TUAW has a preview of an iPad application called Game Table. It costs 99 cents, and it lets you play classic board games, such as Chess, Poker or Checkers, on the iPad.
The beauty of its approach is the fact that it’s not really a game – it just gives you the necessary components and the mechanics to play a variety of games. And, when you think of it, for many users this app (or similar apps like it) might be the killer app that makes the Apple iPad worth purchasing.
If you’re a classic board game geek, you probably love the feeling of cards, dice, or a chess board under your hand. But in all those situations when you don’t have the actual board – let’s say you’re going on a vacation, and you don’t want to carry the extra weight and fiddly bits and pieces – the iPad can be a very good replacement. While classic board games were also available on the iPod and the iPhone, the iPad’s bigger screen size will make the experience much more pleasant.
Beyond classic board games, it’s a huge market; just check out BoardGameGeek for all the available board titles. I bet we’ll be seeing many of those titles converted for the iPad, and I bet many of them will be a huge success.
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