Last month we took a close look at a new version of classic board game Settlers of Catan, one being readied for Microsoft’s giant touch-screen computer. Since then, a new build of the game has been released.
God this stuff looks good. It really is the best of both worlds; the social intimacy of a board game couple with the whiz-bang presentation of a video game. Let’s just hope the soundtrack is customisable!
As the guys explain in the vid, this is an official project with the Catan licence, not a fanciful tech demo; the ultimate aim is to have commercial spaces (think gaming cafes) where Surface tables could be positioned and people would pay to play games like this.



















David
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 1:23 AMI want to see Dominion done on Surface. Any card/board game would be great like that, and even a number of tabletop games like D&D could be a lot more fun with some help from a computerized table. In fact, I wouldn’t mind developing games for Surface, if only I had the connections…
Aliasalpha
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 3:21 AMI SO want to play Warhammer on a Surface system