OT: Future Of Pen & Paper?
Posted by CaKOct 20
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Anyone who ever played Pen & Paper, wether it was Dungeons & Dragons, Ravenloft, Shadowrun or whatever, knows how atmospheric such gathering with your friends around a table can become. And honestly, who does not sometimes wish to be teleported back in time just to experience some of the cool adventures with your favorite Dungeon Master.
All you needed was your character sheet, some dice, a pen and paper and lots of imagination combined with any possible junk food you could lay your hands on. No matter how technological our lifestyle has become nowadays, our beloved Pen & Paper games were still oldschool. Until now …
A walk-through of the current build of proof of concept for a Dungeons & Dragons experience on the Microsoft Surface. Created by the Surfacescapes team at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University.
So what do you think? Cast your vote below.
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6 comments
Comment by Omegakain on October 20, 2009 at 2:57 am
I love the technology their using with this. while i can see us advancing to this eventually without question. at some point i could see our characters on our phones and transmitted wirelessly to the table to display our stats and such. possibly at some point in time even play online among friends via the internet because of the tech involved. im very curious to see where this goes in all aspects
and i suddenly feel a need to grab my dice and hunt up some friends.
Comment by Dennis on October 20, 2009 at 3:14 am
I believe so but not unless it becomes affordable, Graph paper is pretty cheep and so is poster board. But I am impressed with it and will continue to watch this thread.
Comment by Omegakain on October 20, 2009 at 3:36 am
your right, cost will be a huge factor on this kinda thing.
Comment by Bio-Boy 3000 on October 20, 2009 at 11:22 am
I remember some doing something similar to this awhile ago.
P.S. – Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!
Comment by Crusader of Metal on October 20, 2009 at 11:51 am
They're just taking away all the magic of rolling a dice this way.
One day people will understand that what they should do is using technology and "classic" and not technology or "classic".
Comment by Plagued on October 21, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Cost and efficiency are going to be major factors.
Something like this is going to have to be useful for more than D&D for it to see widespread success.