I had first heard about Surface a year or two ago and I knew it was only a matter of time before this application would be developed for it. Frankly, I'm surprised it took this long. And as Talvrae said, not everyone uses miniatures. Some of the other features could still work, like the virtual dice and the slide show for when the DEM narrates their boring ass story for their wholly generic fantasy world. Pretty pictures can help the time pass, I guess. The obvious problem is that this is an application where not only would the GM want his own screen but so would every player. I suppose in the future when Surface is in every home and everyone owns a surface laptop, this would be just the same game only without all the papers.
But the battle map function does bother me. This does just make it into a video game. Heck, it could even use virtual miniatures so you don't have to lug fifty pounds of pewter around all the time. Of course, battle map combat is essentially a video game anyway. it was only a matter of time before someone programmed a computer to handle it, and Surface provides a tool to make that even easier.
But the battle map function does bother me. This does just make it into a video game. Heck, it could even use virtual miniatures so you don't have to lug fifty pounds of pewter around all the time. Of course, battle map combat is essentially a video game anyway. it was only a matter of time before someone programmed a computer to handle it, and Surface provides a tool to make that even easier.
