How to Set Up Mario Party-e with Online Multiplayer

You will need the following:

• Tabletop Simulator on Steam
• The GBA emulator mGBA
• e-Reader device rom (legally dumped of course)
• Mario party e-Reader cards as .raw files (“no intro e-reader cards” is a really funny phrase that suddenly popped into my head)
• The rulebook: https://web.archive.org/web/20081221093019/https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/mariopartye.pdf

Navigate through Steam to the library page for Tabletop Simulator. Under the play bar hit the three dots and click on the workshop tab and search for “Mario Party Card Game” and follow it. Start Tabletop Simulator and hit the “create” button, name your server, hit friends only and set your player count. Select Mario Party Card Game from the workshop row and the board and cards will be there! Then in the upper right hand corner hit the plus button and invite your friends over Steam. That’s the board part of the game down.

Next, everyone who wants to play should get the emulator mGBA, the rom for the e-Reader device, as well as the Mario Party e-Reader cards (as .raw files). To play the games, boot up the e-Reader in mGBA:

and then press A, and then press A on scan card, then go to file then “Scan e-Reader dotcodes” 

and select from your files the first half of the card (you do gotta wait a little bit), then the second half to play that card’s minigame.

I recommend using Discord or something to chat and screenshare during the e-Reader parts as it makes it more fun to watch and make fun of your friends’ gameplay.

Thank you so much to Zel for testing this guide for me (he’s incredible and you should check out his site if you’re into this sorta nonsense) and for stealing my shoes several times.

And thank you for witnessing!