I have seen the future of Gaming

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Permalink Reply by John Enfield on February 12, 2010 at 4:38pm

It's pretty neat. I saw a demo of Surface at CES last year where they were letting people drag stuff around on a computer "desktop" with their fingers. It's okay I suppose, but one of the charms of table-top gaming, in my opinion, is that it is not electronic. It gets us away from the computer and focused more on our fellow players. I like the paper maps. There is a certain special 'something' to them that sets table-top gaming apart from video games. Kind of like the difference between reading a paper book and reading the same text on a computer screen. Know what I mean?

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Permalink Reply by Doug Daulton on February 12, 2010 at 4:40pm

Yep. It is pretty bad-ass. 4E only at the moment tho.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Sanchez on February 12, 2010 at 9:42pm

Man, when I see this kind of stuff I keep saying to myself, "I was born too early." LOL It's way cool. Thanks for sharing.

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Permalink Reply by Devon Kelley on February 14, 2010 at 10:36am

I'm with John on this one. I love my dice. I love sitting around an empty space (be it table or floor) with friends and crafting that space into an awesome story. While I dislike having reams of paper, I do like to have a physical character sheet with me.

While this is very cool, I think it would be of limited use, especially for those who enjoy games that don't need a grid. I'd never buy one.

That being said, I wouldn't turn down the opportunity to play a game on Surface, were it presented to me. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Trentin C Bergeron on February 28, 2010 at 1:28pm

When they can project a life-realistic 3D hologram around my playing space so I can program the scene and bring it to the table in all it's awesome glory; call me. I am in.

Until then, this is a snazzy!! You can use a layout for a scene for lots of games that don't use grids. The visual can be very helpful. Also, just dropping pictures of NPCs, layouts of buildings and schematics (makes for a neat spy game enhancement), and even "player handouts" with notes or clues. The Possibilities...

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