Do any of you have experience playing with a digital gaming table?

>>54015706
All the commercial solutions are basically still early prototypes and priced accordingly if available to general consumers at all. I remember seeing a demo with a first gen Microsoft Surface table (back before they renamed it because of the tablet line, I forgot what it's called now) and it had some neat tricks like being able to read QR codes on the bottom of objects to recognize them - there's some obvious applications there like using it to track the positions of miniatures.

Touch screen seems like a bad call if you want to use miniatures, terrain, etc. on top of your screen but maybe it's fine if you're careful. Most screens large enough to use for a gaming table setup should have wide viewing angles but pay attention to that if you're grabbing a budget screen.

There's not much in the way of software meant for a gaming table setup, so I assume you'll need a dedicated DM machine to run it using KB/M and all. It's just a fancy map projection system at that point, but maybe you can think about really integrating players into the tech - give each player station a tablet to do map stuff, hidden messaging, ambient sound, 'ping' people when it's their turn, etc.

>>54015976
>There's not much in the way of software meant for a gaming table setup, so I assume you'll need a dedicated DM machine to run it using KB/M and all. It's just a fancy map projection system at that point, but maybe you can think about really integrating players into the tech - give each player station a tablet to do map stuff, hidden messaging, ambient sound, 'ping' people when it's their turn, etc.

Now there's an idea. Though it feels like adding N tablets to the equation is giving people a lot more things to break.

Bump.

And while we're here, what other features would you want to see in a snazzy RPG table? Drawers? Dice rolling trays? Integrated coasters? Spring loaded that guy ejector seats?