My Friends Keep Leaving and it is Ruining Board Games Day

These days, moving away doesn’t put too much of a dampener on staying in touch with your friends. Unfortunately, it has had a severe effect on my regular board games day. So, I thought, why not solve this problem with telepresence board gaming? Can’t be too hard! This session will cover what's been done, and what problems are still out there I have no idea about how to solve?

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1. My Friends Keep
   Leaving and it is Ruining
   Board Games Day
   Tim Nugent
   

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4. My Friends Keep
   Leaving and it is Ruining
   Board Games Day
   Tim Nugent
   

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5. That’s me
   Good whisky
   

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6. I’m from Hobart
   

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11. CC BY NC-SA 3.0 @tonygray
    

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12. I speak Australian
    

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13. I speak Australian
    Sorry about that
    

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14. CC BY-SA 3.0 @chrisjrn
    

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17. Jon Manning,
    Paris Buttfield-Addison & Tim Nugent
    Swift
    Development
    with Cocoa
    DEVELOPING FOR THE MAC AND IOS APP STORES
    

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18. … all of that is a bit dull
    

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21. Opinions
    

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22. I know so very little…
    

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23. ALL THE GAMES
    

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27. Magic: The Gathering
    

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35. Let’s get cracking
    

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37. … then the diaspora began
    

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39. This will not do!
    

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40. … there is totally gonna be an
    app for that, right?
    

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47. it uses Java
    

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48. Legal grey area
    

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59. play by email
    

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60. play by email
    Twilight Imperium
    

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61. play by email
    Twilight Imperium
    1. Get an extra player willing to give up their life to be the Game Master
    

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62. play by email
    Twilight Imperium
    1. Get an extra player willing to give up their life to be the Game Master
    2. Modify the rules so certain time sensitive events are no longer available
    

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63. play by email
    Twilight Imperium
    1. Get an extra player willing to give up their life to be the Game Master
    2. Modify the rules so certain time sensitive events are no longer available
    3. Download a dedicated website set up to record the game state
    

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64. play by email
    Twilight Imperium
    1. Get an extra player willing to give up their life to be the Game Master
    2. Modify the rules so certain time sensitive events are no longer available
    3. Download a dedicated website set up to record the game state
    4. Get the GM to make a spreadsheet keeping track of all played cards
    

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65. play by email
    Twilight Imperium
    1. Get an extra player willing to give up their life to be the Game Master
    2. Modify the rules so certain time sensitive events are no longer available
    3. Download a dedicated website set up to record the game state
    4. Get the GM to make a spreadsheet keeping track of all played cards
    5. Take your turn and input your turn into the website
    

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66. play by email
    Twilight Imperium
    1. Get an extra player willing to give up their life to be the Game Master
    2. Modify the rules so certain time sensitive events are no longer available
    3. Download a dedicated website set up to record the game state
    4. Get the GM to make a spreadsheet keeping track of all played cards
    5. Take your turn and input your turn into the website
    6. Email the website to the GM
    

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67. play by email
    Twilight Imperium
    1. Get an extra player willing to give up their life to be the Game Master
    2. Modify the rules so certain time sensitive events are no longer available
    3. Download a dedicated website set up to record the game state
    4. Get the GM to make a spreadsheet keeping track of all played cards
    5. Take your turn and input your turn into the website
    6. Email the website to the GM
    7. GM verifies the turn and then passes the website onto the next player
    

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68. play by email
    Twilight Imperium
    1. Get an extra player willing to give up their life to be the Game Master
    2. Modify the rules so certain time sensitive events are no longer available
    3. Download a dedicated website set up to record the game state
    4. Get the GM to make a spreadsheet keeping track of all played cards
    5. Take your turn and input your turn into the website
    6. Email the website to the GM
    7. GM verifies the turn and then passes the website onto the next player
    8. Go to Step 5 for the next player
    

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69. Something is missing
    

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70. We are social beings
    

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73. Tactile nature of games
    

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78. Moments
    

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79. bluff
    

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80. giggle
    

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81. muhahahaha
    

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82. counter
    

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83. dice gods
    

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84. RNG gods
    

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85. argument
    

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86. Moments are what we need!
    

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87. We want to play our existing games
    

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88. We want to play our existing games
    but with friends who have moved away
    

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89. We want to play our existing games
    but with friends who have moved away
    without losing any of the great moments we
    used to have
    

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90. 1. Tech supported board games
    2. Video chat
    

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91. Tech supported board games
    

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95. Video chat
    

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98. You need more than a face
    

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99. Some experimentation
    

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102. Zombicide
     

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109. What’s next?
     

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110. Multiple cameras is hard…
     

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111. Camera and game integration
     

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112. Cardboard generates no light
     

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114. Many components of games
     have no physicality
     

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115. these should be electronic
     

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116. Mindbogglingly easy to cheat
     

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117. IT NEEDS TO BE FLEXIBLE!
     

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118. keep it simple
     

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119. There is no community
     

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120. There is no community
     yet…
     

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121. Thanks
     @The_McJones
     

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