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The First Virtual Reality Board Game
• http://motherboard.vice.comFrom the polished intrigue of big companies' virtual reality pet projects to overblown promises of afterlife simulation Project Elysium, the VR industry is trying new stuff, being weird, and finding out what works.
For Winnipeg-based developer Campfire Union, that means making something completely new: the virtual reality board game. The team announced last week that it's putting together a virtual version of the strategic board game Lost Cities.
In Lost Cities, the board game, players put down cards to embark on expeditions to far-away jungles and inhospitable mountains in search of lost civilizations. In Lost Cities, the virtual reality board game, players would be surrounded by otherworldly scenery and environments. If the player wears headphones, she can be surrounded by the sounds of a jungle or the rush of water.
The traditional tabletop Lost Cities is pretty abstract. There's no difference, for example, between Central American jungles and Egyptian deserts, except for the color of the cards. For Campfire Union, that's where virtual reality has a chance to make a difference. The game would stay basically the same: cards on a tabletop. But instead of your living room, the play area is set inside simulated jungles or at the top of a mountain range, and your opponents could be on the other side of the world.