all three rulers.
Return to the table
The game checks Potluck automatically. In version 0.13.0, it also checks for a short reply automatically and shows you the result. Choose your country and start a campaign when ready; you can skip the reply check. Keep Potluck running while you play.
A first mission
- Choose France in the 1992 scenario and send Britain a trade proposal.
- Ask Council: “Build a coalition with Britain to sanction Russia for two quarters.”
- Review the initiative, negotiate its duration and confirm the commitment.
- Advance turns and see whether each ruler follows through.
Desktop saves stay in your application data folder, outside the app. AI runs locally, with no cloud inference charge per turn. The separate model download and local processing use disk space, memory and power.
New: the War room
Declare war on a country, then command offensives or fortify three strategic fronts. Supply, readiness, exhaustion and economic strain decide how long you can fight. Offer peace or surrender through the same turn orders.
Tell Rob what happened
Send your operating system, model name, country and turn number, plus anything confusing, slow or surprising. Keep gateway keys and configuration files private.
Portable version and existing saves
Prefer the original package or use Linux? Download the portable ZIP (0.4 MB). It requires Node.js 24 LTS and a separately installed Potluck app. Extract the whole ZIP, then open Start-Mac.command or Start-Windows.cmd, or run sh Start-Linux.sh. See START-HERE.txt inside.
Existing portable saves remain in the original folder’s .data directory. Keep that folder when updating the portable game. The desktop app starts with a separate save location; it does not automatically import portable campaigns.
Portable ZIP SHA-256: cdb29fbabedbbb7aadce1590d178f6e6253d8a1f1df3622770286c7854f9face