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Surfacescapes D&D Demo
Jamie found a video showing an unpolished idea demonstrating the use of Microsoft
Surface for D&D. Looks like they are using 4th ed as the basis for the system.
This comes from the Surfacescapes team at Carnegie Mellon, which strikes me as a very good place to be a nerd right about now... provided you make your saving throws.
...for security vulnerabilities?
So, a porn game with targeted shots? That certainly isn't kosher in the D&D ruleset!
Self proclaimed typo king, and inventor of the bear destroying coffee table (patent not pending).
This... is why I'm an FPS gamer. It doesn't usually get more complicated than "loud end points at the other guy".
A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."
What would it be called? Facial Fantasy XII?
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Let the wookie win.
On the other hand, it would let my D&D group get together create a rich and vivid shared history without all that awkward talking that we currently have to endure. Now if they could just find a way to remove the requirement to be physically present as well we could be on to a winner.
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Exactly. Thanks to this innovation you won't even have to talk to the other players or the game moderator any longer. Everyone can just take turns while the others watch TV, play FFXI on the PS or start a parallel pen and paper session. How avant-garde.
I thought the point of Warhammer was painting dozens of little statues. How would a Surface table help that?
Oh... there's an actual GAME?!
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