CES 2006: Entertaible combines excitement of electronic gaming with traditional board games

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January 7, 2006 – Philips Electronics has unveiled a tabletop gaming platform that marries traditional multi-player board and computer games in a uniquely simple and intuitive way, at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The prototype, known as Entertaible, allows the players to sit around a table and play a new class of electronic game, combining the features of computer gaming – such as dynamic playing fields and gaming levels, with the social interaction and tangible playing pieces – such as pawns and dies – of traditional board games. Entertaible owes its name to the social entertainment experience it encourages and the tabletop form factor it is built upon.

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