A new home for games, apps, experiments, developer resources and the people still using one of the coolest tabletop gaming ideas ever made.
PlayTable was built around an idea that still feels futuristic: digital games played together around a real table.
This project is about exploring what can still be done with that hardware — preserving knowledge, creating compatible games and utilities, and giving owners a place to share what they discover.
It isn't an official revival. It's a community built around keeping interesting hardware useful.
Games, utilities, experiments and community-built projects organized in one place.
A tactical tabletop prototype built around taking and defending areas of the board.
View Game →Fast rounds, tabletop interaction and plenty of opportunities to sabotage friends.
View Game →AI makes experimenting with old hardware dramatically easier than it used to be.
Use this section to document what the community learns about the PlayTable environment, compatible web technologies, input methods, networking and hardware behavior.
const game = createTableGame({
players: 4,
input: "touch",
board: "shared"
});
game.on("playerJoin", player => {
table.spawn(player);
});
game.start();Document hardware behavior, browser capabilities, touch input and everything we discover.
Create simple games and utilities with familiar web technologies where compatibility allows.
Publish projects, source code and lessons learned for other PlayTable owners.
Share discoveries, ask questions, trade ideas and see what other owners are building.
Setup issues, hardware repairs, connectivity and general questions.
Code, reverse engineering, prototypes, experiments and documentation.
Pitch ideas, find collaborators and show what you're currently building.
Everything else involving PlayTable, tabletop gaming and the community.
Community game nights, developer sessions, tournaments and online build events can all live here.
Online • 8:00 PM ET
Online Developer Session
Show off games, apps and hardware projects
There are still PlayTables sitting in homes. This project exists to learn what they can still do, preserve useful information and hopefully create entirely new reasons to turn them on.
No promises. No official support. Just curious people building things.