The Gameboard-1 is made for tabletop board games.
The Gameboard-1 is made for tabletop board games.
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Gameboard-1 digital board game console launches Kickstarter campaign

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Last Gameboard has launched its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Gameboard-1, a digital board game console that blends physical, digital, and augmented reality gaming. The idea is to make it easier for folks to play tabletop board games, which have made a big comeback in recent years.

The Gameboard-1 is like a flat computer with a square touchscreen display, 16 inches-by-16 inches. It is thin, light, and portable, and you can expand it by connecting it to other Gameboard-1s. You can also connect a private screen, like your smartphone, to it so you can play a game like poker, where you want to hide the cards from other players.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.