About
Gameboard does for board games what Kindle did for books. A 16-inch x 16-inch square board, utilizing our patented SenseScreen™ technology (enabling physical game pieces as well as unlimited touchpoints) with Bluetooth capability to sync with any personal device. Gameboard democratizes the board game creation, publishing, and buying process by lowering the barriers to entry, shortening the time to market, and allowing players to play their games everywhere, while providing valuable (and previously impossible) data back to the game producers.
Gameboard is a platform that combines digital and physical board game elements to provide a limitless game experience. Play poker on TLG with your friends, while hiding your cards on your iPhone. Use digital pieces to play Dungeons and Dragons with your friends or use interactive pieces with TLG. Never worry about losing a game piece, never worry about what game to play. The Last Boardgame combines the nostalgia of board games with the convenience and ease of technology.
Product Overview
Materials
Honors and Awards
- 2021 CES Innovation Awards
- 2021 Best of CES by International Business Times
- 2020 SXSW Startup of the Year
- 2020 Startup of the Year
Origin Story
In 2018, avid hobby gamer, Shail Mehta formed an idea for a device that would address her problems as she played the games she loved. She met with hardware guru, Rob Wyatt over beer to discuss the fundamental flaw with touchscreen devices: why couldn’t any digital device recognize physical objects for varying shapes and sizes, especially the types of objects that are needed for hobby gaming. The two gaming enthusiasts discussed how today's technology is seen as promoting isolation trends in our population. Video gaming was being attributed to depression, ADHD and many other ailments that plague our society. In order to break these trends, a gaming device should be built to enhance the human connection. We should use technology to embrace and empower the next generation of gamers. Hobby gaming has thrived in our society because of it’s fundamental truth, it brings people together. Face-to-face. Gameboard was born out of the need to address the analog problems of hobby games while maintaining the essence of why gamers love to play. Gameboard solves the problems of set-up/take down, learning/teaching new games, inability to explore games before buying, cannot save a game, finding someone to play with and much more. In January 2019, The Last Gameboard, Inc., was formed. They began to establish relationships with game makers all around the world, incorporating both Unity & Unreal to bring the best hobby gaming content to TLG’s upcoming platform.