The future of tabletop gaming?

Post by **King of Creation** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:49 pm

Pretty sweet stuff, D&D on a Microsoft Surface:

http://blogs.msdn.com/surface/archive/2 ... rface.aspx

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:56 pm

Woa, that's fancy, never seen one of those before. This could breath some life back to the PnP genre.

Wooo! dr.pepper and dorito thursday is back!

MadBill · Post by **MadBill** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:43 pm

Yeah good thing you cannot buy one.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:43 am

I would play the game if I didnt have to paint those little fuckers, and if cooler individuals played it.

oh nevermind, i was thinking of warhammer. I would never play D&D, unless it was a life or death situation, yaknowwhaimean?

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:20 am

If I was ever going to play a PnP it would have to be on one of those.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:54 am

Dogmeatlives wrote:I would play the game if I didnt have to paint those little fuckers, and if cooler individuals played it.

Most of the guys I play it with regularly are pretty cool, though I agree there are a lot of questionable individuals outside of my group.

I'm talking Warhammer 40k of course. I played D&D for two or three sessions and couldn't stand it.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:10 am

yeah, i suppose warhammer dudes aren't as bad as d&d dudes generally... im sure theres a cool d&d player somewhere but i dont know em

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:32 am

Dogmeatlives wrote:yeah, i suppose warhammer dudes aren't as bad as d&d dudes generally... im sure theres a cool d&d player somewhere but i dont know em

Trufax - Most people who play warhammer play DnD.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:12 am

yeah seen that somewhere
I've got mixed feelings to be honest
the fact that the environment and creatures etc are described by the (skillful) DM is one of the strengths of traditional roleplaying.
I'd find a cumputar useful to do the calculations though.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:24 pm

i played dnd once. i didnt really know what was going on and left early and everyone was abominably nerdy.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:35 pm

PiP wrote:I'd find a cumputar useful to do the calculations though.

In the vid the computer calculates a path for the monster so it doesn't get any attacks of opportunity underway, and fails.
I like the idea, but I'd rather see it for something else, like warhammer.

Table would have to be bigger, but think of a landscape where everytime you select a unit, the table recognises what it can see and adjusts the visuals for the landscape. So everything behind terrain would go dark.

It would be a nice impartial help for a lot of situations.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:24 pm

yeah, this microsoft surface has awesome potential for war games...

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:09 pm

Dogmeatlives wrote:yeah, this microsoft surface has awesome potential for war games...

And porn

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:38 pm

So am I safe to assume internet cafes could have them, that probably counts as a "leisure company" right?

I mean, you would have to crawl out from under whatever isolated rock your under and call some buddies to enjoy it anyway...

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:21 pm

Dogmeatlives wrote:yeah, this microsoft surface has awesome potential for war games...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKpiH0A1ONg

You mean like this?

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:16 am

That game called Ruse comes to mind, actually. I could see something very much like that being made for that kind of pc.

MadBill · Post by **MadBill** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:13 am

40k: Half the fun is the physical environment. :fail: