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Game on your tablet with real dice, the DICE+ that is

By Keith Schleicher

Posted on August 22, 2013

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I really enjoy getting friends to play board games with me. Twice a year I get together with a group of guys for a weekend of gaming. The only problem is that I have a hard time deciding which games to take along and which I should leave at home, as well as how much space they take in the car. While game implementations have come a long way on tablets, there’s nothing like actually throwing real dice. Now DICE+ is looking to bridge the gap with a Bluetooth enabled die.

DICE+, the universal board game controller that brings real-world social interaction back to digital gaming, launches today at Gamescom 2013, the world’s biggest gaming convention. DICE+ can be purchased for $39.99 via http://dicepl.us.

The revolutionary DICE+ controller interacts with Bluetooth-enabled smart devices and combines the physical touch and feel of a game die with the potential for unlimited digital game and toy ideas. DICE+ has the power to make board games appealing to a new generation of players: “Powered board games” will enable you to get together with friends around the same device and experience a wealth of new gaming opportunities that combine the power and visual excitement of tablet gaming with the joy of playing games in a group.

Several games are released for the DICE+ already, and they look like they are more than just roll and move titles. Developers can also use the DICE+ development kit to create their own games. Hopefully this will encourage more games for the system.

Keith Schleicher

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While not working as a Database Administrator, Keith Schleicher has been associated with Gaming Trend since 2003. While his love of video games started with the Telestar Alpha (a pong console with four different games), he trule started playing video games when he received the ill-fated TI-99/4A. While the Speech Synthesizer seemed to be the height of gaming, eventually a 286 AT computer running at 8/12 Hz and a CGA monitor would be his outlet for a while. Eventually he’d graduate to 386, 486, Pentium, and Athlon systems, building some of those systems while doing some hardware reviews and attending Comdex. With the release of the Dreamcast that started his conversion to the console world. Since then he has acquired an NES, SNES, PS2, PS3, PSP, GBA-SP, DS, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One S, Gamecube, Wii, Switch, and Oculus Quest 2. While not playing video games he enjoys bowling, reading, playing board games, listening to music, and watching movies and TV. He originally hails from Wisconsin but is now living in Michigan with his wife and sons.