DownloadCastle

We've seen some fancy applications for Microsoft's Surface, the touchable, strokable, caressable computing device/big-ass table, but not a single one has made us twitter in nerdy glee like Surfacescapes. Created by a team at Carnegie Mellon University, it's an implementation of Dungeons & Dragons in 3D, something that has of course been done dozens and dozens of times before, but this is different. Way different. It brilliantly brings the tabletop style of play to Surface, with players moving real figurines over virtual battlefields, rolling virtual d20s and d6s to deal real damage against digital dire wolves and the like, opponents who can move and attack automatically. Sure, it takes some of the imagination out of the experience, but it'll also make re-rolling your character a heck of a lot easier -- not to mention eliminating the dungeon master's folder of magic, mystery, and crudely drawn maps.

http://vimeo.com/7132858

Aww, why they gotta take away my super ultra DM powers

...also some of you may know the term "passing your dice" let us not discuss this or if it actually works but, would any of you ever want to "pass the table" :O i think not...

Question is, who's autograph/signature would be even worthy enough to pass something that freaking awesome over????

Wouldn't mind that for the campaign I'm about to start running.

looks cool, i want one

It's not a very big map. 18 x 24 squares. If you count the ones that are cut off at the edge of the screen. Most of the maps in my campaign are 20+ x 30+.

So pony up for a bigger screen then! Silly man