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It will be interesting to see whether the alrger iPad pro finds use as a game board; it loks like it's large enough for two people to comfortably play many traditional games, like Connect 4 or suchlike. This seemed like one of the most interesting possibilities for the ill-fated Microsoft Surface Table, but past attempts were just too large.



There are already plenty of board games ports to iOS .

http://ipadboardgames.org


I'm looking for a game that displays common state on the tablet in the middle of the table, and let's everyone muck around with their private state on their mobile phone.

Eclipse on the iPad is fun in local hand-the-iPad-around mode. But since you can't see the board while other people are mucking around, you can't plan ahead easily during the downtime.

(I guess I'll have to write that one myself.)


The Scrabble app for iPad used to do that. There was a separate 'Tile Rack' app for iPhone. The iPad app for Scrabble was paid ($9.99 IIRC), but only one player had to buy it. The companion tile rack app was free. For some reason, EA seems to have removed that functionality:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/838860/scrabble-tile-rack-a...

https://twitter.com/askeasupport/status/237941190538977280


Augmented reality will merge board games with electronic.


It's already happening. Some games come with companion apps that replace a game master.

One Night Ultimate Werewolf is an example. But there are more intricate ones.




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