Smart board game system Teburu is borrowing a page from Nintendos playbook. On Tuesday 12 May at 4pm BST (5pm CEST), Teburu Direct goes live as a streamed showcase for what is next on the sensor-tracked tabletop platform.
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Find events near youIf you have not run into Teburu before, here is the pitch. A smart board with embedded electronic sensors tracks where every miniature is. RFID-tagged figures store their own gameplay data. Wireless smart dice and LED-lit miniature bases show health and status in real time. Italian studio Xplored has been quietly developing the tech since 2008, partnered with Hasbro, and built a small library of branded games on top of it. That library includes Teburu Dungeon: Sword & Sorcery (a co-op dungeon crawler in collaboration with Ares Games), Vampire: The Masquerade Milan Uprising, and the goofy zodiac party game The Bad Karmas.
The selling point is that the system handles rule lookups, line-of-sight maths, and enemy AI for you. The Sword & Sorcery Gamefound campaign funded in 15 minutes back in 2024 with over $500K and nearly 1,500 backers, so there is clearly an audience for hybrid digital-physical play, even if Teburus price tag (the base hardware runs into the hundreds) keeps it niche.
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See how it worksSo what is coming on 12 May? The teaser is keeping it tight, but expect new IPs, fresh games, and likely a pricing or hardware update. Anyone curious about whether smart boards are the future or a glorious dead end should tune in. The stream goes out on Gamefounds YouTube channel.
Sources: Gamefound | Teburu | Ares Games
