Did you hear that? That’s the sound of a million Trekkies and board game enthusiasts heads exploding. Because come March, the first themed version of Settlers of Catan will be released, called Star Trek Catan. Set your faces to stunned.
Back when it was just a prototype, the iPawn game pieces had us scratching our heads over how they interacted with a touchscreen. But now that they’ll officially be available this month, we have a better idea of how they turn the iPad into an interactive board game.
You can tweak the rules to keep it interesting, but that copy of Monopoly sitting in your closet is always going to be Monopoly. The GameChanger, however, incorporates swappable skins and an iPad running accompanying apps so every game night it can be something completely different.
Some dads just got it going on. Like Brett King. He knew his kids loved the new Tron: Legacy movie so he went and built them this one-of-a-kind board game.
It’s not completely clear just what Yoomi is – some quiz game entailing pitching would you rather questions to your friends. But that’s not the draw – the coolest part is that it turns your iPad into a touch board game surface.
