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There’s an iPhone app “Game Table” that includes touchable, no-frills versions of Chess, Checkers and Poker… but on the iPad it really has a chance to shine. It’s one thing to tap through a Chess match on an iPhone, but on a sharable, viewable 9-inch iPad screen you have effectively duplicated the board game experience without the cleanup.

The press release for Game Table on iPad follows, but I’m more excited about the greater potential for tabletop games on the iPad. We can think bigger than Checkers. As an old time Magic player, I’d love to see CCGs show up in iPad form. Each player could bring their own iPad to the table and then WiFi them all together to create a connected, virtual gamespace. It’s like Microsoft Surface, but in hardware that actually exists in a consumer-friendly form.

There’s a lot of great tabletop/card games out there that ultimately failed in the marketplace (Doomtown, L5R, Icehouse, Kingdom Hearts), plus plenty of games still in production that could leverage the iPad in ways similar to how Magic: The Gathering works on PC. Naturally, the collectible guys will be the first to the table since they can then own us with DLC expansion schemes, but I still see a place for classic single-deck experiences like Fluxx or Uno.

Game Table sells for one single dollar, minus a penny, for iPad or iPhone.

Label Interactive’s ‘Game Table’, iPad Board Games and Virtual Cards, Now Available on iTunes App Store

Game Table allows owners of iPad to play Checkers, Chess, Poker, and virtually any card game

DANBURY, Conn., April 8 /PRNewswire/ — Label Interactive, a leading innovator in interactive design and game development, today announced that Game Table is now available on the Apple iTunes App Store for an introductory price of 99 cents.

Imagine all of your favorite board games with no small pieces to lose. Game Table delivers your game collection in electronic format. You provide the competition — and the action.

“Game Table isn’t a typical video game,” explains Jeff Juliard, Label Interactive founder and president. “There are no ‘rules’ built in. Game Table simply provides gorgeous, photorealistic tables, game pieces, and a virtual deck of cards, along with an intuitive way for users to interact with them. You can play your favorite classic games any way, anywhere, and anytime you want without ever having to worry about lost pieces.”

Features
— Detailed, photo-realistic game tables, boards, and pieces
— A virtual deck of cards with the ability to move, stack, flip, and
shuffle
— Poker chips and dealer button on Poker Table
— Checkers, Chess, and Cards
— More games coming soon as free updates
— Auto-saves the position of all your pieces when you exit the app
— Multiple table backgrounds
— Simulated physics
— Snap to squares
— Full 1024 x 768 pixel resolution

Game Table is priced at $0.99 and is now available for download on Apple’s iTunes App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/game-table/id354172893?mt=8. For additional information and press images, please visit the website at: http://www.gametableapp.com/

About Label Interactive

Label Interactive (http://www.labelinteractive.com/) is a Connecticut-based interactive design and development company specializing in online and mobile branded games, microsites, and rich media advertising solutions. Formed in 1998, Label Interactive produces online experiences for some of the largest brands on the planet, including MTV Games, ESPN, Turner, and others.