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I'm not sure this would scale to an iPad-sized surface. I also kinda like the free style GameTable allows you -- the Surface example (though very cool!) seems t

by pieter 17y ago

I'm not sure this would scale to an iPad-sized surface. I also kinda like the free style GameTable allows you -- the Surface example (though very cool!) seems to take some control of the game out of you. A D&D tool could be very nice -- just allow a DM to quickly sketch an area, add some characters and allow the players to interact. I think the killer feature would be playback of the battle/whatever, just keeping the history of where everybody moves.

derefr 17y ago
If these things became cheap enough that everyone had one, each player could have a networked interface that had the game table in one panel/tab, the rules in another and their stats in a third. It'd almost be like an MMO UI, but operated manually. Additionally, everyone could have a different view—the DM could be looking down a corridor that is "fog of war"-ed for the PCs. On the other hand, if everyone had a unified interface, all the iPads could be layed out together on the table to make one big surface, where scrolling one scrolled the others as well.