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Agreed, and I think a lot of it has to do with the physical presence of the board, pieces, cards, etc. as well.

Something video games can't offer players is that tangible appeal, where you have to feel the weight of a card or game piece lifted from the table or board and then slamming it back down.

The innate psychology of being able to feel even the tiniest of texture and weight of an object is something we may never get from digital technology. Which gives board games and paper books at least one rare advantage.




A few years ago some students built a D&D prototype for the MS Surface Table computer that looked pretty awesome: http://vimeo.com/surfacescapes

The use of actual figurines with fiducial markers to control the UI was particularly interesting.


This is excellent, thanks for sharing. Do you know of any similar developments for smaller tablets?


Unfortunately, no, I don't.




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